Your child goes this year to the first class? Congratulations on this wonderful event! But in addition to joy, the preparation of the learning process - this much trouble. And first of all should pay attention not only on the financial side, but also on the extent to which a future first-grader ready to take this step psychologically.
Remember that school - it's a completely new stage of development of the child. And its beginning is associated with a number of stress. You can not completely protect a first grader from experience, but you can make the adaptation process a lot easier if you start preparing in advance.
A few tips to parents on the child's preparation for school:
1. Be prepared to provide it to the early ups and change the regime of the day. Better if it will be 1-2 weeks before school. Then the adaptation to the new regime will take place more easily.
2. Tell us about how you yourself was fun at school, how many there were friends and unforgettable moments. Arrange 1 September cheerful holiday with cake and mobile games.
3. Start getting ready for school together. Do not buy all their own stationery, attracted to this occupation and your first-grader. Be sure to let him choose something from school supplies for his taste.
4. Start playing with the child in school. Tell me more about how it all works. Put toys and explain what a "class" and "change", and that the children are doing at this time.
5. Explain the concept of "discipline". But do not overdo it, or your child is afraid of loud statements that "the school will be different" and "teacher you will not allow this, it is very strict."
6. Pay attention to your child's communication with the other children. if he is able to communicate and make new friends? If a child went to kindergarten, any problems should arise. If not, start to drive it on the playgrounds, and familiar with the kids. Help him in this, if the baby is having difficulty. Give details of how to get acquainted and that at the same time speak. "Hi my name is Dima. What is your name? Let's be friends with you? "
7. When he made new friends, be sure to invite them to visit. You can attend a special center for the development, where other children his age go.
Many parents are concerned about whether or not to pull the necessary knowledge of the future first-grader and further engage with him in the summer? What should know and be able to the future first-grader? Learn to read and write, of course, important and necessary. But in this thing is not to overdo it. Well, if your child has grown a little prodigy, but think about it, would not it then bored in the first grade? Preparing for classes should be minimal and not take more than 30 minutes a day.
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