7 Tips to Help your Child Crack the Interview of A Top School in Kolkata Getting your toddlers ready to face their first school interviews is nothing short of a Herculean task. If that happens to be one of the top schools in Kolkata, you can’t afford to take a chance. Here we share the seven tips that can help your children to crack their first-ever school interviews.
1. No shortcut to success: In our previous blog, we discussed which 5 questions should the parents ask to choose the best school for their children. Well, before you prepare your children for their school interviews, you must research about schools, shortlist them and then apply for the admission. Also ask what questions will be there during the written tests and interviews. Jot down the questions and make a plan for how to prepare your children for the tests. 2. Build trust: Based on the findings of psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, it has been established that a child goes through different stages of psychological development. Between the years 0 to 2, a child develops hope and trust. Strong bonding between parents and children can instil more confidence in the latter. 3. Explain the basics: It is expected that your children would know the basic information like: ● What’s the name of the school? ● What’re the names of the parents? ● What’re the professions of the parents? ● What’s the home address? ● What’s the name of the country? ● What’re the names of colours? ● What’re the alphabets? ● What’re the names of the fruits, flowers and vegetables? ● What’s the national anthem of the country? 4. Make a routine: You must habituate your children to take up learning seriously. This is the trickiest part of the entire process. However, a persistent approach will show results, gradually. The easiest way is to prepare a routine and follow it without a miss (except for some unforeseen event). 5. Play smart: To prepare your children for the interviews, you must identify their shortcomings. It could be any of the following things: ● Problem in communication ● Lack of attention
● Wrong body language ● Poor handwriting To hone the problem-solving skills in your children, you can engage them in puzzle-solving. It’s a fun way of learning and can generate curiosity in your children. 6. Make a plan: Make your children own responsibilities by involving them in household activities. You should encourage your children to communicate and interact through play and household activities. 7. Inculcate cleanliness habits: Imagine your child is rewarded with chocolates for faring well in the interview and he/she litters wrappers on the table of the interviewer! To avoid such embarrassing situations, teach and practise cleanliness rituals to your child. To prepare your children for the admission interviews of the top schools in Kolkata, don’t take any chance. For example, enquire about the previous years’ questions asked in Birla High School nursery admission tests. Help your children to do their best in the tests.