Life is a marathon, so why not go to school a year later?

Recently, a notice issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Education has made a lot of noise – the cut-off date of birth for children in the first grade of primary school will be determined by the provincial education administration department. The media explained this as: The deadline for primary school entrance age will no longer be limited to August 31! When many parents heard this news, they started to get excited: Does this mean that children born after August 31 and before December 31 can go to school in the same year as children born before August 31? At present, the specific regulations of each province have not yet been issued, and no one is sure. However, in my opinion, it may not be a good thing to let children born after August 31st go to school a year earlier. There are many benefits to going to school a year later. My Rooney was born on September 3. According to the previous regulations of August 31 as the deadline for elementary school enrollment, he could not enter elementary school until he was 7 years old. I used to worry about this: \”With only 3 days difference, do I have to go to school a year later and work a year later than others? Wouldn\’t it be too much of a disadvantage?\” However, after Rooney went to kindergarten for two years, I gradually changed my view: There are actually many benefits for children to go to school later. The kindergarten where Rooney currently attends also has a very strict age limit. You must be 3 years old before September 1 to attend the small class. Therefore, Rooney has been the oldest child in the class since he entered the kindergarten. This age advantage has brought him many benefits: First, he has strong self-care ability and does not need teachers to worry about him. While other children still need the teacher to feed them, wipe their butts, and dress them, Rooney can already take care of himself. The teacher felt very relieved about this and often asked him to help take care of other children, which further enhanced his self-care ability and self-confidence. The second is a more mature mind and getting along well with others. Although Rooney is a boy, because he is older and more mature in the class, he can understand other people\’s emotions well and take care of other children. Therefore, he has become the most popular person in the class. Almost all the teachers and His classmates all like him. The third is strong learning ability and high acceptance level. Take literacy and writing as an example. Their kindergarten class started to teach some simple Chinese characters, and they had writing lessons about three times a week. However, some younger children cannot even hold a pen firmly, and writing is very painful for them. Some children even do not want to go to school because of this. However, for Rooney, writing is a very happy thing. At that time, he just entered a sensitive period for writing. Whenever he had time, he would take out a pen and paper and write non-stop. Sometimes he would not even put down his pen even when asked to eat. After half a year of practice, his handwriting became more and more beautiful, which gave him a great sense of accomplishment and enthusiasm for further learning. The difference of one year is very big for children. Some people may say that this age difference becomes smaller and smaller as they grow up. But now that society is so competitive, it is better to let children go to school a year earlier. It would be more practical to work after graduating a year earlier. Yes, age differences become less and less significant as children grow older. However, it is these differences in childhood that determine a child\’s lifelong development and happiness. For children, a few months before birth actually makes a big difference, especially in infancy and early childhood. If you can realize the new lifeIf there is a huge difference between a baby and a half-year-old baby, it is not difficult to understand the difference between a 6-and-a-half-year-old child and a 7-year-old child. Some silly questions that he doesn\’t understand when he is 6 and a half years old may already be child\’s play to him when he is 7 years old. The famous child psychologist Piaget conducted a very famous experiment – the \”Three mountain problem\”. There is a sandbox model in the experiment, which contains three mountains with different colors and markings. A house is on the top of one mountain, a red cross is on the top of one mountain, and the top of the other mountain is covered with white snow. The experimenter asked the child to stand on one side of the table and place a rag doll in different locations on the table. Test the child with three questions: Ask the child: \”What did the rag doll see?\” Show the child photos of three mountains taken from different angles and ask the child to pick out the photo that the rag doll saw. Give the child three pieces of cardboard and ask the child to arrange the three mountains as seen on the rag doll. The experimental results found that children under the age of 8 generally failed to succeed, and most children under the age of 6 chose photos or built models that were consistent with their own viewing angles, rather than the perspective of the rag doll. Therefore, Piaget proposed the cognitive characteristic of children in the preoperational stage (2 to 7 years old) – egocentricity, that is, they interpret the world and view problems from their own perspective, and it is difficult to imagine what it is like to see it from the perspective of others. It is not difficult to explain why some seemingly simple math problems cannot be understood by children no matter how we teach them, because their cognitive level has not yet reached them! Letting children go to school a year earlier will undoubtedly make them more likely to fall into such a vicious cycle: unable to understand the knowledge they have learned – poor grades – teacher criticism – parents anxious – children losing confidence – tired of learning. In addition to learning, differences in personality, self-care ability, and height are also very likely to affect children\’s development. Just look at the personal experiences of these Zhihu netizens. Let your children have one more year of happiness. There is a colleague who has often complained in the group about being tired since his child entered elementary school. Why? Looking at the homework assigned by the teachers that he posted to the group, it was really frustrating. There were a lot of tasks such as recitation, copying, reading, handicrafts, and experiments. It was difficult for the children to complete it after ten o\’clock every day, and most of the homework was still incomplete. Parents are required to participate, and colleagues have to spend a lot of time with their children to do homework after work on weekdays and on weekends, so they often complain in the group. I believe that many parents with primary school students can agree. Today’s primary school students are indeed under too much academic pressure! If a child enters primary school a year early and has weak learning ability, the child and the parents will be even more miserable. Therefore, if you can stay in kindergarten for one more year and let your children enjoy one more year of carefree happiness, it is really equivalent to giving your children a gift of life. Especially for boys, it is not advisable to go to school too early. Sun Yunxiao, deputy director of the China Youth Research Center, believes that boys develop later than girls. The language ability of 5-year-old boys is equivalent to that of 3-and-a-half-year-old girls. Early enrollment may cause them to be unable to understand the teacher\’s lectures and unable to sit still in class. It is said that in the United States and Australia, parents give boys \”the best\”Gift\” is to go to school one year later. For a 50-year-old person, 1 year is only 1/50 of his life, but for a 5-year-old child, 1 year is equivalent to 1/5 of his life. . One more year of carefree time brings 10 times more benefits to children than adults. Think about it, how many people can still remember what they did last year after working, and the experiences and memories of childhood , but it may stay in your mind for the rest of your life. I was deeply moved by the answer of a netizen on Zhihu. He said: \”As I grow up, I feel that I change greatly every year, and the gap is huge. A year is a long time, and a lot of things can happen in a year. One year older, the mind will be much worse… I still remember many scenes from the kindergarten, such as running around the colorful pillars so dizzy, such as having my head stuck in the bed rail… That kind of memory is heaven The same feeling… The days in kindergarten are really comfortable and unforgettable. It\’s a year to stay for one more year! One more day is a day! \”By starting school a year later, we have more time to accompany our children to play around, look at flowers and trees, play in the mud and sand, and get close to nature, so that children can fully develop various sensory experiences such as vision, taste, touch, and smell. Early childhood Children who have rich life experiences will be more sensitive and happy when they grow up. Life is a marathon, and those who start too fast will fall behind. If possible, try to let your children go to school a year later. Children\’s children The longer the period, the more positive nourishment they receive and the more fully prepared they are, the greater the chance that their children will develop their potential in life in the future.