The author's program for preparing a child for school, presented in the book, was developed at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education. Its main task is to help the child successfully overcome the difficulties that arise in primary school. An extensive system of exercises and games will help develop cognitive processes, learning motivation, the ability to maintain a goal, communicate, and will allow the child to move to the position of a schoolchild. The program has already received recognition from specialists and parents. Games and exercises (and there are about 100 of them in the book) can be successfully used for preparatory work with preschoolers, as well as correctional work with younger schoolchildren. For child psychologists, kindergarten teachers, primary school teachers, parents.