School in Iceland starts in the year when child turns 6 years old, which means that some of them are stil 5 years old when beginning in school. Our first grade can be compared with the last year in kindergarten in other countries so we do it really slowly and through play. Our school and kindergarten are in the same building so 5 year old kids are regularly visiting school, share same projects, play in leisure center so they get used to "go to school".