Successful Transitions: Social Competencies Help Pave the Way into Kindergarten and School

Abstract

SUMMARYFrom a background of family transition theory, two small-scale, quantitative and qualitative studies of first-born children's entry into German Kindergarten and into school are presented. The paper considers how the children cope with transition into school, together with developing resilience and learning competencies. The issues here have been worked on as part of a project on educational quality in day care settings in Germany. Social competencies are seen to be essential for coping with transition to school. The results of our studies, as well as international research on this topic, is referred to and the continuity paradigm is discussed.

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