While the questions and confusion about whether schools are open or not, will they be face-to-face or remote continue, private schools have already started distance education under the name of make-up or start. For public schools, this date is August 31.
Of course, this part of the journey is more than personal decisions. It is planned according to the management of the epidemic process in our country.
The part I want to talk about is our perspective on the process of children being ready for school. While we have an uncertain period of time ahead of us, the effectiveness of distance education varies for each child, and there is a lack of readiness for school, things may be more complicated. Therefore, I think it is necessary to better consider whether our child is ready for primary school while there is still time.
It should not be forgotten that being ready for school is not just reaching a certain age and being cognitively ready to read; It is a subject that requires readiness in many areas such as developing attention to follow a task for a certain period of time, becoming independent in self-care, having the skills to solve problems emotionally and act independently, and having fine motor and muscle development at a level that will enable writing for a certain period of time. . Although their height and weight are ahead of their peers, many children whose muscle development and emotional development are at or behind their age may start school early, and this affects their entire school life.
Therefore, instead of a single perspective, a decision is made after multiple evaluations. I believe it would be more beneficial to take it. A parent may evaluate his/her own child biasedly (positively or negatively), and the nursery or kindergarten teacher may express a ready opinion because he or she has watched his or her development and seen progress. But progress in development may not be enough to be ready. Therefore, it would be much better to approach it objectively and move forward by re-evaluating it with the test results.
In this sense, the interview with the family is valuable, as is the Marmara Primary Education Readiness Test, which is applied in addition to the observation with the child. I think it provides information.
Of course, the way we are used to education is changing. The epidemic also taught us different forms of education. However, in schools where children at kindergarten, primary and secondary school levels can run in the garden. Of course, their ability to receive health education also has a completely different place.
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