For the best educational results, your child must come to school with the ability to sit and respond appropriately to instructions.   If the child doesn’t know how to sit and listen, it’s likely your child will be the focus of the teacher’s attention for the first few weeks and not in a good way.

How does he acquire these social skills?  It comes from having to sit at the supper table.  This behavior is learned in church.  He knows this because you sit and talk to him for a period of time appropriate to his age.  The short of this is, the child who did not learn to sit and listen will have a bumpy start.  The child is not to blame, in fact, he’s being set-up for sad school days by lazy parents.  Before you send Junior to school, check to see if he is able to sit still for periods of time appropriate to his age.

It’s not too late to get your kid ready for school by teaching him to sit and behave no matter what grade he’s entering.