Yuliya A. Tishkina

The problem of preparing a child for school cannot be dealt with successfully if limited only to children of senior preschool age, as it builds up during the entire preschool childhood. Although school readiness is assessed at the age of seven, there is a need for a differentiated analysis of the same issue for children of six to seven years of age. The author provides with general criteria based upon such analysis of psychological readiness for school. Furthermore, final and intermediate indicators of intellectual, affective, motivational and communicative development of 5-7 year-old children are provided.