Columbus School second grade teacher, Carolina Madrid, helps the students of 2C transition from lower to upper elementary by familiarizing them with the classroom with some activities and games.

It has been proven that students feel both excited and scared about the transition from lower to upper elementary, as Carolina Madrid states. She also states that is both  exciting but can also be scary. It makes students become independent because it’s an introduction to an independent and grown up world.

“Students like it because they have so much freedom,” Carolina Madrid, 2C teacher, said. “They feel really grown up, they get to walk by themselves, they are a little scared at first but they end up loving it.”

Madrid believes students must learn to do the things by themselves. She uses some methods which she finds helpful for the kids, so as they feel independent during this process, therefore, they develop more freedom.

“The transition is different because lower elementary is very easy,” Lucia Montorsi, student of 2C, said. “You are treated as a little kid, there are different activities and in second grade I am more independent.”

Students think it is hard to adapt to the way they are treated in lower elementary compared to upper elementary. Teachers and sources believe this forms exceptional human beings by making them work for themselves.

Second grade children often experience significant challenges during the transition process, Dunlap & Cushing, counselors of different public schools, say. These may include behavioral, cognitive, social-emotional, and physical concerns.