Supporting children starting in a kindergarten as part of their well-being

Abstract

Topic is relevant because some children struggle more than others whilst starting going to day care and they need the adequate support. Providing support and wellbeing for children served as background. The idea of creating a guide for the ECEC staff came from observing children’s struggle of transitioning from home to daycare.The objectives of this work are to help children who are starting in a day care, to deal with their struggles due to the changing of routine, through strategies that might make them feel comfortable during this transition; and to prepare the personnel through a guide that shows them how to help pedagogically the children who are starting. The development target was to create standardized strategies, based on previous experiences of the personnel. The target audience of the Thesis report and the Output is children starting in a kindergarten and the whole personnel of the units where the authors of this Thesis work.

The output of this work was a recommendation guide that formalized assisting children to adjust for a new environment. The staff found the implemented guide useful. Conclusion was that promoting engagement is important to assure happiness of children. The results can be applied professionally as the results focus on children’s best interests as the main clients of ECEC. Finally, the guide will provide suitable support for newly graduated ECEC staff starting in the field. This thesis was conducted as a portfolio styled development work and the reporting took place by applying Bulb digital portfolio-platform.