Take positive actions to help children adapt to the start of school｜Talk about your thoughts · Tutoring Classroom
2024-08-20
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The school bell is about to ring, and children will have to transition from a relaxed summer vacation to an intense and orderly school life. The huge contrast will inevitably cause some physical and mental turmoil. "Everything is prepared, and lack of preparation leads to failure." In order to help children easily adapt to the start of school, parents' active actions are crucial. Parents can predictably guide their children back to the "track" of school and help them gradually get into the state of school one week before school starts.
For children in the preschool and primary school stages, parents can accompany their children to prepare for the start of school, such as buying stationery, ironing school uniforms, sorting out summer homework, etc., and use actions to prompt children to actively welcome the start of school. For children in the middle school stage, parents may encourage their children to contact classmates and organize social activities after returning to school, so that they are full of expectations for the start of school; they can also encourage children to make study plans for the new semester and preview the new semester courses in advance to reduce the study pressure after the start of school.
Practice: Hold a family opening ceremony
1. Activity preparation: Parents select the location and time of the ceremony in advance and tell their children, so that the children can be prepared to express their thoughts on the new semester at the ceremony. They can also prepare background music, small cakes, candles and other ceremony items.
2. Ceremony process: Parents first briefly introduce the significance of the start of school, light candles, and let the children make a wish for the new semester; then the child speaks, encouraging him to share his expectations and feelings about the new semester; finally, parents share their own school stories and end the ceremony with encouraging words.
3. Record as a souvenir: Use a camera or mobile phone to record the entire ceremony process, and take a family photo at the end.
Warm reminder: The purpose of holding a family opening ceremony is to let children feel the warmth and support of the family. Parents should avoid taking the opportunity to criticize their children’s bad past or express too many expectations for their children, which will lead to counterproductive results.
Planning | Gong Danfeng, Chen Xiaoxuan, Xu Hanghang
Coordination | Wei Yi and He Ning
Supervisory Unit | Guangdong Provincial Department of Education Guangdong Provincial Institute of Education
Expert members | Psychological researchers and frontline teachers across the province
Written by Pang Shiping, a psychology teacher at Dongguan No. 10 Senior High School
