Child\u27s gradual accustoming to kindergarten

Vstop v vrtec je pomemben dogodek v življenju otroka in staršev. Otroci niso glede prilagajanja nič drugačni od staršev. Otrok potrebuje čas, ljubezen, nežnost in podporo staršev. Z diplomskim delom smo želeli predstaviti, kako pomembno je postopno privajanje otroka na vrtec. Zanimalo nas je, kako so starši in otroci navezani med seboj. Za tem smo opisali kakšne tipe navezanosti je moč pri otrocih opaziti na podlagi tuja situacija, ki ga je zasnovala Mary Ainsworth. Dotaknili smo se teme o zaupanju, kako družina vpliva na predšolskega otroka, kaj je vrtec kot ustanova in kakšen je njegov pomen. Sledi opis, na podlagi česa izbiramo vrtec in kako otroka vpišemo v vrtec. Zanimalo nas je, kakšne težave in stiske so doživljali otroci in starši med samim procesom privajanja, kakšne informacije so jih zanimale o vrtcu in privajanju na vrtec in zakaj je pomembno sodelovanje med vzgojitelji in starši. Zanimalo nas je še ali so otroci ob vstopu v vrtec imeli kakšne prilagoditvene težave. V empiričnem delu smo raziskovali, kakšen način postopnega privajanja so izbrali starši za lažjo vključitev otroka v vrtec in kako dolgo je trajalo privajanje. V vzorec anketiranja smo zajeli 200 staršev predšolskih otrok, naključnih vrtcev prvega in drugega starostnega obdobja. Podatke smo zbrali s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika in jih obdelali s programom SPSS in Microsoft Excel ter tabelarično prikazali v diplomski nalogi. Rezultati so pokazali, da so se starši v veliki večini odločili, da bodo otroka predčasno privajali na vrtec. S svojim načinom in časom privajanja so bili v večjem številu zadovoljni. Kako privajati otroka na vrtec in druge informacije o vrtcu, so starši največ dobili preko pogovora z vzgojitelji. Za določeni vrtec, pa so se starši v velikem številu odločili, ker je najbližje domu.Entering kindergarten is an important life event for a child and its parents. When it comes to accustoming, children are no different than their parents. A child needs time, love, tenderness and parental support. With the diploma paper we tried to present the importance of child’s gradual accustoming to kindergarten. We were interested in the attachment between children and their parents. Moreover, we described which types of attachment can be observed with children, based on the concept of “strange situation”, designed by Mary Ainsworth. We touched on the subject of trust, on how a family influences a preschool child, discussed kindergarten as an institution and talked about its purpose. Furthermore, there is a description of the factors on which we base our kindergarten selection and our child’s enrollment into the institution. We were interested about the nature of problems and distresses that a child and its parents experience in the process of accustoming, which information about the kindergarten and about the accustoming they are seeking, and why is the cooperation between parents and kindergarten teachers so important. Also, we wanted to know if children had any trouble accustoming when they entered the kindergarten. In the empirical part, we researched which type of gradual accustoming did the parents chose for an easier kindergarten integration of their child and how long did the accustoming take. The survey sample included 200 parents of preschool children from random kindergartens with the condition that the children were in their first or second age bracket. The data was collected with the help of a questionnaire and processed with SPSS and Microsoft Excel programs for a tabular presentation in the diploma paper. The results showed that a large majority of parents decided for the gradual accustoming to kindergarten. They were also mainly satisfied with the type of accustoming. The majority of parents got the information about the accustoming and about the kindergarten from talking to a kindergarten teacher. The main reason why they decided for a certain kindergarten was its proximity to their home