This is how our generation started the enlightenment of mathematics when they were young. Coupled with the dogmatic learning style of the school, most people "talk about the color change of mathematics", such as calculus, probability theory and line generation. It's terrible. Even those who get good grades in math seldom like math. Really boring!
Nowadays, many people don't need the daunting mathematical knowledge they have learned unless they need it for work, but it is undeniable that everyone needs logical thinking, and learning mathematics is of great help to training logical thinking.
The significance of mathematics learning should be a beautiful and interesting experience, just like the beauty of music, language and painting, which is integrated into the small details of life. Too utilitarian will affect children's interest. Therefore, when we enlighten the next generation in mathematics, the most important thing should be to cultivate interest, make him feel that mathematics is fun, and then things will come naturally.
How much does the baby know about mathematics before the age of 3?
Knowing numbers, shapes, distinguishing sizes, perceiving weights, exploring space, making clear directions and logical reasoning are all learning mathematics.
About Digital
Generally speaking, children who are just talking will imitate nursery rhymes or a lot of people, but they don't understand the meaning. Our nearly 2-year-old chicken recently loves to watch kindergarten children do broadcast gymnastics, and mutters 22345678/32345678, completely unconscious.
About shape
2-year-old children already know different shapes and match them.
I bought a spelling picture book when the chicken was one and a half years old. I didn't intend to play for her so early. I opened it myself and played with it, so I demonstrated it several times. The little guy is actually very interested, pestering his parents with puzzles every day. She is a little young and can only spell smaller shapes, but the bigger ones are not clear. When she was almost 2 years old, she was already very skilled.
About space
Sun Ruixue said in "Catch the Sensitive Period of Children" that when the sensitive period of children's space comes, they like going upstairs and downstairs, drilling holes and running under the table and behind the door. They use body movements to perceive left and right, up and down, back and forth, inside and outside.
When my little daughter learns to walk, she likes to climb stairs. Until now, her interest has not diminished. I took her to Lushan Mountain on National Day. She was so excited to see so many steps. She took her mother's hand and kept rushing forward. She is full of energy and attracts many people to watch. She pitied me, held her, hunched her back and became a dog. Because I am worried that my knees can't stand it, I will forcibly pick her up and walk away every once in a while, but people just insist on "the baby walks alone." I really don't know where she got such great ability!
On the concept of quantification
/kloc-After 0/year old, the baby will fill the quilt with water or sand.
At about 2 years old, the baby begins to know the size, for example, when feeding steamed bread/bread, he should take large pieces. At the same time, I began to feel the severity, speed and so on.
2-3 years old began to gradually form the concept of time, but really need to grow up to know yesterday, today, tomorrow and morning, noon and evening and other clearer concepts of time.
About operation
Almost three-year-old children began to understand that after eating one of the two pieces of candy, there was one left, and it was gone after eating.
On logical laws
Between 30-36 months, some children have already acquired the preliminary reasoning ability.
Playing high is a good choice, such as arranging building blocks according to certain rules, and then letting the little guy continue to put them down according to this rule. Then change the pattern to increase the difficulty.
The best mathematical enlightenment is in life.
Knowing the baby's mathematical cognitive level at different stages, we can be targeted and skillfully integrate mathematical enlightenment into life. The best education must be to moisten things quietly, and never be too rigid and serious, which will only backfire and waste your hard work.
1. Listen to children's songs
Find some nursery rhymes about numbers for the baby. Rhythm and prosody can make people more familiar with and accept numbers.
The classic children's song "12345/Going up the mountain to shoot the tiger/The tiger missed/How many squirrels are there/Let me count/Count again/12345" is a good choice.
Counting steps
When you climb the stairs, count it by the way. Bao Xiao is very happy and has a sense of accomplishment.
3. Let the children choose the direction
When going to the park to play, let the children choose to go left or right, and gradually form the concept of orientation.
4. origami by hand
When we were young, we had few toys, but we played many origami games. Now that there are all kinds of toys, it is easy to ignore the origami game. Actually, origami is quite good.
I have seen a famous TED talk called "Mathematics and Magic of Origami". Professor Robert Lang, the speaker, said that the art of origami is very helpful to the cultivation of spatial imagination. Give the child a piece of paper and let him fold it into various shapes. An ordinary monotonous piece of paper becomes a three-dimensional vivid figure in children's hands, which will deepen children's understanding of space in this magical transformation.
Play the game of "coin box"
Make a simple "coin box" with shoe boxes and cardboard. When the baby is about 2 years old, he puts the "coins" corresponding to numbers, colors and sizes into the box one by one. Slowly, he has the concept of size, quantity and color. This game is really good! Of course, there are many similar DIY games. Parents can spend a little more time and skillfully use their hands to make their babies have fun without spending a penny.
Step 6 read related picture books
Most of the picture books of 0-3-year-old babies are cognitive books, cave books and game books. And there are many excellent books on mathematics enlightenment. Give two examples.
Creative number
This book helps children count from 1 to 10 and then from 10 to 100. Each number (a number within 10 and an integer within 100) contains the contents of two folio pages.
The presentation of causality is the biggest highlight of this book. Take the number 2 as an example. It snowed and made two snowmen. When the sun came out the next day, it became two pools of water.
This chubby little book is full of 104 pages, but the design in it is more interesting. Three-dimensional hollowing out allows children to intuitively feel the shape of numbers, which is easy to remember after playing more. The painting style is also good, with bright colors and texture, which is highly recommended by individuals.
Puppy
The content of this book is 1- 10, which is simple but interesting.
A barking dog
Two dogs, one named Wang Wang and the other named Wang Wang.
Three dogs, one named Wang Wang, one named Wang Wang and the other named ... nnn...nnn...nnn.
Children who can just talk are very interested in the sounds of various small animals. Reading this book with the little guy is super interesting, which unconsciously gives the little guy digital cognition. I have to admire the author's careful observation of dogs and his mastery of children's psychology. After reading this book, I paid special attention to the barking of different dogs around me. It's really so called. It's amazing!
Mr. Green Du Man, a famous educator, said: Mathematics is the most important skill in a person's life, and the sooner you learn it, the better.
Dear mom and dad, after understanding some common sense of mathematics enlightenment, they skillfully use games, picture books, toys and small details in daily life to enlighten their children in mathematics. I'm sure you will have unexpected gains.