Confucius said, "Learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous." Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous and nothing is gained. Learning and thinking complement each other and promote each other.

The era of information explosion is not lack of knowledge, but too much knowledge and too little thinking. For children who grow up in the era of artificial intelligence, they need to master a broad knowledge base and flexible thinking ability.

So how to help children learn to think? Can abstract knowledge and things be learned? Yang Yujun and Wan Ling, the authors of Children Benefit from Lifelong Thinking Ability, tell us that children can improve their thinking ability with the help of mind mapping.

In the book "Thinking Ability of Children Benefiting from Life", the two authors tell us in detail the importance of mind mapping, eight kinds of mind mapping suitable for children aged 5- 12, how to make children fall in love with mind mapping, and the specific application of mind mapping.

The eight diagrams of mind map are circle diagram, bubble diagram, bracket diagram, tree diagram, double bubble diagram, flow diagram, causal diagram and bridge diagram.

First, the chart.

The chart can help children expand their thinking perspective, expand divergent thinking and guide them to think about things related to a topic.

Second, the bubble chart.

Bubble chart can help children observe and understand the characteristics of things, and it can also help children accumulate descriptive vocabulary and train their language expression ability.

Many parents habitually regard descriptive thinking as a skill naturally formed by children after reading and writing a lot, so they lack conscious training.

In fact, children learn a language from nouns. They usually know what the name is and what it is, but it is not easy for them to accumulate rich descriptive words and sentences.

The process of descriptive thinking through bubble pictures seems simple, but it can really help children accumulate descriptive words and sentences, improve the vividness of oral expression and the level of written writing.

Third, the bracket diagram.

The bracket diagram represents the thinking process of the connection between the whole and the parts, which can help children understand the relationship between a whole thing and multiple components, and then further understand what each component is called and what role it plays.

Parentheses can also make children realize that multiple parts can be connected in different ways to form a whole, and the whole and parts are inseparable. Therefore, while paying attention to the whole, we should also pay attention to its components and structure, so as to observe things comprehensively and objectively.

Fourth, the tree diagram.

Tree diagram is a visual thinking process that represents classification. Tree diagram can help children classify and summarize things or information, such as sorting out knowledge points and improving learning efficiency. In addition, the tree diagram can also help children find out all kinds of information to support the theme, and the detailed information is also very practical in words.

Fifth, double bubble diagram.

Double bubble diagram is a comparative intuitive thinking process. Double bubble chart can help children find out the similarities and differences between two things and make a choice by comparison.

Sixth, the flow chart.

The flow chart shows the sequential thinking process. Flowchart can help children understand the process of an activity or the plot development of a story, and it is also a visual thinking tool to help children organize information in an orderly manner and facilitate memory.

Seventh, causality diagram.

Causality diagram represents the thinking process of analyzing causes and consequences. Causality diagram can help children analyze the causes of things and consider what results or effects will be brought.

Through logical analysis, children can reasonably express their views and find effective ways to solve difficult problems. In addition, the cause of one thing may have many results, which can help children to exercise multi-directional thinking in the process of dialectical analysis.

Eighth, the bridge schematic diagram,

Bridge diagram represents the thinking process of analogical relationship between things. Bridge diagram can help children analyze and find the connection between things, and connect and summarize old and new knowledge through analogy.

If you want to improve your child's thinking ability in the era of knowledge explosion and thinking first, don't miss these eight mind maps suitable for children.