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The child was barely in compulsory kindergarten this year, how to prepare him for first grade?
Most parents wonder if it is right to let a child go up to first grade after Corona's year when he was barely in kindergarten and did not receive adequate preparation for this important transition.
An early childhood specialist has a model that can help you with the deliberation
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Prof. Dorit Aram
Monday, 01 March 2021, 06:37
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A year when the children had more days at home than in kindergarten.
Empty classroom (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The corona crisis has put the education system, parents and children dizzy and one of the most critical and significant dilemmas lies in the development of parents of children who have studied-not studied this year as part of compulsory kindergarten.
Many of them are worried that their children did not receive in this complex year everything it takes to integrate well into first grade.
When we come to examine the question of the child's readiness to move to first grade, especially in such a different, complex and extraordinary year, we need to look at the child's emotional-social readiness to move to the big picture.
It is important to consult with the teacher, who, although she may have met the child a little this year, still knows him within an educational setting and knows children his age.
It is important to trust gardeners as having experience and broad observation.
Regarding the reading, writing and arithmetic skills of children, the Ministry of Education is aware of this special year and they will probably consider the readiness of the children in first grade.
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However parents who want to promote their children’s readiness can at home play with children and write with them, this is a good way to introduce children to the writing system.
You can, for example, write with them the names of the family members and the letters that make them up.
Another important point is to make sure that the child goes to school with his friends in kindergarten, so that the new environment in the school is familiar and accessible.
Your job is to gather information about the new school and make sure that the child goes up with friends he knows. Opening of the school year at the Schiffer school in Petah Tikva (Photo: Reuven Castro)
For parents who are still debating their child's ready questions for first grade,
the "parenting pentagon" model
can help examine the issue and provide them with tools they should use from the current period right up to the first months of the first grade in the next school year.
The model consists of five significant principles for our lives as parents in general, and in this case are particularly relevant to the question of the transition from kindergarten to first grade.
Partnership:
Parents should be full partners in the decision, share with the kindergarten staff and also cooperate with the staff who receive the child at the school.
If one parent expresses question marks next to the child, it harms the chances of his child's good integration in school.
Leadership:
Parents need to show leadership and responsibility, gather information about the new school as well as make sure the child goes to school with a number of friends.
You should take the child in the summer, show him the way to school and if possible, also pay a visit to the school.
It is also very important to radiate calm and determination and trust the receiving school staff.
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The system will help children land greetings in the new setting.
Children return to kindergarten after closure (Photo: Flash 90, Jonathan Zindel)
Love:
Parents should be interested in the child, allow him to express his feelings and thoughts and talk to him about the transition.
Show empathy for him because it conveys to the child that he is not alone in the world and that he is understood and his feelings, both pleasant and difficult.
It is also very important to happily send the child to school and happily receive the child to send him a message that he was in the best place for him.
Independence: The
parents should trust the child's strengths and encourage him towards the change that is expected of him.
Also, the child should be encouraged to do things on his own according to his developmental place (for example, arrange the bag on his own).
Rules:
Parents should create an agenda for the child and establish habits that will make it easier for him to move to the new framework.
It is important to remember that the rules must be proportionate and some gradual.
For example, since school needs to arrive at a certain time, it is advisable to practice getting up and getting ready for school.
It is important for parents to know and remember that the education system is aware of the importance of the soft transition of first graders in general, and in such a complex year in particular.
The system will help children land greetings in the new setting.
However, one needs to work closely and attentively with the kindergarten staff to make an informed decision about the child’s readiness (with an emphasis on emotional-social readiness) to move together with his kindergarten friends to the new framework in his life.
If you have decided to move from compulsory kindergarten to first grade, it is very important to be prepared for this in advance and a five-year parenting model can definitely help you as a parent.
The author is the head of the Laboratory for Early Childhood Research, Tel Aviv University School of Education
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