Positive emotional health Going to a new school, making new friends and adjusting to new rules is stressful for children. Children who have developed the capacity to cope comfortably with normal stress and anxiety will adapt quickly and be able to devote all of their energy to the tasks at hand. For more information about emotional health in the transition to school, click here . Children have six years of learning behind them before they come to school. Schools expect they will have many basic concepts and language skills to build on.
All teaching begins with assumptions about what children already know.
Children whose knowledge matches these assumptions in grade one will seem more ready to learn. Schools which can understand exactly where children are in acquiring basic concepts, will be more ready to teach. For more information about language and cognitive development in the transition to school, click here .