At the beginning of the year, a children's programming contest was held in Shanghai. One fifth of nearly a thousand contestants are preschool children, and the youngest is only four years old!

Ten years ago, it was asserted that people who can't surf the internet and operate computers will become "illiterate" in the future; Now, we should also be keenly aware that people who can't program in the future will also be classified as illiterate!

Why should early education learn programming?

First of all, I want to correct a common misunderstanding-preschool children learn programming not to grow up to be programmers, but because programming will definitely become a necessary skill for a person to survive in the future.

In addition, programming early education does not force preschool children to write complex codes, which is a wrong idea to encourage children to do so; Scientific programming early education is to let children feel the programming ideas and carry out relevant thinking training.

So, how to carry out early education of programming? Next, I introduce a method, even if parents don't know how to program, they can study at home!

Early education programming only needs a triangle!

1. What is Pascal Triangle?

Pascal triangle, also called Yang Hui triangle, is a triangle composed of numbers. Its rule is that each number is the sum of two adjacent numbers in the previous row, and the number of top edges is 1.

What does this triangle have to do with programming? Because its most basic principle is recursive calculation, it conforms to the syntax of mainstream programming languages such as C++ and Java, and can be used to inspire children's programming thinking.

2. Draw triangles and practice addition and subtraction

In the specific training process, because preschool children may not be able to accurately understand the calculation rules of Pascal's triangle, parents can draw with their children first to answer their confusion at any time.

However, parents should not do it for their children, but should encourage them to calculate the results themselves. If the child has not been exposed to the addition and subtraction of more than 20, then the operation of more than 20 can be directly informed by the parents.

Generally speaking, this triangle can draw eight lines. If the child has the spare capacity to learn and can accept more information, then the number of rows can be appropriately increased according to the child's learning situation.

3. Look at parity to find the law

After drawing this digital triangle, children's digital measurement and spatial perception ability will be greatly improved. On this basis, children's mathematical potential can be further tapped.

Distinguishing odd numbers from even numbers is a necessary link in early preschool mathematics education. Parents can ask their children to find the odd numbers in the triangle and circle them without omission.

On the one hand, this process can help children consolidate their knowledge of parity numbers, especially when facing two-digit numbers, and can quickly distinguish parity, not just relying on recitation;

On the other hand, odd numbers in Pascal's triangle have a unique composition law. When children circle all the odd numbers, they will find that they are like small triangles embedded in the whole big triangle.

After the training of this digital triangle, children's mathematical thinking can be directly exercised, and both numerical calculation ability and graphic cognitive ability will be greatly improved;

More importantly, this method can help parents to open their children's programming thinking in the most convenient and effective way, and lay a foundation for their foothold in this information society in the future.

Therefore, the essence of programming training is early mathematics education, involving digital calculation, logical reasoning and spatial perception, which is inseparable from preschool mathematics; The process of learning mathematics is actually the process of programming enlightenment.

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