The impact of school life is very important on children's growth as happy, productive and self-confident individuals. In the research conducted; It has been observed that children who are ready to learn and start school are more successful, happy and harmonious throughout their school life.
Starting school in general; It requires mental, physical, emotional and social maturity. The educational lives of children who have reached this maturity will be successful. However, the main criterion for the child to start school is the calendar age. This criterion is important for starting school, but it is not sufficient on its own. Because every child's development is different. Hereditary characteristics and environmental factors affect development. For this reason, not every child reaches school maturity at the same age. Starting school based on calendar age alone, without knowing whether the child has reached sufficient school maturity, may lead to student failure.
In order for your child to have reached school maturity; It is necessary to know the characteristics that affect individual differences, such as visual maturity, color and shape perception, visual memory, hand-eye coordination, auditory discrimination and attention span, resulting from previous experiences. Children who have a very short attention span, speak later than their peers, develop slowly, have problems in peer relations, are overly dependent on their parents, have difficulty adapting to rules, and have difficulty in acquiring basic academic skills such as number, color, similarity and contrast concepts may have problems adapting to school. .
If you, as a parent, have serious concerns about your child starting school, you should immediately consult a specialist and ask for your child to be evaluated in terms of school readiness. Children who start school before they are ready for school are less likely to succeed in school life. Let's not forget that the risk of failure is high and this failure can negatively affect the child's future life.
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