In fact, for children's neurological development, open activities are as important as protein. Open activities are of great benefit to all aspects of children's intellectual development. Compared with the children in the control group, children who often engage in open activities have the following advantages:
More creative: They can come up with more unconventional usages for a specific object, and the number of usages they come up with is three times that of the control group.
Better language skills: These children speak more fluently, have a larger vocabulary and use more kinds of words.
Better at solving problems: the ability to solve problems belongs to fluid intelligence and is the basic component of intelligence.
Better at relieving stress: the communication level of these children is only half that of the control group.
Better memory: Open activities can improve memory. For example, you can imagine that children who shop in the supermarket remember twice as many items as the control group.
Not all open games are beneficial, but the real point is to control impulse and self-discipline, which is a concrete manifestation of executive function and an important part of intelligence, such as "play house" games-
Playing house is the most restricted activity that children can experience, and children who often play house are better at controlling impulses:
If the child wants to play the chef, then he must obey the rules of the chef; If children want to make friends in the game, they should also follow the rules. They may bargain until they agree on the code of conduct and methods. This is how self-control ability is cultivated step by step. In a group situation, these tasks require high intelligence, even for adults.