{"id":585668,"date":"2022-08-13T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allforwomen.com.de\/?p=585668"},"modified":"2022-08-06T08:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T05:02:43","slug":"psychological-intellectual-and-speech-readiness-of-a-child-for-school-how-to-determine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allforwomen.com.de\/en\/psychological-intellectual-and-speech-readiness-of-a-child-for-school-how-to-determine\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological, intellectual and speech readiness of a child for school: how to determine"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are two different levels of his development, and one of them should flow smoothly from the other. Kindergarten, if the child attends it, or parents at home are constantly preparing their child for this important step – school. The future first-grader will receive a large amount of information, for the understanding and consolidation of which he will need all his qualities acquired up to this point. The concept of a child's readiness for school implies a level of preparedness that makes it possible to fully and without undue stress both to learn and to interact with a new society. Here it is necessary to focus on the most important details, such as speech, memory, thinking, attention, a certain amount of knowledge, the desire to learn, the ability to obey established and generally recognized rules, etc. In order to most accurately understand<\/p>\n

So, what is the readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

At first he is considered a cheerful and funny toddler, then a smart and serious kid, and soon the school… Is he ready, can he cope, how will he behave, how to help him? How many questions on this topic, there should be as many answers…<\/p>\n

Types of child readiness for school<\/h2>\n

Traditionally, the following types of a child's readiness for school are distinguished: psychological, personal, motivational, intellectual, speech, physiological, physical, and others. All these types in their totality must correspond to the proper level that parents must provide their children in the best possible way for their ability to learn and easily adapt to new conditions and requirements of the school period.<\/p>\n

Psychological readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

So, when talking with children to the question: “Why do you want to go to school?", Many of them answered something like this: “I'm already big and therefore I want to study.” They, at this age, seeing that adults, speaking about their studies, take this very seriously, they themselves begin to realize that they are entering a new period of life, which is important for their parents. Simply put, a child who is psychologically ready for learning at a new level is already on the first step towards becoming an adult.<\/p>\n

Some parents manage once and for all to discourage their son or daughter from going to school through threats, such as, for example: “If you don\u2019t want to learn to count, it\u2019s okay, you can\u2019t go anywhere, you\u2019ll study there like a pretty one…” or force their a child with torment and tears to complete tasks from a first grade textbook, believing that in this way they prepare him for school times. Under no circumstances should any of this be done.<\/p>\n

The kid does not yet know specifically what a school is, he draws information from the words of adults. Parents should interest the child, show him that it is education that can show him how big and interesting the world is, tell him how much new and unknown he can learn. The psychological readiness of the child for school includes a complex set of components that are the result of the upbringing and development of the child in the period up to 6 or 7 years.<\/p>\n

Personal readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

Preschool age is just the period when the child begins to feel like an independent person. An internal change takes place, and the child begins to understand that one cycle in his life is irrevocably ending – kindergarten, "little childhood" and another begins – "adult stage". This is a very important process of awareness, without which adaptation to school can take place with certain complications. The personal readiness of a child for school is his acceptance of a new social position of a “student”, with its certain rights and obligations, an understanding of his new status, a desire to learn and gain knowledge, a positive attitude, the ability and willingness to actively participate in the life of a new team.<\/p>\n

An important role here is played by the motivational readiness of the child for school, when he is guided by certain motives, explaining his desire to go to school. Such motives will be: educational (I will go because I like to study), cognitive (I go because I want to get new knowledge), positional (I want to do important work, I will do it as an adult). The motives that speak of inappropriate preparation will be: gaming (I will go to school, because there are a lot of guys with whom I can play), social (I have to go to get a job and earn money later) and external (I have to study, because my mother makes me).<\/p>\n

What is a child's mental readiness for school<\/h2>\n

The readiness of the child's psyche is determined by his inner world, which has managed to form over a period of 3 to 6 or 7 years. It is during this time that children begin to receive the maximum of already well-recognized information. So, the reality surrounding them is no longer reduced only to the house, parents, friends in kindergarten. It begins to expand to the boundaries of the city and the country, and also invites you to enter the space of adult relationships. It is at preschool age that children think in figurative representations, using a creative approach and elements of the game in everything. Gradually, they begin to realize themselves as individuals and acquire the ability to internally and independently control their behavior. The so-called character appears, which is expressed in the individual relationship between the child and social reality. Ethical norms are adopted<\/p>\n

Thus, the mental readiness of the child for school will be complete if he has successfully passed the indicated stages and turned out to be prepared for actions in this case in a new team and according to new rules. In addition, due to the development of thinking and the emergence of needs for new knowledge, he feels a desire to learn and explore the world from new angles in order to quickly become an adult and independent.<\/p>\n

There are many opinions on whether children are ready to study at 6 years old. The only right decision here will be only an individual approach. If their psyche is ready for it, then yes. According to studies, a large percentage of six-year-olds are still trying to explore the world in the form of a game, as their favorite subjects are work and drawing. And seven-year-olds already choose mathematics and writing as the most interesting subjects for them. Watch your child and do not rush to make him a child prodigy ahead of time. His mind will not go anywhere, and he will delight you with excellent grades, but perhaps a year later.<\/p>\n

Intellectual readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

For successful learning without pronounced stress, children must be intellectually at the level of the first grade. Here we are talking, firstly, about their general knowledge related to the outside world, social life and certain counting skills, knowledge of letters, etc. Secondly, the ability to analyze, compare, generalize and draw independent conclusions is very important. It is necessary to have the ability to find causal and spatio-temporal relationships. Of course, at this age there is still no logical thinking in which form it is present in adults, but this is already its prototype, although in essence this is the highest form so far only of figurative thinking.<\/p>\n

