Hello everyone. My little brother is starting pre k in a few months and a lot of people said I should try to get him time to socialize with other kids before then because he hasnt really had the chance to spend a lot of time with other kids.
Now he is very very shy and doesnt talk to anyone but me really. I tried to set up some playdates with some other parents with kids the same age and he is just way to shy to really intract with them. He just stays quiet and keeps to himself mostly. He just doesnt seem willing to want to do anything with the other kids.
So I was just wondering from anyone else with shy kids, what can I do with him that helps him practice socializing with others? I don’t want him to think it’s bad or wrong to be shy because its totally okay that he is. But I dont want him to get too overwhelmed when he goes to school with a bunch of kids for the first time and im not there.
Here in Korea there are so called Kids Cafes which are basically indoor playgrounds where you pay an entrance fee. There are often quite many children different ages and we take our kids there sometimes.
The more obvious one would be just the normal public playground, check when other kids usually are there and join them. If you do it regularly you will find that there are more or less the same children there at the same time.
But the biggest problem for the child in first day Kindergarten is that their parent suddenly disappears, over time they get used to it bit even after years in Kindergarden there are days where they don’t want to go :D