Many parents find that their children have a bad sense of numbers and poor mathematical thinking after the first grade. Simple addition and subtraction always make mistakes, and I have to snap my fingers. I am so anxious that I can't help yelling at my children. In fact, it is not the child's fault, but the parents did not cultivate their children's sense of numbers and any mathematical enlightenment before school.
My neighbor's daughter, Guo Guo, showed strong mathematical ability in the first grade, and was often praised by teachers for her quick response, strong understanding and strong concentration.
Because Guo is a teacher of Montessori class in kindergarten, she has rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience in Montessori education and early childhood education. Her daughter Guo made the correct mathematics enlightenment when she was 2-6 years old.
When my children went to kindergarten, I specifically asked Guo how to enlighten preschool children in mathematics.
Guoguoma said that many parents give their children mathematical enlightenment through counting and addition and subtraction. In fact, this is not a mathematical enlightenment, but cramming education. In this way, children's interest and ability in mathematics may be destroyed by themselves.
There are also some parents who have been fooled by various institutions in the market, spent a lot of money, and have not figured out how to enlighten their children. Bought a psychological comfort.
If children want to get good grades in primary school mathematics, pre-school mathematics enlightenment is really important, but the method is more important. Below, I will summarize and share the method of scientific mathematics enlightenment of Guoguoma, hoping to help parents who want to enlighten preschool children.
The first goal is to initially make children feel that mathematics in life is useful and interesting.
This also shows that mathematics enlightens children, and it is necessary to contact life, which is also the bud for children to fall in love with mathematics.
Teaching children to know triangles and circles is not to let them memorize and memorize, but to discover the shapes of things in life and be interested in different shapes.
For example, a ball, a square desktop, a cuboid air conditioner, a refrigerator and so on. Perceive the practicality and beauty of mathematics.
The second goal is to let children perceive the relationship between quantity and quantity.
When the child is over 1 year old, he will count from 1 to 10, then slowly count from 1 to 100, and count forward and backward. The child is very slippery in calculation, but he doesn't care about the meaning of solving numbers, so it is of little significance to simply calculate.
True mathematics enlightenment, it is more important to let children know the relationship between number and quantity, and correspond number and quantity.
After watching a video, the mother taught the child to count, but the child could not match the number with the quantity. The child cried and counted one or two jellies, and the mother asked, how many? The child said, eight. Mom said, you count, count again, and the child still says eight. The mother was speechless with anger, and the child was probably scared.
The third goal is to make children feel a sense of space.
Let the children understand the directional words, up and down, left and right, front and back, inside and outside, etc. The key is to let children perceive space.
For example, the fruit is on the table and the trash can is under the table; Toys are in the box, babies are outside the box and so on. Through such guidance, children can understand the space.
Mathematics enlightenment is very important, but if parents don't understand their children's cognitive development, it will encourage them. Not only is the mathematics enlightenment not done well, but it will also make children feel afraid of mathematics.
For example, in a video, a mother asks her child, 17 is more than 16? The child replied, one more; Mom asked, 17 minus 16? The child cried and answered 10.
Some children will guess a number to see their mother's expression, and they are not confident in their answers. If the mother continues to blame the child, then the child is just afraid of mathematics, and it may be difficult to learn mathematics well in the future.
1. Parents' language is their children's learning environment.
Parents should think about whether there are numbers, serial numbers, lengths and sizes in their language. If not, we should consciously join them, because these can cultivate children's sense of numbers and mathematical enlightenment.
For example, when talking to children, compare which apple is bigger and which apple is smaller. There are three apples, one has been eaten, how many are left?
When measuring his height, tell him how many centimeters he is tall; Play with children and tell them their age; Go to the supermarket to buy things, tell him the price, etc. These are all mathematics, which can exercise children's sense of number and let them correspond the number with the quantity.
2. Let the children learn while playing.
Children aged 2-7 are in what Piaget, a psychologist, calls the "pre-calculation stage". Due to the limitation of cognitive ability, children's thinking is irreversible, and abstract thinking has not yet developed.
Knowing the characteristics of children's thinking, you will know why it is sometimes difficult to explain clearly to children. It was a simple question, but he didn't understand it and did it wrong.
Therefore, we should not teach pre-school children like primary school students, but let them observe and operate more.
Let children understand mathematical concepts and cultivate mathematical thinking, not "teach, children listen", but prepare materials or games. Integrate mathematics into life, let children operate or play games, and understand the laws and knowledge of mathematics.
For example, classic games that children like to play, such as puzzles, building blocks, Sudoku, math stickers, etc., can exercise their mathematical thinking well.
Because Ma is a teacher in Montessori class in kindergarten, she specially recommended this set of "Montessori math sticker game book" to her daughter to start learning math, so that children can learn math with stickers with their hands and brains. My children can't stop playing and their attention has been improved.
This set of books conforms to Montessori's mathematics education concept, with scientific arrangement and comprehensive content. 12 each volume has 14 different scenes, including mathematical knowledge such as recognizing numbers, relative weights, numbers, lengths, finding rules, points, ordinal numbers, one-to-one correspondence, shapes, spaces, classifications, addition and subtraction within 10, and three-dimensional graphics. It is very helpful for children to learn mathematics in the future.
For example, in the game scene of "seesaw (heavier)" in the book, children should first observe the characteristics of small animals, find the corresponding stickers, tear them off and stick them in the corresponding positions, and finally judge which animal is heavier and which animal is lighter according to the position of small animals on the seesaw.
In the process of playing this sticker game, children not only learned to be lighter, but also exercised their observation, judgment and logical thinking ability. At the same time, "one tear and one paste" exercises children's fine hand movements and hand-eye coordination ability, which is conducive to intellectual development.
So don't underestimate this set of "Montessori Mathematical Sticker Game Book", a full set of 12 volumes of 39 yuan, which is economical and practical. Children can develop their mathematical thinking ability while playing, and they can also learn a lot. The link of this set of books is below, suitable for children aged 2-6.
When children play the sticker game, their attention has been attracted. Until the completion of this task, their concentration has also been improved, and their sense of accomplishment and self-confidence are sufficient.
Have you ever enlightened your children in mathematics?
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