How can parents get their kids ready to study? ...and to prepare first-graders for school, psychologist Olga Voloshenko told Komsomolskaya Pravda. “Going to first grade for a child is stressful, and it is important for parents to correctly talk about school life. My advice is to be sure to share your personal experience with him. For example, look at your school photographs, notebooks together, and tell us about your first friend. The main thing is that your information is positive,” says psychologist Olga Voloshenko. - At the same time, your story should not be too rosy, so as not to set your child up to certain expectations. Then disappointment and reluctance to go to school will come. You can talk about your difficulties during your school years, but in no case should they scare you. Phrases such as “you will have to study for 11 whole years” or “you will sit at your desk for 45 minutes” will only scare him. Be sure to celebrate September 1 with your whole family. A joyful environment will help the child realize that something very important has happened in his life, and that all the people close to him are ready to be there and share his feelings. How else can parents help a first-grader? Dedicate the time remaining before the school year to your child. For example, you can play school with him. At the same time, the child must play both the role of a teacher and the role of a student. The main thing is that the essence of the game is not about grades, but about getting to know the upcoming educational process. Go to bed early—It is best to get to know the teacher in advance and talk about your child. For example, that he is hyperactive and cannot sit still for a long time. Take your child to school on the eve of September 1, show him what grade he will be in, ask what he thinks and feels, because he will have to study here for more than one year. It is important that now the child and one of the parents live in the first-grader mode: early went to bed and got up early. We also need to take note that the speed of mental processes is different for each person. If the child is slow, then you need to wake him up not 10 minutes before leaving, but in advance. Then you can avoid morning scandals due to the fact that your child cannot get out of bed and does not have time to do anything. Buy a beautiful alarm clock—You can buy a first-grader a beautiful alarm clock and teach him how to set it. If he has a phone, choose an alarm melody together. Before buying a school uniform and backpack, don’t go to the store thinking that you’re wasting your day off. This will ruin the mood for both yourself and your child. It is important that the first-grader himself likes his future costume. Bringing back school life During the three months of vacation, many schoolchildren manage to forget what school is, and September turns into real torment for them. To avoid this, it is worthwhile right now, in August, to gradually change their routine. - It is clear that during the summer holidays children sleep as they want, and their usual routine is disrupted. Therefore, it’s time to put schoolchildren to bed early. Try to get them to wake up early too. Just do it gradually, for example, wake them up 10 minutes earlier every day. If the daily routine is not changed, it will be difficult for the child to start school activities. During lessons, he will be sleepy, absent-minded, and may even lose the desire to go to school. If the student is already old enough, you can ask him to go to the store and choose school supplies himself. Thus, he will begin to tune in that school is just around the corner. Give a diary to a high school student— During adolescence, a child has many questions about himself. A teenager is going through a certain crisis, and the leading type of activity at this time is not study, but communication with peers. It is through communication that he understands himself and finds out who he is: an introvert or an extrovert. During this period, the teenager wants to separate from his parents and strives for independence. But he lacks experience and knowledge. Therefore, all important things, such as studying, fade into the background. And you shouldn’t expect a teenager to go to school with great joy. IN