Program to prepare children for school. What should a preschooler know?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Preparing for school is an important stage that almost every child goes through in his life. Of course, these are quite modern trends, because earlier children went to the first grade and received all the basic knowledge there. Due to the fact that now in most schools the classes are overloaded, the teacher does not always manage to teach all the children. Many first-graders do not have time to understand and memorize the material that is given in the lesson.

For elementary grades, such gaps in knowledge are a serious problem. In order to avoid it in the first grade, before entering an educational institution, the child is taught according to a special program to prepare children for school. But after all, not everyone and far from always goes out to pay for a tutor or take the baby to classes. The program for preparing children for school can easily be studied with the child at home. In this article, we will look at how to do this and what a preschooler should be able to do.

Choiceschool

It may come as a surprise to some that the place where the child will study and the program for preparing children for school may be related. But in fact, each educational institution has its own program for the first grade, and it is on it that the knowledge that the child is to be taught now depends. For example, in many gymnasiums from the first grade they begin to study foreign languages (English, French, German). In this case, the training program should also include this subject.

Skills needed for preschoolers

Before you begin to study writing, mathematics and reading with your child, you need to find out exactly what the baby knows and can do. There are certain groups of skills that he must master. So, readiness for school is determined by the following criteria:

1. Combining objects and things into groups (classification). Various pictures are used to determine this skill. For example, you can ask the child to name all the trees, all the animals.
2. General knowledge. The child must know information about himself: full name, address of residence, date of birth, names of relatives and friends.
3. Fine motor skills. A preschooler should know how to hold a pen, redraw simple pictures, rewrite block letters.
4. Remembering a small amount of information. You can tell your child a short story and ask them to retell it.

Math Prep

One of the most important subjects a child will learn inthroughout the course of study is mathematics. In the first grade, students are taught arithmetic. A preschooler should be able to count from 0 to 10 and vice versa, understand more / less. The concepts of big/small, narrow/wide, long/short are also obligatory. It is very important that the baby in the learning process includes logical thinking, compares, analyzes.

Reading and writing

Of course, before moving on to these subjects, you should learn the letters and sounds. Knowing them, it will be very easy for a preschooler to master reading and writing. The child must know how to spell and pronounce each letter. In order for him to start reading words, you must also learn syllables. This is what many children have problems with. At first, it is very difficult for them to connect two sounds together. This will take some time and patience.

When it comes to writing, many primary school teachers recommend starting with printed and capital letters at the same time. So, learning a new one, you should immediately write it with a preschooler in two versions.

When to start preparing

Many parents are concerned about the age at which preschool preparation of children for school should begin. Some parents already in the first year of a child's life begin to learn letters and numbers with him, while others only in the last month before school. In fact, there are no clear restrictions on this issue. It all depends on the individual characteristics of the child. Some children begin to be interested in lessons at the age of three, while others show no interest in them at all. It is interesting to note that girls are much better prepared for school than boys.

Only one thing can be said for sure: a child should not be forced to study. He must want it himself, and it is his parents who can help him in this. In order for a preschooler to happily sit down to learn lessons, he must be interested. The kid needs to be motivated, then his performance will increase dramatically. The deadline for preparing children for school is 6 years. At this age, the child should already know at least half of what was described above.

Visual materials and tips

We all know that the main reference book at the age of 6 is the alphabet for children. Only, perhaps, preschoolers will not agree with this. In the era of computers and the Internet, books are becoming less and less popular every year, especially among children. But that doesn't mean it's bad. To prepare for the school of “advanced kids”, you can also use the electronic alphabet for children 6 years old.

There are plenty of pre-school programs, videos and other visual material to help your child learn any subject. At the same time, it will be interesting and fun for him.

If parents are ardent opponents of computers for children, then such visual materials should be made by hand or bought in a store. So, for the account, you can cut out beautiful and funny pictures. To study letters, draw bright cards.

Each child needs a special approach. What helikes, and what he is fond of, must be used in the game-learning. Let's say a preschooler really enjoys playing shop. He constantly asks you to buy something from him. Excellent! In this game, you can easily enter both the study of letters and numbers. Lay out the goods (these can be cards with cars, food, animals). Glue a small tag with numbers and letters on each. Now you are buying on just a red truck, and a car with the letter "A". The kid himself will not notice how he will learn letters and numbers, because he will constantly hear and see them.

Social Adjustment

Preparing for school will undoubtedly help the child with further education in an educational institution. However, another equally important factor is social adaptation. A preschooler should be ready for easy communication with both peers and adults. Psychological preparation for school is another important stage that must be checked before accepting a child in an educational institution. A preschooler should clearly answer questions, be able to resolve conflicts and be emotionally prepared for the difficulties that he will definitely face at school.

Oddly enough, but without knowing it, many parents prevent the child from socially adapting. For example, when a stranger asks the name of a preschooler on a bus or in a store, mom or dad is responsible for him. The child must learn to communicate with strangers through personal experience. Let his answers be very quiet and indistinct at first, but over time he will become more and more bold.

On playgrounds, children should not be protected from conflicts. Arguing with kids? That's the way it should be. He must be able to defend his interests and listen to the opinions of others. You should intervene only when absolutely necessary, while not solving the conflict instead of the child, but helping him to do it on his own.