Bring On the First Day of School!

Bring On the First Day of School!

A relationship-oriented transition from preschool to school

Making the transition to school without fear is an experience that exerts a lasting influence on children’s future education and can make it a lot easier. It is also a process on which parents have far greater influence than is often supposed. Saskia Niechzial, herself a mother of three and a well-known elementary school teacher helps parents to take an active and relationship-oriented approach to accompanying their children through the preschool year and the first year of school—to letting go while remaining a safe harbor even in adversity, and to addressing children’s anxiety as well as one’s own.
Choosing a school, creating a learning space, helping with homework, coping with early setbacks—this book shows what parents can do to really help and how to make the transition work.

“I’m a teacher. My job is to accompany children on their path of learning, to enable them to deal with the challenges facing them in life. My support matters, but what matters much more us that children are able to support themselves—to know their strengths, to be able to say ‘I’m great. I know what I can do, and can achieve my goals.’ And parents can do so much more to support them in this than many would guess!” Saskia Niechzial

• Helps parents to keep their nerve
• An active and relationship-oriented approach to starting school
• A teacher and mother offers helpful exercises and didactic advice