Professor Mitchell resnick, the "father of children's programming" at MIT, has a wonderful view on this issue. He pointed out that children can be divided into two types, namely "type A children" and "type X children".
"Type A children" are "good students" in the eyes of teachers and parents. Maybe they can get good grades in the exam, but these children will only do it step by step, don't know how to bypass analogy, and lack innovative ability and interdisciplinary ability. Its most typical performance is that it is ok in primary school, but after entering middle school, its grades will gradually decline and its successors will be weak.
The "X-type child" is different. In primary school, perhaps their grades are not stable enough to pass the "type A children". However, these children are very active. They can not only actively study and think, but also be good at solving problems independently, with innovative thinking and adventurous spirit. After entering the middle school stage, these children often come from behind and become "enlightened" children in the mouth of teachers and parents.
You must have found that, compared with those "type A children" who are pushed by teachers and parents step by step, those "type X children" who draw inferences from others are the real masters of learning, and the probability of success after entering the society in the future is much greater.
Professor Mitchell told us that whether a child is "type A" or "type X" depends on whether parents can cultivate their children's all-round knowledge system and way of thinking in time.
The so-called "all-disciplinary thinking" is not cramming a lot of knowledge, but through correct guidance, children can actively learn and think, and can put forward creative questions and ideas, rather than simply solving problems in textbooks.
We know that the fundamental reason for the huge gap between people lies in the different ways of thinking, and this "all-disciplinary thinking" is a core underlying thinking. Only by mastering it can children take fewer detours in life and achieve efficient growth!
However, even if your child is "type A" for the time being, you don't have to be too anxious, because learning is a long-distance race. It is not too late to cultivate children's knowledge system and way of thinking from now on. As the saying goes, "The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, and the next one is now."
Having said that, I have to mention the education of children in Germany.
Speaking of Germany, you may think of a long list of flashing names, such as Goethe, Bach, Beethoven, Kant, Marx, Planck, Heisenberg, Einstein ... By 2020, more than 65,438+000 people in Germany will win the Nobel Prize. This country, whose area is less than a fraction of that of China and population is less than 100 million, can cultivate so many super elites, which is inseparable from their unique way of educating their children.
Well-known universities in Germany hold activities such as "Children's University" and "Youth University" every year. Those respected old professors will explain the knowledge of astronomy, geography, philosophy and other disciplines to children in simple and easy-to-understand language. Germans hold such activities to stimulate children's interest in scientific research and protect their curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
In short, it is the knowledge of the whole German society that every child can read high-quality popular science books and keep their curiosity strong. Because of this, popular science books in Germany are famous for their rigorous content, wide variety and excellent production, and a large number of popular science books with international reputation have emerged.
In Germany, the most authoritative and best-selling set of popular science books is Cool Brain, a popular science book for children aged 3- 12, which is launched by Carlson, an old German publisher.
This set of "100 Books" dedicated to children by dozens of European children illustrators has been placed in a very conspicuous position in every bookstore in Germany. At the same time, this set of books has been translated into more than a dozen languages, selling 9.8 million copies worldwide!
There are so many popular science books on the market, why is this set of books particularly worth recommending?
First, get through the top ten disciplines and build a knowledge system of the whole discipline.
In the "Global Education Future Index", The Economist magazine mentioned six abilities that talents in 2 1 century must possess, among which interdisciplinary ability is the first one.
According to the prediction of education experts, in the next few decades, we will enter a brand-new era full of opportunities and challenges. People with "interdisciplinary ability" will seize more opportunities and obtain more resources and wealth than those with "single ability".
This 50-volume super cool brain contains 100 enlightenment games, 130 intensive reading, 400 wisdom questions and answers, 480 scientific terms analysis and 1200 knowledge points, covering growth science, animal science, traffic science, historical civilization, marine science, geographical science and so on.
It can be said that it can answer almost all the doubts that children encounter when they grow up:
A brief history of trains, encyclopedia of cars, revealing ships, big flights, and traffic safety belts. Children know all kinds of means of transportation and learn a little about traffic safety.
Indian civilization, castle exploration, knight civilization, Egyptian civilization and powerful Viking let children know and understand those splendid and diverse ancient civilizations;
"Stone Age", "Prehistoric Creatures" and "Dinosaur World" let children travel through time and space, return to the magnificent ancient times, and explore the mystery of time;
Reveal the secrets of animals, their childhood, farm animals, animal classification and the best animals, guide children to explore the wonders of the animal kingdom, and make them love nature and life more. ...
The knowledge in this book is rich and solid, and the language is interesting and easy to understand. Children in primary school can read, understand and absorb the essence of books independently. Preschool children under the age of 6 can also do parent-child reading with the help and guidance of their parents, get in touch with those interesting topics in advance, and open the perspective of seeing the world.
More importantly, children can not only learn rich knowledge of humanities and natural sciences from books, but also cultivate "interdisciplinary ability" that will benefit them for life, so that children can take the lead in their future study and growth.
Second, know what it is, but also know why, get high marks+ability training, and upgrade the cool brain.
Many popular science books on the market are often limited to the understanding of basic knowledge, and the content is not deep enough to inspire children's thinking. One of the highlights of this set of "Cool Brain" is to further expand the scientific principles behind it on the basis of basic cognition.
