School – an important stage of each child. It is not important how well the preschool child considers, knows letters and spells already, in a psychoemotional state he can be not prepared. Therefore that the school was in joy, but not in burden, the kid needs to be prepared in due time.
Definition of readiness for school
Children, as a rule, get preschool education in kindergarten and are much more rare in family. By seven years the child with ease goes for acquaintance to peers, considers, reads, can serve himself. Most of parents in one or two years I sign up kids in sports sections and in schools of preschool education. Besides reading and the letter, they learn a foreign language. And going to the first class, such children have rather large amount of knowledge.
However the level of knowledge as does not influence a psychoemotional condition of the child. Therefore if at approach on the first of September, the child more often begins to refuse food, to be malicious, protest or become reserved it needs to be supported. In this the period, difficult for it, punishment can aggravate situation. Both parents need to learn to control themselves, not to raise the voice and not to abuse the kid for inadvertent offenses. To try to become for the child the friend and the adviser, to understand, as he has personal borders, opinion. On parents the responsibility morally lies to prepare the child for school.
Advice to parents
1. Both parents need to learn to react to emotions of the child correctly. Not to compare him to other children: "here your friend does not cry – he big", "he is able to do it – and you are not present". The child can begin to lie it is better to seem or to be closed. That it did not occur, create the warm, confidential atmosphere in family. Tell the child about the school days. What you were afraid of, but in fact did not occur. In detail describe positively what is school.
2. If you from those parents who consider school an unpleasant stage in life then at the subconscious level the child reads out this information. At least for a while it is necessary to begin to think positively. Role-playing game in "school" will help with it. Also with the child it is possible to descend to school, to walk across its territory, to come in the building and in advance to get acquainted with the class teacher.
3. The school means heavy responsibility. That for the child it was not surprise, he needs to be prepared in advance. A month before school it is worth setting the mode. Early awakening and a lunch in certain hours have to become an everyday routine. Often already from the first class children independently hand over money for lunches. Respectively the child has to be able to handle the small sums of money. Here the danger is that he can begin to spend money for sparkling water and chocolates. And only trusting relationship will help to avoid it. Therefore if the child wants to tell you about the problems, find time, kind of were not busy, to listen to him. Help council, business before aggravation of a problem. Only this way you will be able to control it.
4. Besides everything that the child was in good emotional condition, it needs to splash out tension in a day. With it it will be helped by activity change. At the age of 5 – 7 years children show active interest in dances, gymnastics, drawing, books. Develop his talents, you go to classes. Besides out of school it will be able to develop social skills and to raise a self-assessment.