Tips for parents of fourth-graders

A very important period of school life – the transition from primary to secondary school. From your support of a child depends on many things: how quickly he will adapt to the new loads and new environment, will continue his self-esteem.

Naturally, with this new period and we, and our children have certain fears and hopes. And the same moments in different children can cause different reactions. Someone much more comfortable feel of previous permanent cozy classroom. For another, the move to a Cabinet system – the long-awaited freedom, welcome variety. Someone stung by parting with his beloved teacher. Another fifth-grader, perhaps, counting on a more positive, impartial attitude to his new teachers.

^ What points you should pay attention to the parents?

– The transition to high school is sometimes in the literal sense of the “new walls”. Indeed, in some schools, elementary classes are in a separate wing of a building or in a separate housing. – Some of the children and is in a new group of classmates. For example, he entered the school or moved to a specialized class.

– There is a “change status”: in elementary school, third grade-fourth graders were the most senior and skilled, Continue reading →