Journey game as a means of successful school adaptation of first graders going through the crisis of 7 years

Statement of the problem. The article provides an overview of theoretical provisions and research on the topic of school adaptation of first graders and crisis of 7 years. The purpose of the article is to identify the features of adaptation of first-graders going through the crisis for 7 years, and to develop a set of classes for successful adaptation of first-graders experiencing the crisis of 7 years. The methodology of the study consists of: research in the field of school adaptation (V.N. Mezinov, O.Y. Lyulenkova, N.V. Litvinenko, E.E. Kravtsova, A.L. Venger, I.Y. Mlodik, etc.), study of the neoplasm of the crisis of 7 years (D. B. Elkonina, L.I. Bozovich, L.S. Vygotsky, K.N. Polivanova et al.), the use of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient in the study of the relationship of the concepts studied. The study involved students of 1 B class consisting of 21 people of MAOU Lyceum 28 of Krasnoyarsk. The following methods were used for diagnostics: Yes and no speak by E.E. Kravtsova, Consecutive pictures by M.M. Semago and N.Y. Semago, Color Test of Relationships by A.M. Etkind, Kraski by R.P. Efimkina, School Motivation by N.G. Luskanova, Drawing of the School by N.V. Nizhegorodtseva and V.D. Shadrikova. The study of the interrelation of the studied concepts was carried out using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Research results. Summarizing the results of the study, we found that children with a low level of crisis experiencing have a low and average level of social adaptation, which causes certain difficulties in doing classroom and homework, in observing discipline, as well as in analyzing cause-and-effect relationships. The relationship between the crisis of 7 years and school adaptation (moderate, according to Spearman’s rank correlation) was revealed. As part of a formative experiment, the purpose of which was to help students in the process of adaptation and solving the contradictions underlying the crisis, a set of Journey classes was created based on game technology, the results of which showed positive dynamics in accepting the status of a student and experiencing, as well as a more environmentally friendly way out of the crisis of 7 years.