How to prepare first graders for school? / Challenges of face-to-face class online

Family group – Zohreh Saeedi: With the arrival of October and the start of the new school year, families have all been waiting to see what education decides to send their children to school. Many families are still opposed to their children going to school, and many more are waiting. Children return to normal education after two years, but one of the most important educational foundations is the “first graders” who have not yet gone to school and are unfamiliar with the environment. The issue of school and corona is currently a major concern for families.

The Ministry of Education announced a few days ago that the celebration of students’ flowers will be held in the country’s schools on Thursday, the first of October, and the bell of the country’s schools will be rung on the third of October to mark the beginning of the school year. Health protocols go to school. While students have not yet been vaccinated, some schools have informed families that classes are currently virtual and others have chosen one to two days a week for face-to-face classes, although these classes will have limited students. Was.

Leaving aside these arguments, preparing children for the first year of school is a good challenge for families because it is true that children have gone to preschool and kindergarten before, but school is a new world with more experiences. Families should create a good and positive mentality for children so that children can have happy hours there in addition to learning science.

So the first thing that families should do to prepare their children for school is to create a positive attitude about school, not to keep parents saying, “Wow, we have to get up early tomorrow and the kids have to go to school.” Day again and day again! This kind of thinking has a negative effect on children that the school is supposed to be a place full of problems and difficulties!

** Tell good memories of school for children

Therefore, it is better for parents to talk about good memories of school for their children in order to reduce their stress about going to school and to imagine that good things are going to happen in their lives and that it depends on the child going to the second home. Even the definition of teachers and the fact that they can be the second mother and father of children, affects the process of education and communication between children and their teachers in primary school, because children in this period are strongly dependent on their teachers.

It is better to encourage children to make friends from the day of the celebration of flowers and the first grade, and then go to school with more enthusiasm so that they want to study and be with their friends.

In the previous issues, we presented the preparatory reports of children for going to school, so that you can teach the discipline of going to school to the children from now on. Whether in other grades or in the first grade, it is better for them to go to bed early from now on and know that going to school requires order, reducing nightly movies and series and cartoons so that they can fall asleep easily in the morning. Be healthy tomorrow and be able to be in the classroom.

** The order of sleep and wakefulness

Now, whether the classes are held in person or online, create this order in the children so that they wake up early in the morning and attend the class, not so that the children take a nap in the online classes and do not learn anything or pay attention at school. Not to be.

** Observe the nutrition of first graders

It is also very important to observe the nutrition of the first graders so that the nutrients reach their brains and they can have good productivity and be healthy and use their different skills. Children who do not eat a good breakfast can not sit well in the first grades. And not focus. Therefore, parents should be careful in this regard so that they do not forget to feed the fun bells or food between online classes and the children’s first breakfast.

** Teach children to follow health protocols

For the little students who are going to attend the first elementary classes this year, it is better for the parents to teach the protocols very sincerely and with stories and stories without putting stress on the children that if you go to school, you will get a corona. It is better to tell them to wear a mask to get rid of the disease and to disinfect their hands regularly with soap, water or alcohol, but not obsessively.

However, these conditions exist both before and after the vaccination of the student community until the corona is eradicated, and vaccination will not be a reason for immunity from the disease.

** Take care of personal belongings

Another point is that they take care of the students’ notebooks and books. Many children at a young age, especially in the first grade, do not understand how to take care of personal belongings when they come home and their mother asks them, for example, about pencils and notebooks. They did not bring it or they do not know where they put it. It is best for parents to teach them how to take care of their equipment before starting school.

** Reduce children’s anxiety

Many children this year, when they hear that they have to go to a face-to-face class, become anxious about what to do with the vaccine, corona and other issues. Your first task is to reduce the children’s anxiety by playing and entertaining them. Encourage school. Teach them to wear school uniforms, tie bags and shoes, and so on. It is better to create a school and school environment at home, for example, it should no longer be a toy in the hands of children like in summer, and more libraries and stationery and a school and study space should be created for them, and they should have fun on weekends.

A first grader should eat a light dinner the night before school, get a good night’s sleep, have a thermos of water, and drink enough water to not be bothered by standing in line. Eat a nutritious and healthy snack for fun. Arrive on time on the first day of school so that he does not go to school late and becomes anxious. Be by his side for the first few days and accompany him so that he can concentrate and make sure that you are by his side if something goes wrong.

Also put your essential name and contact number in his pocket so that he can give it to the school parents and they will call you if needed. It is better to contact the school staff yourself.

** What to do with a student who has a strong emotional attachment to the family?

Some children are more emotionally attached to their family than others, which is why they have problems in the first days of school and with Radcar’s family and parents. Prepare the children to go to school, encourage them to get acquainted with the school environment. For these children, it is best for both parents to be present when they go to school to encourage them

It is better for parents to teach their children to tell their teacher and friends if they have a problem and to express their feelings, as well as to teach them to defend themselves against older children, but this should not be a form of teaching violence to children. .

For students whose classes are currently being held virtually, parents are less concerned about their children’s illness and health, but parents still need to teach their children to use the Internet and a happy network. Although these days, children are familiar with cyberspace, the Internet and the lips from an early age, but these conditions are not provided for everyone equally. It is better for education to determine the specific conditions of the first grade from these days so that parents and children can better take scientific steps and reduce their problems.

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