So, it is not at all difficult to assess the intellectual readiness of a child for school with the help of ordinary conversation. The kid should be able to talk in a free form about himself and his family, know his address and the details of his closest relatives, not only give information about the world around him – both nature and society, but also know how to use it. Analyzing the information he has, draw a conclusion and explain in a conversation with an adult: “Why is it happening this way, and not like this”, and having gained certain knowledge, be able to ask counter questions. Many adults believe that this process of learning and development of the child proceeds by itself with the help of questions that he himself asks. This is not true. Children receive answers, which then turn out to be not connected in one system in any way, and therefore there is no single picture of the world.<\/p>\n

Speech readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

Many parents believe that if a child has some errors in speech, then it will go away somehow by itself, or that “not one of ours, the neighbor over there, also couldn\u2019t read syllables until the third grade, but he grew up.” This is a very common mistake. Even if we take not the learning process itself, but for starters, just the first-class team into which the baby will come, then in order to join it in the best way, you need to have a fairly quick, well-formed speech. The speech readiness of the child for school is the most important intellectual indicator of development. This must be remembered by all parents. Schoolchildren who do not have developed speech, as a rule, do not cope properly with writing. This leads to the fact that, in principle, smart guys begin to fail to keep up with the pace of the class,<\/p>\n

If speech is not intelligible due to problems in sound pronunciation, then you should definitely contact a speech therapist so that the specialist can correct this problem. In addition, there are a lot of special exercises that you can do at home, without unnecessarily straining the children, but doing it in the form of a game.<\/p>\n

It also happens that the vocabulary is not large enough, so, according to the norm, it is believed that it should contain at least 1500-2000 words. Here it is necessary to clarify that the child enriches his speech by imitating the people around him. This means that if parents consciously talk or read a lot and correctly with their children, then this problem will not be observed.<\/p>\n

Separately, it should be noted that by the age of 7, the correct grammatical structure of speech should be formed, which includes the correct declension of words and the construction of sentences. Only in this case, speech can be coherent and, accordingly, oral answers in the lessons will be excellent.<\/p>\n

Provided that parents can provide their child with the development of the above qualities of communicative speech, he will be able to actively get in touch with his peers and teachers, establish communication and learn successfully.<\/p>\n

The physiological readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

A very important aspect is the so-called physiological readiness of the child for school, it is expressed in satisfactory health and normal functioning of all body systems. That is why, before entering the first grade, all children must undergo a mandatory medical examination, which shows. Whether the biological and physical indicators correspond to the formal age, are ahead or behind it, as well as the presence or absence of medical contraindications for studying at school. It should be noted that, according to an appropriate assessment, it is customary to divide children into five groups according to the level of readiness for school. Moreover, the percentage of absolutely prepared preschoolers is negligible. There are very few perfectly healthy children at present. But you should not be very upset, because at the age of 7 and 8 years,<\/p>\n

If, nevertheless, there is a doctor's recommendation that you should wait a year with admission, then there is nothing to worry about, you just need to listen and allow the child's body to get stronger and properly prepare for school loads. Each person has their own individual body. This must be taken into account and not harmed, as some parents do, trying to prove that their child is no worse than the rest, and send the weak little one to study properly, and he cannot even lift and carry his satchel himself.<\/p>\n

Much attention is paid to the development of fine motor skills of the hands. It is precisely because of its weak development, as well as due to insufficient experience in graphic writing, that it is rather difficult for first-graders to write assignments. Experts advise in such cases to use plasticine modeling classes more often, games with a designer made of small parts that allow you to improve fine motor skills.<\/p>\n

Physical readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

According to statistics, when entering the first grade, children begin to get sick more often. This happens not only because they are in contact with a large number of other guys, but also because it is during this period that the children's body begins to rebuild in a new way. He begins to bear increased burdens compared to the previous ones, directly related both to the new daily routine (less games and rest and more training sessions) and to psycho-emotional fatigue, nervous and mental stress. It is here that it should be noted how important the sufficient physical readiness of the child for school is.<\/p>\n

What can good physical training of children give? This is, first of all, good health, a developed and enduring organism that can successfully withstand new loads, this is an excellent level of physical development that will ensure an active state, thereby largely determining the success of studies and excellent academic performance. The connection between good physical fitness and high mental performance is absolutely proven thanks to numerous observations and studies in this area. Mental performance in first-graders is expressed in the ability to focus on a particular lesson for 25 minutes, in the ability to work independently, to assimilate the material being studied well and in the absence of pronounced fatigue in the future.<\/p>\n

In kindergarten, physical training of children is given a lot of time. These are outdoor games, special physical education and tempering classes. So, classes include running, jumping, swimming, outdoor sports games, etc. If the child does not attend kindergarten, then the parents themselves must provide him with appropriate physical activity. The child must be active and mobile, this is the key to his health, both physical and mental.<\/p>\n

Specialists also pay great attention to the same problem of six- and seven-year plans. Since seven-year-old first graders are more physically prepared and have more life experience, they adapt to school more easily than their younger counterparts. The younger ones have to catch up with the older ones in order to at least catch up with them, and this is an even greater burden on both physical and mental health. Parents should not forget this.<\/p>\n

So, what is the level of readiness of the child for school<\/h2>\n

There are various systems, diagnostic tasks and tests that help determine the level of readiness of the child for school. They basically include the same elements:<\/p>\n