Is your child ready for first grade?

 A difficult year has passed for the education system following the corona and in particular for the kindergarten children, in which the children stayed most of the time at home.

Kindergarten children, and in particular compulsory kindergarten children, have accumulated a gap in their preparation for first grade. A child entering first grade is required to perform tasks, understand, be able to absorb various skills such as:

reading and writing skills and more. He is required to sit for a long time and be able to write and complete assignments without experiencing frustration.

 

Many parents are apprehensive and ask if my child is ready for first grade?

What does a prepared child mean? What is expected of him? And how can he be helped to be ready? We will try to answer this in this article:

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First-grade readiness is measured in four different areas:

Continuous maturity

Cognitive maturity includes thinking ability, perception, language, learning, and memory.

The child is expected to understand the subject being studied in a logical, coherent, focused, and consistent manner.

Also, follow and follow complex instructions, solve problems, and meet thinking tasks.

 

Long-term and short-term visual and auditory memory

The child is expected to recognize and remember the different letters, to remember auditory information from stories and songs.

Distinguish between the different sounds and identify an opening/closing sound.

The child's language should be normal and fluent and have an extensive vocabulary, he must be familiar with basic concepts in the language such as opposites, forms, etc.

It is important that he can describe a situation or image and define basic objects, he must know how to use simple and complex sentences and use proper verbs, descriptions, and prepositions since this is the basis for understanding what is heard and read.

 

tips!

 

Ask the child to prepare the shopping list and ask him to write the products by hearing.

Dodge milk - unpacked to sounds H-L-B. If he has difficulty, we unpack the word with him and he is told H - the letter H and so on.

We will ask the child to write a greeting for a relative's birthday.

We will play with it the letter game "I think of a word that begins/ends with a sound __, what do I think of?"

We will set the table with him for a joint meal: we will ask the child to count the number of diners to bring cutlery according to the number.

You can make a menu and ask them to write by hearing.

Reading stories every day! Books enrich the vocabulary and encourage discourse.

You can make a letter bar (from A to T), stick it by the bed and every evening, play different games such as: you will find the letter C, point to the letter that starts with the word ball ... etc.

Emotional maturity

In school the child is required to demonstrate abilities of self-regulation, to share and share, to bear frustration and to reject gratifications.

Emotional maturity allows the child to adapt to the new framework and meet its requirements.

He must show self-confidence, say goodbye to his parents easily in the morning and face the demands of school.

 

tips!

 

When frustration (sibling quarrel) is seen, offer them to breathe and see what helps them relax.

Read stories and talk to them about the feelings / coping of the characters from the story.

The most important !!! Believe in him and give him a sense of accomplishment.

Social maturity

Social maturity is examined to what extent the child manages to take part in society and join a group that plays, makes contact with a friend, and enjoys the connection.

The child is expected to understand and act on social norms. In addition, he knew how to share, share and consider his friends during a game.

 

tips!

 

Allow a game with friends and see how he copes?

If you encounter difficulty - help them find a solution and talk to them How can the problem be solved?

 

 

Motor maturity

The child is expected to demonstrate control and deliberate coordination on body performance such as:

running, jumping, skipping, etc. Get organized in space and most importantly - proper posture and a strong shoulder belt - so he can sit for a long time.

In addition, the child is also expected to master fine motor skills such as proper grasping of writing tools, painting areas, cutting, copying, writing a name, and hand-eye coordination.

 

tips!

 

Let the child cut out pictures from different newspapers or cut out different letters and write the names of the family members.

Draw different shapes on a page and ask the child to paint and cut out the shape. You can create an image from the shapes and paste.

Play with clothespins.

Gross motor skills - spend time with them at an amusement park and encourage climbing.

To strengthen the shoulder belt - wheelbarrow walking.