Primary Education, the first steps in the autonomy of the child

Together with the family, the school is the second most important development environment for the youngest members of the household. There are many hours that children spend there and they begin to develop different skills, from attention and other cognitive skills to their social skills to establish friendship with other classmates and recess.

But the school also assumes a new autonomy In the kids. In the stages of nursery and preschool, the attention is greater but the arrival to Primary Education supposes that the student must take charge of more responsibilities like the duties, his first evaluations in the form of exams and other works. From the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, AEP, they value this stage in teaching.


Development of different skills

Although during the previous stages the students had to assume some responsibilities, these increase in Primary Education. In addition, at this stage the professional in charge of the class stops attending both the needs of the smallest and these must start to work for themselves.

On the other hand, the rules in these classes are stronger than in the previous stages of teaching, which offers children a guide to behavior to follow in other social contexts. Rules as basic as those of being kind to the rest, respecting the turn of the word or not altering the good atmosphere prevailing in these contexts will teach the child to know by himself how to function in other environments such as family gatherings.


During this stage, the youngest ones also begin in extracurricular activities, which means that the little ones learn to manage their schedules in order to distribute their responsibilities. Perform tasks, comply with school work or have a space to play. Knowing how to distribute time efficiently will help the autonomy of the little ones grow up.

Other benefits of the school

As has been said, the school is an environment where the child carries out part of his education and develops different skills. Along with the empowerment of their autonomy, other skills are also driven:

- Learn concepts such as "best friend" and the importance of caring for these relationships.

- They understand that there are two aspects in their school life, the academic and the affective and that we must know how to find the balance between both.


- Sports practice. Both in recess and in physical education subjects students develop these practices that improve their health.

Damián Montero

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