Analyse The Importance Of Transitions Essay

I have learned many things about transitions which will help me with my practice in the future. I have learnt that transitions can affect different children in different ways. From witnessing a transition of children starting nursery for the first time, I understood that different children react in different ways. Some children weren’t bothered at all by the transition from being with their parents all the time to not seeing them for three hours a day as they attended nursery. Other children were really affected by this transition. Some children were upset and didn’t enjoy their first experience in nursery. I was surprised as I thought all children would react in the same way to a transition this major. My learning has changed my practice as now I understand more of way children react differently in
A home visit can support the parents as this will give them the chance to ask the teacher any questions which may be worrying them. They can gain more information about the school as well. A home visit can help the teacher a lot. The teacher can gain knowledge from the child’s parents. For example, if the child doesn’t listen when asked to do something the first time, then the parents can inform the teacher of this so they are aware of this. The teachers can gain an understanding of the children within themselves as well from this visit. The teacher can learn if the child is confident or a shy person by the way they act in front of them. I have developed planning skills as I helped the teacher to plan a transition for a child starting who was moving to our school half way through the year. In the plan I considered that it would be a good idea to have his parents come in with him first to view the setting. Then for the child to come in for an hour one day. Then come in for the whole day the next