Answer: Hi, your email query ran out before it was completed. But I think I get the gist of what you’re trying to say, you have a little one who is having difficulty separating from her mum and isn’t warming to the new group? There are all the basics you could check like is she well, can she hear and see normally, is there disruption at home or is she delayed in any sense? A GP review may be useful but I appreciate that how you frame this to her mum would need to be done very sensitively.
Some kids are better coming more, rather than fewer days and seem to adjust better if they are more “immersed” in the pre-school life. You could suggest her mum stay for a little longer before separating and saying good bye for the day, suggest the little girl have some of the other kids around to her place for a play so they can warm to each other. A special toy, blanket or pillow for sleep time may also help.
The other issue of course is that she’s likely to need reassurance and comforting from you and the other staff, whilst balancing this without giving her too much and therefore giving her reason to think there really is a need to be concerned.
As you’d appreciate from your training, some kids are just slower to warm up and need to be nurtured along a little more. She may be better when placed in a quieter area to play with just one or two other kids, she may genuinely feel overwhelmed by the noise and activity and ruckus of the other kids. She may also respond to some music, some kids do just playing softly in the background.
Cheers and I hope there’s some ideas here that you find useful.
Jane