Ready — A Grounded Parenting Guide to Starting School

Starting school is one of the most significant transitions in early childhood. This guide is for the parent at the gate.

Ready is a research-informed guide for parents navigating the school transition, not a checklist of things to practise in the summer holidays, but a genuine guide to understanding what is happening for your child, and for you, as they cross this threshold.

Across seven chapters, it covers the developmental reality of starting school, the emotional experience for parents, how to prepare without pressuring, what to expect in the first weeks, how to support separation and friendship difficulties, and what grounded school readiness looks like six months in.

The work you have already done, the rhythms and rituals, the conversations at bath time, the ten thousand ordinary moments of connection, is the preparation. You are more than enough.

What's inside:

• 7 chapters covering the full arc of the school transition
• The developmental reality of what starting school asks of a child
• The parallel emotional experience for parents
• Research boxes with further reading throughout
• Practical guidance for the months before, the first weeks, and the longer arc beyond

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