For the first time in first class! Thousands of young first-graders await with excitement every year of this day. They still do not know what lies ahead, what difficulties and joys, excitement and victory. For parents of young students, the first months of school become a real test for endurance and patience.
To help your child cross the school threshold without stress, losses and worries, the simple tips collected in today's help Top 10 Tips for First-Grade Parents.
10. Watch your own behavior
All parental anxieties are reflected on the face, and the children are excellent psychologists - they read and instantly transfer to themselves mom's or dad's attitude to any subject. Naturally, it will be harder for those kids whose parents are nervous and worried in anticipation of the start of school. But positively-minded and calm parents are sure to give the child a positive charge.
9. Develop independence
Independently collect a briefcase, prepare a school uniform, set an alarm clock in the morning ... It's great if a child gets used to doing all these things on his own. Naturally, under the tacit control of the parents, which should be as inconspicuous as possible.
8. Do not scare the school
You should never say to a future first-grader: “Here at school you will be weaned from pampering!”, “In the lessons they will make silk of you”, etc. Such statements will form a persistent reluctance to go to an institution where a notorious drill is waiting and nothing else.
7. Share your experience
Take out the old photographs - let the child see how the father brings the bouquet to his teacher for the first time, and the mother reaches for an open lesson. Remember funny and interesting stories from your own school life. Surely the experience of parents will help the baby to tune in and look forward to the start of classes.
6. Buy school supplies together
Let the kid take part in choosing a pencil case, satchel and other things. Do not resist if your eraser or backpack has your favorite cartoon character. After all, the things that we love bring positive emotions, so important for a first-grader. Naturally, do not overdo it - excessively bright notebooks and stationery can distract from classes.
5. Teach in advance to school mode
If the child is not used to getting up early, it will be very difficult for him to start classes. It’s better to get used to the new regime 2-3 weeks before September 1. But it’s not too late to start in the last days - tell the child how the student’s day was built, when is the climb, how long does it take to get to school, what is a change, etc.
4. Play for school
Children most easily perceive new knowledge in a playful way. Therefore, you should definitely play in school with a future first-grader. Let the kid get used to answering when the teacher asks, let him try to go to the makeshift board and work on his first copybooks.
3. Leave time and place for games.
Despite the fact that the game activity of the student gradually recedes into the background, you should not get rid of toys. Let the child have time and place for his favorite entertainment. With toys, the baby will be able to relax, be distracted and truly relax.
2. Together, prepare a place to practice at home
A convenient place for preparing homework should, of course, please the child. Draw an analogy with the workplace of an adult - let the son or daughter be proud of their new table. Well, do not forget about the pleasant things that a child can choose for himself - a pencil holder with his beloved cartoon hero or a bright table lamp.
1. Take a tour of the school
An unfamiliar environment is always scary. But if you start walking in advance in the evenings in the school yard, and in the afternoon go into the building, show the school classes and corridors to the kid, the school will immediately become more familiar and less intimidating.
