Is early education useful? Many mothers say that I want my children to be happy and I want them to be free. But stocking is not equal to happiness. If you want me to answer, the experience of training Max has made me understand that early education is absolutely useful, but how to choose early education methods is particularly important. I don't think early education always takes children to early education institutions to try. More importantly, it is more important for parents to educate their children at home. If you can persist, it will be very effective. If you don't have a good grasp of the method, I recommend you to read some books and understand some concepts. I think it's very useful to me. Calvert's education, Mrs Steiner's natural education, three years old determines a lifetime, Feng Dequan's reading ignites wisdom, Suzuki's music talent education law, (Feng Dequan has many books, I bought a lot, and after reading it, I think this one is the most practical, while others talk too much about theory and are not practical). Of course, I have read more than these books, such as Love and Freedom and Looking for Mother. After reading these books, my summary and experience is: don't rely on others to educate your children. Children are too young, and there are too many children in early education institutions. What's more, they may not be as professional as advertised. The child is closest to us. We are their first teachers as parents. Don't be lazy. When children are young, it is a good time to cultivate parent-child feelings, so what we have to do is to help them develop habits and cultivate their healthy bodies. Good habits are very important, such as reading, thinking, eating and listening to music. The purpose of our early education is that one day we can stop teaching. Therefore, the cultivation of these habits cannot be achieved by early education institutions alone.

I can give you a simple example: my neighbors are all rich. They do business with Russians. They have sent their boss to an English cram school since he was 3 years old. The child is very clever, but now he is 6 years old. Max is over 22 years old and can add and subtract English within 10. He can count from 1 to 100 and count backwards, but he can't. Chinese characters and English are not as good as Max. Her mother once chatted with me and said, no wonder your son's English is so good. Your husband is a doctor studying in America. I want to say: Wrong, the only English my husband said to his son was "Hello, how are you?" Who teaches Max English? I taught it mainly, and mothers will ask, do you learn English? Why are you so confident in teaching children English? I don't learn English, but I won't teach my children English for teaching. I just play with him, listen to Chinese and English nursery rhymes, sing English nursery rhymes and watch English books and short films. I learned phonics and visual characters in a more correct way, and the work I did was irreplaceable by the early education institutions outside.

Some mothers will ask, then you say, shouldn't you go to an early education institution? No, Max has been to Gymboree and bought courses for one year, although there are more than 30 classes. We not only took Max to an early education class, let his father participate in the integration and cultivate parent-child relationship, but also took Max to various parks in Beijing and the nearest city to play. As the saying goes, children's brains will develop quickly only when they read thousands of books, take Wan Li Road, see more, listen more and think more. So when we went out to play, my mouth kept saying. For example, when I fly, I will introduce him to the tools in the air. When Max was one and a half years old, he knew the signs of all the common cars outside and spoke both Chinese and English. We mothers should not be lazy.

Update in a different color: Why should Max recognize the logo? Boys like cars and things with wheels. The English name of a car is different from the Chinese name. I'll take Max out to play, starting with the car. It was the first time to take a taxi to attend an early education class. He was very excited to see the vehicles driving on the road, so I introduced various cars to him, such as tractors, tractors and ambulances. Fire truck, trailer, police car, mail car, taxi. I wouldn't have said these words before. I bought some hardcover books of The Baby's First Sentence from America, and later I realized that there should be similar books on sale in China. I'm making progress with Max. I also sang him three-character nursery rhymes, such as "car, Didi Didi, drive over, drive over, the child will be a driver and send his mother to work." Time is limited. I tried my best to make full use of my time with Max to strengthen him. For example, we take the elevator upstairs from Gymboree downstairs. Many parents don't say anything, but I will say "Max, let's get into the elevator". Or "let's go upstairs, which floor", and then I say "three", and the number will light up and show it to him. Anyway, I'm just giving an example and taking advantage of every opportunity. But what makes me cry is that the first two words Max can say are "Dad, Apple", not Mom. Then his language broke out and he was different from other children. Two words, four words and even paragraphs can be said quickly. I remember when he was one year old and two or three months old, he once took him to Gymboree's early education class (there was no mygym in 2008). In the taxi, as soon as I finished "car, Didi Didi Didi", he finished the rest in one breath. My husband and I were both surprised at the time. When it comes to recognizing logo, some mothers think that recognizing logo is showing off. In fact, children don't have the concept of a good car and a bad car. They recognize signs and license plates. One is to help max review and consolidate the 26 English letters and numbers he has learned, and the other is to exercise his memory. Soon I achieved these two goals. All taxi drivers didn't envy, surprise or like Max when he kept talking about the signs and colors on the taxi. Children's looks are predestined, but their intelligence and intellectual development can be cultivated. We mothers should do our duty.

What are the benefits of memory training? Let me give you an example of Max going to kindergarten. Several children nearby went to kindergarten with him. After a class, Max learned all the new children's songs taught by the teacher, such as "One, two, one, two, it's fish, it's fish; 3, 4, 3, 4, rabbits, rabbits; 5, 6, 5, 6, it's a dog, it's a dog, 9, 10, 9, 10, it's a cat, it's a cat, Miao "Max went to kindergarten, the teacher taught him twice, and he learned to recite it to us. Every time I come back, I will learn the children's names and class content. And some children can't learn for a week. I think there are two reasons. First, there was no English environment since childhood, and suddenly I heard a strange language, which I couldn't accept and was not used to. Another reason is that my memory and understanding ability are really different. But this difference can be changed. It's a good opportunity before the age of 3, because babies are all blank.

Take myself for example, what kind of stupid bird I belong to. Although I was admitted to Chongqing No.1 Middle School as the top female scholar in our district, I didn't know that I really had a gap until a master like He Lin arrived at a key middle school. One of my female classmates often sleeps in class and listens to music after class, but she can still easily become the top student in the senior high school entrance examination among hundreds of classmates. I am the hard-working and not smart type. Coupled with some changes in my family, my grades fell behind a lot. I know everything when others do math and physics problems. I find it difficult to read those papers, and I often try my best to copy other people's questions to finish the homework assigned by the teacher. Sometimes you can't finish copying.

For example. I just want to make it clear that if a child is born smart, mothers have done early education and formed good habits, then the child can win more play time than others, and his future study will be easier. When someone does a hundred questions, he will deeply understand the truth by watching or doing a question. This is the purpose of my training Max's memory and language skills. If it's wrong, mothers will forgive me. Let's discuss it together.