My son is playing with dinosaur toys, and the teacher brought early education toys, similar to beaded toys. After playing for a while, my son went to play with dinosaurs again. At this time, the teacher said to me anxiously, "Your baby is inattentive and unruly."
I asked, "Why can't you concentrate? He likes dinosaurs better, so he went to play, which has nothing to do with attention! Do you have a certificate in child psychology? Nonsense here! "
The teacher was speechless by my rebuttal, and I quickly fled the scene with my son.
When it comes to early education, most parents immediately think of "early education institutions", as if everyone subconsciously thinks that early education can only go to early education institutions. In fact, early education contains a wide range of contents, and life is early education.
Brain science research shows that at the age of 0-3, the baby's brain develops rapidly, and the plasticity of the baby's brain development is very strong at this stage. At this time, if parents can create a good family environment and guide their children to explore the world, it will be of great help to their future growth and study.
Therefore, early education is necessary. But more importantly, how can parents create a good growth environment for their babies! So what kind of early education is good early education?
In fact, early education is to provide conditions for infants and create an environment conducive to learning, thus promoting the development of infants and young children in all aspects. Good early education has these three characteristics:
In the early days, infants and young children used their ears, eyes, mouth and hands to explore the world. Their understanding of the world comes from their feelings and actions.
Many parents can't achieve the balanced development of baby's senses. For example, some parents attach great importance to the development of vision and hearing, and let their children look at pictures and listen to music. However, parents often ignore the development of baby's motor perception and touch.
For example, many parents don't let their children move, especially grandparents, who like to hold their children, virtually depriving them of the opportunity to explore the world.
Psychologist Adolf made a famous experiment. He designed a ramp for a 1 year-old baby to let toys pass.
At first, the ramp was very small, almost like a flat road. The baby judged that there was no danger according to his own experience, so he walked down easily and got his favorite toy.
Then the slope gradually increased. For the first time, the baby walked slowly on his own experience; The second increase, the baby feels dangerous and sits down and slides down.
Finally, the slope became bigger, and the baby was afraid to get off by himself. She had to ask her mother for help. With the help of her mother, she learned to slide on her stomach and successfully got the toy.
Parents may find it easy to go downhill, but the development of infants and young children is gradual. Informing infants of different sports and experiences can better develop their sense of touch, motion perception and observation.
Early education needs to conform to the baby's developmental characteristics. For example, babies aged 0-4 months like to look at black and white photos because their eyesight is not well developed. So when we show pictures to our baby, don't choose colorful pictures.
I once saw a video of a two-year-old girl drawing on the Internet. The girl's mother studied art and began to enlighten her children by painting very early. The girl in the video paints really well, which makes many parents anxious. Is my child going to start drawing?
From the perspective of child psychology, two-year-old infants should develop their fine movements, such as holding things with their thumb and forefinger instead of drawing.
Moreover, many famous painters began to learn painting very late, and painters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Monet began to learn painting in their teens.
Therefore, parents should not rush to let their children learn various skills, but should make appropriate choices according to their development characteristics.
With the fast pace of modern society, parents become impetuous and anxious. The internet is full of early education videos shared by parents, and parents can't wait to use every minute to "cultivate" their children.
I saw an early education schedule made by my mother on the Internet. A 2-year-old child is studying from 9 am to 9: 30 pm. Her mother's plans include picture book reading, music enlightenment, art enlightenment, mathematics enlightenment and so on.
Parents seem to be caught in a misunderstanding, thinking that their children must do meaningful things, such as learning English and math. It is a waste of time for children to fool around.
Psychologist Kathy Pasch-Pasaco did a study, and they immediately selected 120 children from different kindergartens. Some of these children go to kindergartens that focus on what they have learned, while others go to kindergartens that cultivate other abilities.
Children in knowledge-based kindergartens can indeed learn more letters and numbers, but this advantage gradually disappears after attending primary school. On the contrary, children in another kindergarten are more enthusiastic about learning.
Therefore, letting too young children spend a lot of time studying every day is likely to hurt their spontaneous interest and enthusiasm in learning. In the long run, this will do too much harm to children!
We know that children's early education should develop in a balanced way, but early education institutions can't do this. Therefore, parents and families are the main force of early education.
Parents need to master scientific methods of early education. Here are some suggestions that I hope can help you.
1, give children a stable love and living environment and create a good growth environment. For example, smiling and hugging children often.
2. Encourage children to explore the world through perception and exercise. For example, some children love to eat their hands and stuff everything into their mouths. Parents should not blindly stop, wash their hands for their babies, and try not to interfere with the activities of hands and mouth.
3. Choose toys reasonably. Nowadays, many tall toys are expensive, so parents should not buy them blindly. Choose wisely according to your child's characteristics and preferences.