At one time, I was struck by the fact that during the acute period of adaptation to school, our first-graders experience approximately the same stress as astronauts during a spacewalk. What does this mean? About the fact that school is a complete horror and an ongoing nightmare? After all, it is this point of view that is now being broadcast from literally every Internet site. In my opinion, not at all. This only means that the child needs to readjust, adapt to the new reality, and form a new way of life at school. And it is this process of restructuring that is called adaptation. As a rule, school adaptation takes more than one month and is completed, on average, no earlier than the end of the first quarter. Whatever one may say, entering school is a kind of turning point in the life of every child. Having become a schoolchild, the child can no longer show the carelessness, carelessness, and immersion in play characteristic of preschool children. A child’s life includes many demands, new responsibilities and restrictions appear: he must go to school every day, observe the daily routine more strictly, be able to obey school rules and the teacher’s requirements, and do his homework. The personality of yesterday’s child changes, his intellectual capabilities develop, this changes emotions and experiences, as well as social circle. The child, of course, is not always fully aware of the changes occurring to him, but to a certain extent he experiences them. And this can always be noticed from the outside: a growing person develops pride associated with the fact that he has become a schoolchild. And such pride is already a sure sign that the child is developing an “internal position of a schoolchild.” And this very “internal position of a schoolchild” plays a very important role in the difficult process of getting used to school. It is she who helps the little student overcome the vicissitudes of school life and successfully cope with new responsibilities. Parents can significantly help the child and support him in this process. How? Below I give a number of the most basic recommendations. Support your child’s desire to become a schoolchild. This can be done by showing interest in his educational affairs and taking his first achievements seriously. It is your respectful attitude towards your child’s school life that will help him establish a sense of the significance of his new position and activities. Discuss with your child the rules and norms that are required of him at school. It is very important here to create a personal attitude towards these rules, an understanding of why they are needed, what are their benefits and necessity. Support your child in the event of inevitable failures in school. Your child has begun to study. It is completely normal and natural if something doesn’t work out for him right away. Remember that your son or daughter has the right to make mistakes. Think over a comfortable daily routine. Introduce your child to it and try to follow it carefully. Be attentive to the difficulties that your child may have in the first stages of schooling. Don’t give up on them and take the position of an ostrich. Seek help from specialists in a timely manner: speech therapists, psychologists, doctors. Do not hesitate to consult with the teacher once again if something bothers you in your child’s behavior. Maintain a sense of success in your child. Do not skimp on praise and emotional support. Try to find some good moments in every work done by your first-grader, every task. Accept that for some period of time the teacher will play the role of the most authoritative adult in your child’s life. This is normal and reflects the natural processes of age-related development of your child’s psyche son or daughter. Leave space in your child’s life not only for study, but also for play and other activities that are interesting to him. Study should not deprive the child (and the family as a whole) of variety, pleasure, joy and play. If you want to “spread straws” in the process of adapting your child to school, this is not the way to go/85971/