The program for preparing children for school - we must provide for everything!

Does the child need any special preparation for the school? This question is asked by many mothers and fathers of future first-graders. Often, parents preparing for school understand reading, writing and writing independently, and strive to ensure that by the first class the child has acquired all of the listed skills. However, in fact, this situation should be considered not only in the context of the development of the necessary training skills. It is very important that the comprehensive program of preparing children for school includes activities aimed at shaping not only the intellectual, but also the psychological readiness of future students for school.

Intellectual preparation for school

With regard to preparing a child for the first class, parents are often divided into two groups. Some say that the program for preparing children for school should be implemented in kindergartens , so if a child visits a kindergarten, then additional lessons are not needed. However, this is not entirely true. The fact is that not all kindergartens work on the same programs, so the knowledge of children is given in different volumes. And to enter a stronger school, the skills obtained in kindergarten may simply not be enough. Representatives of the second group, on the contrary, try to "shove" as much information into the child as possible and to ensure that he reads well before school, could write in capital and block letters and solve simple examples. However, if you think about it, then parents are more likely to try to amuse their ambitions than to help the child (of course, it's not about gifted children who themselves are drawn to knowledge and grasped everything on the fly). And sometimes in the pursuit of knowledge, mom and dad lose sight of the other aspects of preparing for school.

But the program for preparing children for school is not limited to reading, counting and preparing a hand for writing (letter) - in fact, it is much broader and more diverse! Acquaintance with the surrounding world, the development of attention, memory, perception and thinking, the formation of correct and rich speech and a vast vocabulary are all very important components of an integrated and comprehensive program of preparation for school. And very much in this aspect depends on the parents. And if parents can not (do not know how or do not want to) devote a lot of time to studying with a child, a good way will be various circles and classes to prepare for school. Such classes are held in many early development clubs, as well as in schools (in this case the child can get acquainted with his future teacher and classmates in advance, which will help him feel much more confident in the first days and weeks of the school year).

Psychological preparation of children for school

The program of preparing children for school must certainly form the necessary emotional and social skills for future students. This means that the child who comes to the first class should be able to focus and perceive information, listen and hear the teacher, work in the team, deal with minor misunderstandings (quarrels and disputes with peers). It is also very important that the child has an adequate self-esteem and a positive attitude to study.

If a child visits a kindergarten, then with a high degree of probability, the emotional and social skills for the school will form in the required volume. The only thing that you need to pay special attention to is that the child understands that he goes to school to learn, acquire new skills and knowledge (and not just because he is already 7 years old or because the whole group of children goes there Garden).

If the child does not go to the kindergarten, then it may be that he will receive an excellent intellectual development (even with an advance), but it will be difficult to enter the collective and to receive new information from the teacher. Therefore, the preparation of the child for school at home should be aimed at building communication skills, the ability to work in a team, to focus and carry out the task. In this case, it is optimal to attend some classes in preparation for the school, even if the parents can teach the child themselves all the tricks. Because the main thing in such classes is not teaching reading or writing (although this is also very important, because not all children agree to deal with their parents, and not all mothers and dads are able to independently train their offspring), namely the formation of skills of interaction with others Children and the teacher. It is very important for a child to get acquainted with the concept of "discipline" and understand that the learning process does not revolve around him alone, that he must keep up with the other students and reckon with them.

Especially important is the psychological preparation for the school for those children who are struggling to adapt to the children's team, are marked by increased anxiety and low self-esteem, a tendency to aggression - in general, having any problems of behavioral nature, to deal with which better before entering school, and Not in the first grade. Such children (regardless of whether they go to kindergarten or not) need the help of a qualified child psychologist.