text｜ Zhang Weifei
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Source | The possibility of growth
It’s less than a week before the start of school. Some children already feel that the summer vacation is long and boring. They can’t wait to go back to school to meet familiar teachers and classmates. There are also completely new families of elementary school students. They are facing the unknown that they have never experienced. Events and tension.
Last year, "Parents on the Wall" became popular during the back-to-school season. As children entered the school gate, parents watched eagerly outside the wall. Parents are no less worried and anxious about the start of school than their children. The best way to relieve anxiety is often to make adequate preparations in advance.
Countdown to the start of school, how do parents feel? As a parent, are you also worried about not knowing what to prepare for your children? In this issue, The Possibility of Growth talks to three parents. They are parents of first-year students, parents of third-year students, and parents of first-year junior high school students. What preparations did they make before school started?
#1
"After school starts, we will be first-grade primary school students!"
Freshmen and their parents are often the most worried groups every year. From kindergarten to elementary school, what learning tools should children prepare? Can you adapt to primary school life? What should I do if my child doesn’t like going to school?
"I was a little worried when he just graduated from kindergarten. Actually, I don't have any anxiety now. After the class was completed, our group of first-grade parents were already drawn into the WeChat group. Just follow the steps. He will be a first-grade student when school starts, and I’m a little excited!” Although Tiao Tiao’s mother, who is about to become a first-grade student, is not anxious, she is still a little nervous.
She said that she is a "learning mother". She reads more information on the Internet and learns from other people. Everything she needs to prepare is similar, and she imitates what others do. According to her experience, early anxiety may be due to lack of preparation, and learning more can alleviate anxiety. During the week of countdown to
, my mother took Tiao Tiao to a stationery store. There are many parents and children shopping in the stationery area, and Tiao Tiao’s mother also came prepared. She compiled a “stationery list” based on what the teacher had previously shared in the group. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. She put it Stationery that needs to be bought Write it on paper, including details to pay attention to. For example, the schoolbag should be lightweight, multi-layered, and have wide shoulder straps. The ruler should be 20 centimeters. The first grade needs a pinyin book, a vocabulary book, and a math book. It is best to choose a water cup that is not fragile. style, and bring a small towel for cleaning the tabletop.
Although it is just a simple purchase of stationery, there is a lot of knowledge involved. Behind every seemingly simple note, there is the love of parents. Tiao Tiao's mother said: "I don't know if he can use some stationery. Generally, primary school public accounts will post things that parents of first-year students need to prepare. I will buy them first. "
She is planning to go again this weekend. After a trip to the stationery store and not buying everything at once, I always feel that I am not ready yet. Maybe this is also the mentality of many parents. They will not stop worrying until the moment they send their children to school. "Afraid of missing out on the purchase, I studied a lot of back-to-school preparation articles to see what other people brought. In addition to what I have at home, there are still some things that need to be supplemented. Children are prone to emergencies when entering first grade, so try to provide him with logistical support. Don’t be short of this or that after school”
(Tiao Tiao’s mother’s “stationery list”)
.#2 Prepare a gel pen
When the new semester starts, Xiao Shitou is a third-grade student. For him, the biggest change of is that he has to "upgrade" from a student who can only write with pencil to one who is allowed to use it. gel pen , ballpoint pen writing students.
“Generally starting from the third grade, you can gradually use pens other than pencils to write homework. Xiao Shitou’s class teacher has regulations. Children who practice calligraphy well and can write well and neatly can use gel pens to write homework in advance. It's like a coronation ceremony for them, and the children practice calligraphy hard," Xiao Shitou's mother said.
In the new semester, Little Shitou will also become a member of the "pencil-free" group in advance. Shitou's mother also protects the child's little pride. It was still a long time before the new semester started, and Shi Shi had already consciously urged his mother to prepare gel pens. "For him, it may be a small rite of passage, which means that he is different from the little Douding in the first and second grade."
There is no special stationery that needs to be prepared in the new semester, so Shitou's mother has always kept this matter Keeping this in mind, mother and son would occasionally go shopping when they came across a stationery store during the summer vacation to buy some. Unknowingly, they had saved a dozen. "I don't know when it will be used up, but I think the matter itself is quite interesting. allows me to see his ambition. What I value more is his 'growth' and 'progress'." Is passionate and ambitious ”ht. ml2
"I also accidentally came across that kind of stationery evaluation on Douyin . It looked quite interesting. Someone made an evaluation of the black ink pen. Which one is easy to write and which one is not easy to write? How could we talk so much when we were children? Research, but I also bought some pens with good reviews online for Shitou. "
(gel pen review, picture source network)
Shitou's mother recalled that in the first grade of , there was a fluttering red scarf around her neck. , there is an extra gel pen in the pencil case. Every step of the children's growth seems to be witnessed and recorded by such an item.
#3
While preparing stationery, your own status should also keep up with
The new semester is a bit special for Lan Lan. She will become a junior high school student living on campus. Lan Lan has finished her elementary school life. The newly enrolled school adopts closed management teaching. In order to make students more independent, the school requires students regardless of leaving school. They have to live on campus far and wide. This makes Lanlan's mother very anxious.
During the holidays, Lanlan had irregular work and rest hours, and her self-control ability was not outstanding. Sometimes she relied on her mother to supervise her studies. Living in school is an opportunity for her to make independent progress, or will it make her more independent from the control of her parents? What about being unscrupulous?
"She likes to play basketball and video games. She is very energetic, but she can't calm down when studying. Her grades are not bad, but they are not outstanding either." Lanlan's mother said.
"In addition to preparing some daily necessities and school supplies before the start of school, also prepared some ways to relax her mind. allowed her to play as she pleased during the holidays, but after entering junior high school, her studies became more stressful, and during the summer vacation In the last half month, I still need to calm down her heart.”
Lanlan’s mother pays more attention to three points:
1. Has the biological clock of going to bed early and getting up early been adjusted?
2. Have you completed your summer vacation homework?
3. Have the goals and plans for the new semester been determined?
started by adjusting the biological clock. In the last two weeks, he stayed with Lanlan to go to bed early and get up early, setting an example himself. "Their teacher also reminded in the group that having a good mental outlook is the prerequisite for restarting campus life."
"Another summer homework, I asked that it not be postponed until a week before the start of school. We also had experience when we were young, homework She always likes to put it off until the last few days. In fact, this consumes a lot of energy on the child. It means that the last few days of the holiday are the most tiring and torturous days for her. will accompany her to finish it early, so that she can relax physically and mentally to welcome the new semester. Especially since she will live on campus after school starts, parents will have less to control.Which subjects should be focused on improving in the next semester of ? What are the requirements for yourself at each stage? I will guide her to plan ahead and not go to a new school confused. "
Adjusting your own status and switching the button from leisure to study is also necessary "preparation for the start of school".
