If your child goes to school this year (psychologist’s advice)

So, childhood is over and you need to prepare yourself and your child for school. In this place, completely unsuitable for our kids, where everyone is running and screaming, where the teacher’s attention is not enough to see everything that happens, where it’s scary to become already in the first minute of the break. But we must go to overcome ourselves, grandmother, fear and, of course, prepare the child for such a life test as school. What to do, how to ensure the readiness of the child, every mother asks herself such a question six months before the start of school. Well, as they say, prepare the sleigh in the summer, and the child for school in the winter.
Let’s start a course of psychological preparation for school in terms and forms. That is, what, how and when to do so that you don’t suffer later.
January
– the holidays have passed, it is necessary to reduce the child to a psychologist and a speech therapist. If there are problems with speech or thinking, then in 3-4 months you can make up for everything;
– Conduct the first tour of the school, with which you must already decide. Show the child pupils;
– it’s time to get the notebooks in an oblique line and play the game of who will write the page of shelves and checkmarks faster.
February
– if everything is good, then take care of the memory. To do this, it is best to use small rhymes that deal with letters, numbers, seasons, etc.;
– letters, you must already know by heart, if there are problems, then urgently for developmental classes in preparation for school;
– just the time to check if your child can quickly dress himself, eat, know his last name, address;
– take care of etiquette, food culture, because your child will sleep and eat at school in the first grade. If your child is no longer sleeping during the day, look for an alternative daily routine at school. Discuss this with the school teachers first.
March
– immunity is weakened, therefore it is important to sleep and rest in combination with vitamin nutrition, because it is definitely not desirable to get sick before school;
– the time of the medical examination. Go through narrow specialists, if the child has problems with the heart, hearing, vision, it may be necessary to carry out preventive health procedures, and in the summer you need to rest, and not be treated;
– you can conduct a second excursion to the school for a lesson and a break, explain to the child the difference and the rules of behavior at school, and he will have enough time to realize and accept everything himself;
-numbers and letters must be constantly repeated, so stock up on various forms of manuals and in the evening in the game, work with your child. But do not teach it properly, the teacher will do it.
April
– make active inquiries about the teacher to whom you decided to send the child, this is very important and responsible, and here you can foresee everything: the age of the teacher, experience, character, style of work, the results are important to remember: after 15-20 years of work at school, teacher burnout occurs, after the university, they often go on maternity leave, if they have a small child, then they often go on sick leave;
– start telling your child that the school is a very good place and all the children grow smarter and grow up there, and his school is the best and his teacher is the best. Do not scare the school, do not tell negative stories about teachers in front of children, do not evaluate teachers, even those whom the child does not know;
– the hand should be ready, and this depends on the general condition of the muscle mass, you need to walk and run for 2-3 hours a day, if the child has weak muscles, you can swim and massage;
– play the game, as it was in the kindergarten and as it will be at school, prepare the child for the school rules with this game and it will be easier to survive graduation;
May
– time to get acquainted with the school psychologist, get tested and, if there are weaknesses, then work out: logic, motor skills, alphabet;
– Excursion to school number 3 for a lesson. Ask the teacher to whom you plan to send the child to show the class, the blackboard, let them write with chalk, sit at the desk, go to the toilet at school, show the locker for clothes. Believe me, when the lessons begin, neither you nor the teacher will have time to adapt the child;
– time to think about the class, if several children from the kindergarten group go to the same class, then adaptation will be much easier. If possible, it would be reasonable for the child to walk on the school playground, along with future classmates, so the child gets used to the territory and to the group;
– if necessary, developmental classes should be continued. Continually reinforce positive results. Say that everything will work out, the results are getting better and better;
– celebrate graduation in the kindergarten with the whole family, make a ritual that you will perform every year after graduation. A holiday in honor of the child, his successful completion of his studies. Indeed, in the kindergarten, too, the child was not easy and it is worth celebrating;
June
– the time to show the child your school photos, to tell how you spent the summer before school is very important for the child;
– summer is a time of rest, but the climate at this time is radically better not to change this is a significant stress for the body and acclimatization after the seas can last more than a month, and if you go, then now – so that the child’s body is fully restored after a climate alien to him;
– if the school has a special uniform, then you should find a workshop and sign up, then there may be queues and if the child does not have the uniform of his school, then he will not forgive you for this;
– the time of fruit and air, water procedures, it is recommended to be constantly in the air. Drink plenty of fluids. This is the key to success and as a result of good health;
July
– we prepare the child’s hand – draw, sculpt, draw, lace, write, etc.
– we try to read words, count – it is better to learn from money;
– sleep and the schedule of the school should be gradually accustomed, it will be better and calmer;
– walk a lot and tell the child about how the world works, about time, nature, weather, animals, etc.
August
– shopping time. Tracksuit, uniform, backpack, notebooks, paints, cash registers of numbers and letters (it takes a long time to cut), pencils, pens (5 pcs.), etc. You should be given a list at school at the parent class meeting;
– it is important that the child himself takes part in the choice of purchases, because he needs to use all this;
– August should be spent as calmly and balanced as possible. If the child is overexcited in itself, then you can consult a neurologist regarding drug stabilization of the mental state;
September
– everything is ready for school, along with a bouquet, you can buy a good expensive box of chocolates for the teacher, charge the batteries and take more in reserve, buy shoes for your child with Velcro, not laces, and go ahead to comprehend the wisdom of life with your child!
– Come early and take a desk that the child will like;
– show where his locker is;
– and most importantly, enjoy the fact that your baby is already a schoolboy!