Zerati - A young child of preschool age

Chapter (1)

For your child to go to school.

How ready are you?

The questions below are for you to complete. This section provides an overview of the skills that will be covered in more detail in the following sections. Don't expect your child to be proficient in all areas. He or she may be better at some areas than others.

So, let's take a look at how far your child is at. Your answers will help you decide how much preparation your child needs to make for school. Do you think your child is ready to do these things?

1. Children are all different.

Children vary in how quickly their skills develop. For example, some children can walk as early as 12 months or even earlier.

Some children can walk, but some cannot stand upright until they are around 18 months old.

Some children are not yet mature enough or ready to learn like others when it comes to school.

Additionally, different skills develop at different rates in a child. Over time, each child will develop their own unique patterns of where they are good and where they are not.

To develop skills, start where your child is and build on them. Your child will learn and develop as much as they can, and some skills will be easier to master than others.

2. Boys and girls are different.

• Girls develop language faster. For example, boys can talk by the age of 2, but girls develop language earlier. The language area of ​​a girl's brain is larger than that of a boy's. This is called a biological effect. Also, mothers talk more to their daughters than to their toddler sons. This is an environmental effect. So girls develop language earlier. Girls are also ahead of boys in reading.
• Boys are also known as “risk takers” in school, and they are always getting hurt and injured. Girls are more calm and collected. In general, girls try harder than boys to avoid failure and to find comfort. Developmental problems are more common among boys. Poor speech and language development, reading difficulties, attention and hyperactivity problems, emotional and social underdevelopment, and aggressive behavior are three to five times more common in boys than in girls. However, when you look at the overall population of girls and boys, there are more similarities than differences.

                      3. Preparing for school is too much.

                                                 Not to push.

Some people believe that giving their children lots of learning experiences will yield positive results. Preparing your child for school isn't about raising their IQ. It's not about making them a scientist by the time they're 10. It's more about making sure they go to school with confidence and are able to handle the social, academic, real-life, and behavioral demands of the classroom and the playground.

Recommendation.

• Remember that children have very different levels of strength, interests, abilities, and developmental rates. If you have something in mind that you think is right for you and your child, even if it is not the same as what you do with your neighbors or your friends, have the confidence to try it. Also remember that children need time to play freely, discover themselves, and have fun.