For example, when introducing the gradual landing of marine life and its evolution to land life, the book explains the concept of "what is evolution" in particular, so that children can know why when they know it. Children can get twice the result with half the effort when they start learning biology in middle school.
For another example, when many children born after 70' s and 80' s were born, the concept of "nine planets" was still being taught at school. Combining the latest scientific discoveries, this book tells us that there are only "eight planets" in the solar system, and expounds the scientific truth of "Why Pluto is not a planet", thus making children have a strong interest in astronomy.
In addition, this set of books is different from other popular science books in that it constructs a learning path of "asking questions-analyzing problems-solving problems", organically combines scientific cognition, scientific thinking and scientific practice, and guides children to see through the essence and laws of things through external phenomena.
Take the book Automobile Encyclopedia as an example. The book contains scientific cognitive contents such as "what is a car" and "the basic structure of a car" to let children know the basic concept of a car and its invention history.
There are also knowledge points such as "why cars can run" and "ignite sparks". By asking questions, let children understand the internal structure and related principles of cars and cultivate their scientific thinking.
There are also scientific practices such as encyclopedia of cool brain knowledge and question and answer of cool brain. Through interesting games, popular science entries and interactive questions and answers, children's brains can be fully developed, and they can realize that science is not boring, but interesting, knowledgeable and fun!
Of course, this set of "cool brains" has a greater role than acquiring knowledge and helping high scores, that is, comprehensively improving children's scientific ability from ten dimensions:
Great flight enhances the ability of exploration, exploring the universe enhances the ability of logical thinking, marine science and technology enhances the ability of cognition, four seasons science enhances the ability of natural observation, Egyptian civilization enhances the ability of analysis, telling bullying does not enhance the ability of interpersonal communication, perfecting personality enhances the ability of self-discipline and growth, the secret of friendship enhances the ability of emotional management, and the dinosaur world enhances curiosity.
Take the "Growth Science" series of this book as an example, including Love for a Small Family, Perfect Personality, Secrets of Friendship, Love and Respect, Diet and Health, and the latest edition of Say No to Bullying. Keep pace with the times, strengthen children's scientific understanding of their own world from interpersonal relationships, habit formation and emotional management, and help them grow up healthily and happily.
At the same time, the content in the book is not dead knowledge, but can be used flexibly. For example, the book "Say No to Bullying" starts with "What is Bullying" and tells children "Why does bullying happen?" And "What if you are bullied?"
The problem stems from this, but the book is higher than this! Parents can only teach their children to learn to use flexibly and let them deal with real problems in the future!
Third, love to play+can play, play well, and develop good habits.
As the saying goes, interest is the best teacher for children, and it is also the only way for children to get high marks. Therefore, the more children who love to play and can play, the smarter they tend to be.
In this set of "cool brain", * * * designed 100 puzzle games, including searching, maze, coloring, connection and other types, which are entertaining and entertaining, so that children can practice while playing, easily master popular science knowledge and open up the pattern of cognitive world.
There are language games such as "advertising" and "language scuffle" in the book, so that children can learn Chinese in the games and develop their thinking in Chinese easily and happily;
There are painting games such as "blind painter" and "folding animal", which allow children to play with art in the games and cultivate artistic interest from an early age;
There are also scientific games such as "origami plane" and "simulating the principle of a ship floating on the water", which involve aerodynamics, engineering, design and aesthetics, so that children can play physics, sports and nature in the games and get good results.
At the same time, this set of books can also improve and help children's independent reading ability, from "I want to read" to "I want to read", so that they can develop good habits of lifelong reading and lifelong learning.
Difficult geographical knowledge, just a picture!
Abstract blood circulation in biology class, illustrated, suddenly clear!
The "buoyancy knowledge" that is difficult to understand in physics class can be solved in one experiment!
In the long run, children will find that reading is so interesting and not boring at all. At this time, their spirit of exploration and concentration will be aroused. Driven by curiosity and thirst for knowledge, they will actively immerse themselves in the process of reading, enjoy the happiness and harvest brought by reading, and then develop a good habit of lifelong reading-mom no longer has to worry that I don't like reading!
Having said that, some parents may worry that it is a good thing that this book is so rich and complicated, but the author's workload is so heavy, will there be any mistakes and omissions in the knowledge points in the book?
You can rest assured of that. Professor Li Yili, Qian Xuesen's favorite pupil and awarded the title of "Outstanding Contribution" by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, is one of the reviewers of this book. He spoke highly of this set of books:
"Take my Review of the Moon Landing, Cosmic Exploration 1 and Cosmic Exploration 2 as examples. These three books closely combine astronomical knowledge with space knowledge and tell about our earth and the vast universe. Not only the Apollo manned moon landing project in the United States, the International Space Station project, but also the Chang 'e lunar exploration project in China. In particular, these books are illustrated, easy to understand and standardized, which will play a very good role in improving children's scientific literacy. "
In addition, this set of books also inherits the high-quality painting style of Carlson Publishing Company in Germany for nearly 60 years, especially using 128 grams of pure paper. The picture is soft and won't hurt your eyes if you look at it for a long time. Portable folio+easy to carry, this rigorous, interesting and dry-packed "cool brain" is like a knowledge library that can be carried around, allowing children to charge their brains anytime and anywhere!
It is better to send culture than to send, and it is better to read than to read! I believe this "cool brain" will be the best gift for parents to give their children!