The following factors are the basis of the fact that a child can be sent to school in six years. So, you can send to school if:
- The child reads well, writes and believes well.
- The child rarely gets sick (a year less than 5-6 times), he does not have chronic diseases and he has a strong immune system. In addition, the child should not be delayed mental development, development of autism and hyperactivity. It also should not have attention deficit disorder (in this case, we are talking about problems with concentration, not lack of attention) and other similar disorders.
- The child is able to independently establish contacts, is well adapted socially, he already has experience of visiting a pre-school institution (this can be an early development school, a kindergarten).
- The child can name the surname, name, patronymic of both parents, knows his address perfectly, is oriented in the world that surrounds him, knows telephone numbers (both home and parents). He knows the occupation of parents and understands the direction of the school, as well as the rules of training in this institution.
- The child does not stutter, but speaks fluently and clearly pronounces all sounds, possesses sufficient vocabulary for his age.
- The child's self-esteem corresponding to his age, low fatigue and anxiety, well-developed independence, low emotional excitability.
- If the school is not far away. The acceptable distance is 20-30 minutes of the road, no more, otherwise the child will get tired before the beginning of lessons.
In addition to all this, an important factor is the teacher, who will conduct lessons in the first grade, he must be literate, understanding the good.
Only with the combination of the above factors can we talk about the fact that the campaign of the six-year-old is completely justified!
Before you give the school documents should be something else to take into account. It is necessary to weigh soberly and impartially the child's possibilities. If the child is excellent, then this is not a sign of maturity in order to go to school. It is worth asking yourself such questions: can a child on a particular subject keep his attention for 40 minutes (how long does the lesson last)? Does the child know the letter so well, how much does mathematics know or do it? Does the child know how to write in capital letters, or does he write with spelling letters? In such moments there is a big difference - if the child does not know how to write in capital letters, but writes only in printed form, then it is possible that the child's small motor skills are not yet ready to perceive the elements that are considered for seven-year olds. After all, at the age of seven, the fine motor skills of the Ipalian brush "ripens" definitively. Yet, does the child himself want to go to school for six years?
There is one significant point to which parents are paying attention: a developed child and prepared for school are two absolutely different concepts.
Preparedness is a set of skills and skills of the child, which he received in the course of training: the ability to write, count and read.
Intellectual development of the child is a certain potential of the child, the ability to self-promotion, self-help, solving a variety of problematic problems. The tasks of getting used to an out-of-class team, tasks for persistent and independent work on difficult tasks, tasks to adapt to the requirements of outsiders. Thus, the level of development in general, including the level of emotional development and the child's education, are not synonymous.
In addition to learning and perseverance, there are other factors that are also advised to pay attention - it is the health of the child and his immune load. A child who studies in the first grade should be physically strong must have such a strong immune system that, confronted with a large number of children, he was able to find the strength not only to unlearten the school day, but also to stand against various infections that are always present in a large collective.
There is a method by which "school ripeness" is defined. According to this method, the child's readiness for schooling is estimated in points.
If you do not doubt the strength of the child and his preparedness for school, then you can visit a child psychologist who will test the child's potential. If the expert considers, like you, that the child is ready for school, then safely give the six-year-old child to school. If the psychologist believes that it is worth to wait another year, it is better to listen to the advice of a psychologist and wait until the traditional seven-year age comes.
What you need to know and do during the last year before school
Before the school last year, it is necessary to strengthen the health of the child, to expand its overall development and horizons. If possible, find the time and force to teach the child the basics of reading, writing and counting. This will require a certain amount of money (purchase of necessary books, words), especially if the parents for some reason can not teach the child independently, then they will have to pay for a children's institution in which the child learns these basics. These basics will to some extent free the child of the loads that will appear in school.
According to statistics, only 10% of six-year-olds are ready to study in school. The rest of the children are better off at the traditional time to go to school, so much depends on the successful adaptation to school: the self-esteem of the child, the feeling of success of the person, assigning oneself to "lucky" or "losers". Therefore, the decision should not influence the thoughts about the successes of the children of friends, considerations regarding the army. Soberly evaluate all the factors and provide the child successfully successfully in school.