The educational toolkit for the sensitive transition from kindergarten to school: During this phase, it is often determined how children will experience school in the long term. The initial teaching period represents an important phase in a child's life: The family and kindergarten child now becomes a school child. They enter a world of new obligations and challenges that they must navigate together with new caregivers in a learning group characterized by heterogeneity. The book presents a wide range of content, forms, and design possibilities for teaching and learning in the initial teaching phase of inclusive primary schools, with a focus on both theory and practice. The third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include aspects of inclusion, all-day schooling, and parental involvement. Contents include: - Tasks of initial teaching - How to live.