What is the readiness for school, and on the development of what qualities does it depend on?
Before going to school, the child forms his / her positive opinion about school education. He wants to get new knowledge, to become more mature.
Psychological readiness of the child for school is noticeable on the first school day. Photo: Getty Preparedness for school life is determined by three criteria:
- desire to learn;
- the level of intelligence;
- the ability to control oneself.
Interested in the baby at first can be a beautiful school uniform, briefcase, bright notebooks. But for the joy not to turn into disappointment, it is important to desire to study at school.
How to help your baby prepare
Parents help the child prepare for school. Learn with it letters and numbers. But, in addition to reading, writing and counting, you need to prepare for school life psychologically. To do this, it is enough to tell how the children are taught at the lessons, to form a positive image of the teacher and the children's team. It is easier to adapt if the kid goes to class 1 together with the children from his kindergarten. The positive attitude of peers has a good influence on the child. The teacher should also be for him an authority that he wants to imitate. This will help the baby to better understand the material in the first grade, and to find a common language with the teacher.
How to determine readiness
Check the child's readiness for school, parentscan during a home conversation. At the same time, you can not press and impose your opinion. Let the kid draw a school building or look at a picture book on this subject. At this time, it will be appropriate to ask if he wants to go to school or is better in the kindergarten. There are for this and special tests. Psychologist at the arrival of the baby in the school will reveal how he developed will, the ability to perform the task on the model. At home, you can find out how a child can keep rules with the help of a game or by giving simple tasks. A pre-trained preschooler is able to redraw the pattern from a sample, easily generalizes, classifies, identifies features of objects, finds patterns. By the end of preschool age, the child should develop special rules for communicating with adults and peers, adequate self-esteem, not too overpriced or understated. To find out the child's opinion about the future admission to the school, you can have a talk with him. The kid should want to learn, have well-developed will and thinking, and the task of parents is to help him in everything.
