Many psychologists and methodologists frighten the parents of future first-graders a term such as adaptation. "Prepare your children in advance, otherwise they would have problems," - they say. What does this training and how to make a painless adaptation to school?
Of course, mom and dad a little bit afraid. What if their kid is insufficiently prepared for school? Indeed, because of this, then it will be very difficult! What if he started to fall behind on their studies, and then never be able to catch up with the program? Be Maybe it is too early in the first class and should wait a year?
Dear parents, first of all, calm down and breathe. Of course, if you prepare a child in a cool high school, then ask if the pass for admission to the first grade special tests needed. But make your baby feel comfortable in a regular school and its adaptation it was successful and without any problems, he should know and not so many things.
That the child should be able to enroll in the first class
- I know his name. Fully - name, surname and patronymic. Know how to call Mom and Dad.
- Understand what time of year. When it is cold and when it's warm. Know the names of the months and days of the week, to be able to voice them.
- Little know how to read syllable by syllable. Naturally, for this it is necessary to know the alphabet.
- To be able to count to 20. To understand how to do it in the reverse order: 20, 19, 18 ...
- Must be able to write at least one word or a simple phrase in capital letters. For example, your name or "I love you."
- Understand what are the geometric shapes (circle, square). To be able to draw them on a sheet of paper.
- Distinguish colors.
- Know at least one small poem.
- To be able to choose from a series of pictures one extra.
- Find between pictures differences and similarities.
- To be able to name objects and animals. Understand where the picture pets, and where the prey.
- To be able to self serve themselves. At a minimum, dress and feed himself. By the time of going to the school and teach him to lace shoes. Understand that the teacher for him to do it will not be exact.
- To be able to make up a story unfolded in front of him on the pictures. Hence, develop his creative thinking and imagination. It's quite simple. Encourage your child at bedtime to come up with a story and tell it to you. If this seems difficult to him, just helped launch.
- To be able to store pictures. To do this, lay before him 10-12 different pictures. The child must remember them, and in half a minute to name at least half.
- Answer basic questions like: "The dogs are puppies. And a cat who? "
- To be able to memorize words. To do this, utter it in a row 10-12 different words. The child must remember about half. If not - do not panic and simply train his memory. At least 5-10 minutes a day.
- And now the favorite test of school psychologists. The child must be able to draw a person. Completely - with all parts of the body, with proportional hands, feet, ears and nose.
Adaptation of a first grader: signs of problems
The child withdraws into himself. Houses ignores parents and school - teachers questions. It is completely self-absorbed and does not show any interest in learning or to communicate with peers. These children are punished in any case should not be, you just need to talk on equal terms and to find the source of the problem.
He has no time for the majority of subjects. If a child has a problem with only a few disciplines, this is normal. But if the ratings level is reduced in most subjects, you should pay special attention to this, because this is usually due to low self-esteem and lack of confidence in their abilities. This is a sure sign that a student having trouble adapting.
He had problems with discipline.The constant violation of the rules can be associated with boredom, a painful need for attention, dissatisfaction with those frameworks in which school drives. The reason for all this also lies in the child's adaptation difficulties.
What to do to the child correctly adapted to the educational process
- Organize a first-grader the correct mode of the day. Let rise and rebound will occur at the same time, the meal - on schedule. And do not forget to set aside part of the day for gaming when the child will feel free from any obligations.
- Do not overload it in the first class of additional employment. Add them one at a time and only when you are sure that the psychological condition of the child is normal.
- Give the child as much as possible of their attention. Necessarily interested in his success in school, his relationship with his classmates.
- Refrain from criticism in his address. Do not hurt your child, focusing attention on his failures and underachievement. Let it bad reads, writes, like a chicken with his paw, wrong in the figures - that is no reason to criticize. Better interest him and help catch up with the program.
As you can see, everything is easy. The main thing - to make a modicum of their efforts and parental care. Get ready for school in advance, even in the summer. Replenish lost by you earlier, and then everything should go smoothly.
Also be sure to ask about as admission of first-graders in the school changed in 2018
