The article presents a scientific analysis of the problems of the social situation of the development of students in the context of the humanistic education paradigm, characterizes the features of the social situation of the development of a first grader in the context of humanistic education. During the study, the authors carried out a theoretical analysis of the literature on the research problem, which allowed to identify: age and psychological characteristics of the social situation of the development of a first grader; the main directions of diagnosing the features of the social situation of the development of first-grade students. The results obtained contribute to the creation of an effective social situation for the development of a first-grader within the framework of the organization of the educational process in the humanistic education paradigm.