For every child, going to school is very stressful. Often the adaptation process is delayed for several months. Therefore, for many parents, the situation when their child goes to first grade for the first time becomes a big problem. It is especially difficult for those children who did not attend kindergarten. Indeed, in addition to their general difficulties, their inability to adapt as a team is added. Children react differently to the new situation and regime change, but it is difficult for everyone.
What are the difficulties of the first class most often await children and their parents? Most of the kids go to school at the age of seven, and, according to psychologists, this is a crisis time for children. The child at this time rethinks his relationships with others and asserts himself. He falls into a new team, he needs to fulfill the requirements of a teacher. Along with psychological changes, he is waiting for a different regime of the day and increased stress. Therefore, many children who went to first grade for the first time can become nervous, moody, and even aggressive. Fatigue, sleep disturbance, decreased immunity and irritability are not all the difficulties that parents of first-graders face.
When giving a child to school, adults hope that he will study with pleasure, but it often turns out that the children do not want to go to school, have difficulty waking up in the morning and are reluctant to do homework. How to help your child adapt in the first grade?
First of all, do not load the baby right away with additional activities and circles, let him get used to the new regime. After all, after school you need to walk for at least an hour, have lunch and relax on time. Support the baby’s immunity and put him to bed early in the evening - this is very important for successful studies at school.
It is impossible to allow the first time in the first grade the child went completely without
training. Be sure not only to teach him to read and write, but also to prepare psychologically. He must understand why he goes to school and be able to control himself. It is necessary to teach the baby to listen carefully and correctly follow the instructions of the teacher, as well as do some work for at least half an hour. It will be easier for a child to learn if solving logical problems, imitation games and solving puzzles are familiar to him.
But if the child is ready to study at school, parents still worry. They are concerned about the question of what their baby needs in first grade? When buying clothes and stationery
Pay attention not only to their beauty. The main thing is that they are comfortable for the child. After all, you will not be around to
tie shoelaces or fasten hooks, a beautiful pen may stop writing, and a pencil will constantly break. All this creates additional problems, and because of these minor troubles the baby is even more nervous. Make sure that he has everything for the lessons of work and drawing, so that the teacher does not scold him. Do not forget to put a spare pen, pencil and eraser, because they are constantly lost. And, of course, your first-grader’s clothing should be comfortable so as not to distract him from his studies.
When a child goes to first grade for the first time, it is difficult for the whole family. But you need to know what is most difficult for the child himself, so the responsibility of the parents is to support him at this time, to help and make the adaptation process easy for him.