what are the effects that children have when they go to school age 5-6?

Question

I need to know this for a college assignment and i can't find anything on the internet any info?
Thankx alot

Answer 1

I tried to enter my son in kindergarten when he was a month shy of five. The school had changed the entry age so that a child had to be 5 by September 1st - no exceptions.

In essence, he was 6 when he started school. The problems we faced - first, he was reading picture books by 3 1/2 with help, reading by himself at 4, so the delay only served to put him even more ahead. When he started kindergarten, he was doing basic math - addition and subtraction - he could read and was into the smaller chapter books at that point, and he knew his alphabet to speak and write them down.

The school would make no exceptions, however... So what we faced, he was bored during the circle/reading time. He would finish his written work ahead of the others and then had nothing to do - the teacher was great and let him go off quietly to play by himself, but that only served to distract the other kids.

In the end, they opted to have him go with the gifted ed teacher for most things except gym, music, art, and library.

The library served to be another issue I had. The library only allowed kindergarteners to take out books with red stickers. They were beginner books that were not advanced enough for my son. The librarian wouldn't make an exception, so most day he opted not to take out a book at all.

He's now in 7th grade and has finally started to find classes are challenging - this year they started choice classes - so he picked Mock Trial, French, Computers, Volleyball, and Football as options. He still gets straight A's and is moved up to a different math course - he's doing algebra this year. Next year, they haven't decided what he'll do...

The biggest problem has been with the library. Thankfully, I run a book review website, so I'm able to keep up with books that he might enjoy reading, but even today the library refuses to let him take out certain books saying they are far too advanced for him.

He wasn't able to take out Harry Potter books until 5th grade, by that point, I'd bought them all and he'd read them cover to cover numerous times. But the school policy has always seemed to discriminate against the advanced readers. They claim if they bend the rules for the advanced readers, they'd have to bend them for everyone, but I don't buy into that.

Answer 2

Do you mean how it affects them? The main thing school does for children that age is Socialization. A lot of children aren't going to preschools or day cares because they aren't within the parent's budget, so entering kindergarten may be their first experience in school.

They learn to share, to cooperate, to communicate their needs and feelings because in this new environment these things aren't obvious. The primary caregiver already knows those things and will often respond to the child's needs before they are voiced.

Going to school at that age also helps with the child's emerging literacy and vocabulary skills. From listening to stories read by the teacher and being encouraged to participate in group discussions the children improve on the vocabulary they already have. The same goes for math skills.

Answer 3

Well, I don't have any empirical data for you but I did start school when I was five and I've done really well so far. I'm currently studying at a very reputed university in the United States with an excellent academic record. Never had problems socially either.

Answer 4

Are you severe? a lengthy time period 10, 7, and 5-6 years previous and characteristic not been enrolled in college? does not your chum want their childrens to paintings interior the destiny? as far as i understand, 3 or 4 years previous is the initial enrolling of a student in pre-college, and 5 for 1st grade.

Answer 5

Go to a local school and talk to kindergarten teachers, they should have information for you.