Top 5 Essential Skills to Prepare Your Child before they start School.
If your child is starting school for the first time in September, you’re probably feeling a little nervous and excited on their behalf. It can be hard for parents to know how is best to prepare them for Reception class – are you meant to teach them to read, write and count before they start lessons? Or are there other skills, which you haven’t even thought of, that are more important? “There are no official guidelines covering what children should be able to do before they enter Reception, but there are a few key skills that will help your children hit the ground running when they get there,” says early years expert Laura House , an education lead at childcare platform tiney . And before you get worried, that doesn’t mean you need to have launched into the curriculum with your child before their first day. Clinical psychologist Dr Martha Deiros Collado said in a recent Instagram post that she’s often asked by parents how to start teaching kids to read, write and do maths ahead of begin...