From the author: The article provides recommendations to parents on how to increase the level of adaptability of a first-grader to school. On the eve of the new school year, many parents are concerned with the question: how to help a first-grader better adapt to school? To answer this question first Let's find out what adaptation is and what it can be. We can distinguish three components of a child’s school adaptation: - academic (acceptance of the teacher’s requirements and the rhythm of educational activities, mastery of the rules of behavior in the classroom, attitude towards school, sufficient cognitive activity in lessons, etc. - the child’s adaptation to school norms); - social ( acceptance of the child by classmates, a sufficient number of communication connections, ability to solve interpersonal problems, etc. - the child’s adaptation to the group of classmates); - personal (the child’s level of acceptance of himself as a representative of a new social group (I am a student) and is displayed in the form of corresponding self-esteem and level of aspirations in the school sphere, the desire to change oneself, etc.). Several months before the start of the school year, parents should pay attention to each of the described components of adaptation. For example, they can: a) come to school with the child in advance, introduce him to the classes, give him the opportunity to sit at a desk, draw on the board, introduce him to the teacher; b) try to introduce the child to future classmates (through parents, teachers), encourage the child’s communication and interaction with other children; c) talk with the child about his growing up, the upcoming change in his social status (from a preschooler to a first-grader), encourage him to draw pictures of the school, himself as a student, and school-oriented role-playing games. It is important that the child, on the one hand, be able to adapt to the new environment and its rules, and on the other hand, be able to defend his opinion, remain proactive and independent. Parents, in the process of communicating with their child, must help him find a balance between these opposing models of behavior. Thanks to such parental efforts, children more easily endure the process of school adaptation, accepting their new role as a student..