Intellectual development (7-8 years)

A lot of things are changing in the child's life with school enrolment: environment, activity, public role. The child begins to realize his importance, the number of factors influencing his self-esteem grows. School performance is very important for first-grader, so it is necessary to work on the development of his intellect. Although the child learns many things on the school bench, parents need to continue house studies, but in a playful form. For exam-ple, arithmetic skills can easily be improved by playing shops. Intellectual development is greatly facilitated by table games, chess, collection of models, doing puzzles and crosswords. Support the child in the desire to learn something new, attend master classes, exhibitions, development centers, museums and other events which the school student will be to interested in. If the child has recently read a book, suggest him to share her plot. It perfectly trains memory and teaches to use complex sentences in speech.