The Early Childhood Australia- A voice for young children
website shared a lot of beneficial information. “Early Childhood in Australia
is a regular, and trusted, contributor to the public policy debate on all
matters affecting young children (birth to eight years) and their families”. I really admired how the website had resources
for parents. Within the parent resource section, I enjoyed reading information about
separation anxiety. My daughter experienced this when I first enrolled her into
child care. Seeing her go through this made me feel very uneasy. It was very
hard for me to focus at work because I was worried about my child. To help ease “our” anxiety her teachers suggested
for me to being in something of my scent to help comfort her and they sent
photos of my daughter throughout the day. Separation anxiety starts as early as
6 to 8 months, until about 2 ½ to 4 years of age. When a child experiences this
anxiety it may be difficult for the child to feel safe or settle down.
I also liked how ECA issues out quarterly newsletters titled
“Voice”. ECA members share their organizations work as well as other
information relevant to the ECE field. In their latest issue, they provided the
benefits of quality early education and care in Australia. The report displayed
different comparison graphs as well as additional information about the
importance of connections to families, communities, cultures, policies and
practices and how to maintain those connections. I truly enjoyed viewing this
site. It is very interesting to learn how other countries address early
childhood matters as it relates to the child of their own country.
Reference:
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
My son also suffered from anxiety when I dropped him off at school. What his school suggested was that I send him to class with a picture of me. We took one with us sitting in front of the board in his classroom. Then, whenever he became anxious, he could pull out the picture and see me in the classroom with him. I loved the concept and we do something similar in my classroom now. We call it our family tree. We have pictures of the children with their families on a bulletin board so when they get upset they can go see their families. It has been very effective. i hear mama, mama and see the little girls pointing to their picture. We also have an app that we use, so that we can communicate with the parents instantly when they have a concern or just want pictures.
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