Is it really okay to directly go to kindergarten and primary school transition after kindergarten and junior high school?

In the process of early childhood education, the phenomenon of \”directly connecting to kindergarten through junior high school after kindergarten\” is gradually arousing many discussions. For many parents who want their children to become successful and their daughters to become phoenixes, letting their children enter the transition stage of kindergarten and primary school in advance seems to be a \”fast lane\” for their children\’s future academic success. However, whether this practice is scientific and reasonable, and whether it truly conforms to the laws of physical and mental development of young children is worthy of in-depth discussion. Characteristics of physical and mental development of middle-class children. Middle-class children are usually between 4 and 5 years old. Although their physical movement coordination and control ability have improved at this stage, they have not yet reached a mature state. For example, when they write, the small muscle groups in their hands are not yet perfect, and it is difficult to accurately control the movement of the pen for a long time. If they perform a lot of writing training too early, it may lead to wrong pen holding posture, affecting the quality of writing and the development of hand bones. 🧠In terms of cognition, middle-class children mainly focus on intuitive and figurative thinking. Their understanding of the world is mostly based on specific things and personal feelings, and their abstract thinking ability is weak. For example, for the concept of numbers, they may be able to count numbers, but they do not really understand the quantitative relationship represented by numbers. If you enter the transition from kindergarten to primary school at this time and learn more abstract knowledge such as pinyin, mathematical operations, etc., they may only remember mechanically and cannot deeply understand, which is not conducive to subsequent learning. 👧🏻In terms of emotional and social development, middle-class children began to have a preliminary sense of self-awareness and cooperation, but their emotional stability was poor. They need to gradually establish good interpersonal relationships and emotional management abilities through games and other methods in a relaxed and caring environment. The tense learning atmosphere between kindergarten and primary school may make them feel stressed and affect their mental health. The goals and content of the transition between kindergarten and primary school are not simply knowledge indoctrination. Its core goal is to help children transition from kindergarten to kindergarten-based learning and life to primary school-based classroom learning model, covering many aspects such as physical, psychological, social adaptation and learning ability. 🏀In terms of physical aspects, we must ensure that young children have good physical fitness and healthy habits to adapt to the relatively compact work and study rhythm of primary schools. Psychologically, cultivate children\’s interest in learning, positive learning attitude and self-confidence. In terms of social adaptation, let young children learn to abide by the rules, get along with their peers, and have a certain ability to live independently. In terms of learning ability, focus on cultivating children\’s attention, observation, thinking ability and language expression ability. ⏰️The content of the transition between kindergarten and primary school should include adjustments to life habits, such as regular work and rest, tidying up schoolbags, etc.; the cultivation of learning habits, such as correct sitting posture, listening habits, etc.; the moderate increase in knowledge reserves, such as simple digital cognition, pinyin enlightenment, etc., but it is by no means moving the first grade of elementary school courses downward in advance. Disadvantages of direct transition from kindergarten to primary school after going to middle class 1️⃣The learning pressure is too great: Children in middle class directly enter the transition from kindergarten to primary school, and will feel overwhelmed in the face of sudden increase in learning tasks, such as a large number of homework, reciting tasks, etc. Being in this high-pressure state for a long time may lead to children\’s fear and disgust for learning, seriously affecting their interest and enthusiasm in learning, and laying hidden dangers for their future learning career. 2️⃣Difficult to understand knowledge: As mentioned above, middle-class children have limited cognitive levels and it is difficult to understand relatively abstract knowledge in the transition stage of kindergarten and primary school. Forced inculcation of knowledge may lead to a small understanding of the children and a poor foundation. For example, learning pinyin too early may lead to inaccurate pronunciation and affect subsequent Chinese language learning; learning mathematical operations in advance but not understanding arithmetics is not conducive to the cultivation of mathematical thinking. 3️⃣Influence of comprehensive development: The kindergarten stage focuses on the comprehensive development of young children, and promotes their physical, cognitive, emotional and other aspects through various game activities. When middle class enters the transition between kindergarten and primary school, children will lose a lot of time to participate in games and other activities, which is not conducive to the development of their imagination, creativity and social abilities, and may cause unbalanced development of young children. 4️⃣Deficient development potential: Learning primary school knowledge in advance may make children seem to be ahead in the early stages of primary school, but this advantage is often short-term. Due to the lack of solid learning ability and good learning habits, as the grade increases and the difficulty of knowledge increases, they may gradually fall behind and experience a \”third grade landslide\”. Scientific path to transition between kindergarten and primary school ❤The importance of transition between senior class: senior class is a key stage of transition between kindergarten and primary school. In the senior class, teachers will gradually adjust teaching methods and activity arrangements, appropriately increase learning time, and cultivate children\’s awareness of rules and tasks. For example, by carrying out group cooperation activities, children can learn to divide the work and cooperate and improve their social interaction skills; set up some simple learning tasks, such as recording the weather, to cultivate children\’s task completion ability. At the same time, the course content of the senior class will also penetrate the knowledge and skills required for the transition between kindergarten and primary school in the game, laying the foundation for children to enter primary school. 💕Follow the laws of development: Parents and educators should fully understand the laws of physical and mental development of young children and educate them according to the actual situation of young children. For middle-class children, they should focus on cultivating their observation, attention and language expression skills through games, life activities, etc. For example, in the game \”Find Different\” to exercise children\’s observation ability; in the storytelling activities, improve children\’s language expression ability. Avoid high-intensity knowledge learning too early and let young children grow up in happiness. 🏠👩🏫Home and kindergartens should work closely together to do a good job in the transition between kindergarten and primary school. Parents should cultivate good living habits and self-care abilities in their daily lives, such as dressing and organizing toys by themselves. At the same time, we actively communicate with kindergarten teachers to understand the situation of children in kindergarten, and jointly formulate scientific and reasonable development plans for children. Kindergartens can teach parents the scientific methods of transition between kindergarten and primary school by holding parent lectures, parent-child activities, etc. to form a joint education force. It is not a wise move to go directly to kindergarten and primary school after going to middle school. Early childhood education should follow the laws of physical and mental development of young children, focus on comprehensive development, and lay a solid foundation for the future of young children through scientific and reasonable methods.