Under the influence of the idea of "don't let children lose at the starting line", many parents started their children's mathematics enlightenment education early, and the most basic thing is counting.
In this regard, parents generally have a misunderstanding that children can count from 1 to 100, which is definitely a genius, but have you ever thought about it? He can only count mechanically, but he may not understand the relationship.
Many early education classes also play such a name, trying to train children into prodigies and kill everyone with their heart. But in fact, for preschool children, how to learn to count and how to establish the concept of number is the most critical.
At this point, it is also necessary for parents to help their children lay a solid digital foundation, which is an important part of mathematics enlightenment.
Case: Children's counting is like a jingle, but one thing told by fans and candy mom before "irrelevant answer" impressed me deeply. Her children can count from 1 to 20 very early, but they can't fully understand the counting below 5.
For example, there are five apples on the table, and the mother takes two, and then asks the baby how many are left? He first tentatively answered "4"? Ma Bao shook his head and he answered "3". Before his mother could be happy, he continued to count down, "4, 5, 6, 7".
Many times, children just memorize numbers mechanically, but they don't understand the relationship between them.
Analysis: Children's knowing how to count is not equal to "knowing how to count"
In real life, many babies will face this situation. They can count, but they don't know what numbers stand for.
For example, children can only recite in order and get stuck in an instant. They can't remember that there are 3 and 4 between 2 and 5, so they have to recite from 1
The same is true of physical objects. A treasure mother told me that when her baby just learned to count, you asked her "How many eyes does mom have" and she would casually answer "Three eyes" and "How many noses does dad have?" The daughter said, "It should be five!"
The reason for this phenomenon is that children lack a sense of numbers. Being able to read numbers doesn't mean having a sense of numbers. They can't understand the mathematical principles behind numbers.
This involves a core concept of mathematics enlightenment-number sense, that is, children can understand the meaning of numbers and express them in many ways. They can grasp the relative size relationship of different numbers in specific situations, perform simple and appropriate operations, know the sum and loss, and make certain reasonable explanations.
Experiments show that children's early recognition of numbers depends more on visual stimuli.
What mistakes do children who lack a sense of numbers make? Look at such an experiment.
The researchers first put six bottles and six cans together, and then asked the children which is more? The child replied "as much".
Then, the researchers expanded the distance between the cans, but the number did not change. When asked the same question, most children answered "more cans".
The results show that in the early stage of children's intellectual development, their sense of numbers comes from visual stimuli, so they are often blinded by illusions and can't distinguish the concepts of more and less.
Jean piaget, a child educator, once said that children's pre-operational thinking is limited. This requires more help from parents.
Talking so much about the law of preschool children's digital cognition is not to teach children to count is wrong. On the contrary, teaching children to count is the first step, and then parents should carry out targeted mathematical enlightenment according to the law of children's digital cognitive development.
First of all, this is definitely not advanced education, but based on the characteristics of children's physical and mental development. Therefore, parents should neither regard this as a burden nor turn a blind eye.
How does the baby know numbers before he is 3 years old?
5 months: I probably know that there is a difference between a set of two objects and a combination of three objects.
8 months: knowing the size of the object, if you ask him to choose fruit, he will choose the big one.
2 years old: I can stretch out two fingers to show that I am 2 years old.
After 3 years old: You can tell your age through language, and you can roughly know the difference between the size and quantity of objects, but you can't distinguish them accurately.
At this stage, children's language learning is in an explosive period, and digital sensitivity will lag behind language, which is normal.
? /kloc-Key points of infant enlightenment at various stages after 0/year.
1~2 years old, at this stage, numbers are a word in the eyes of children. When children recite mechanically, what parents have to do is to initially establish the corresponding relationship between numbers and objects.
For example, 1 take out 1 apple, 2 take out 2 bananas.
2~3 years old, at this time, the focus of enlightenment is to compare sizes, so that children can understand the relationship between different numbers. You don't need to be precise to a specific number, and the general relationship can be understood.
From 3 years old to preschool, understand the composition of numbers. For example, 5 is made up of five things. 4 can be divided into 2 and 2, or 1 and 3, 6 MINUS 3 and 5 MINUS 2, and the rest is the same.
This is the sense of number. Every child's situation is different. It is necessary to help children build such cognition and feelings. Children who are sensitive to numbers may have mastered basic addition and subtraction before entering school, which is encouraged rather than forced.
? What are the benefits of young mathematics enlightenment?
The University of Missouri has conducted a long-term follow-up study. Research shows that children who have a good sense of numbers since childhood and have a basic understanding of mathematical principles will learn mathematics better in the future.
On the contrary, those who have a weak sense of numbers since childhood, after several years of study, can hardly catch up with excellent children in the later period.
Numbers are the enlightenment of mathematics and have a far-reaching impact on one's future study and life. Far-sighted parents can start this early education activity in their own homes.