Although some studies show that boys have a stronger sense of space than girls, this sense of space is not innate and needs to be cultivated. The sensitive period of space develops continuously from 0 to 6 years old, which enables children to combine themselves with the real world. Actively cultivating children's sense of space will not only help their knowledge learning, but also help their IQ development. So what is the sense of space? How to cultivate children's sense of space?
What is a sense of space? The sense of space is the sense of space, and the perception of the three-dimensional world can be understood as "spatial imagination". It is children's perception that they know themselves and things around them and judge the relationship between space and distance between people and things. Children's sense of space is based on the perception of the surrounding environment and the "permanence of objects", and they can perceive more spatial orientations through exercise.
The sense of space is also integrated into various disciplines, embodied in music, painting, mathematics, natural science and other disciplines. A good sense of space is of great help in prioritizing, learning order and sorting out the context. With a good sense of space, children can have more acute observation and stronger ability to distinguish directions in daily life.
The Importance of Cultivating the Sense of Space in Time Most parents attach great importance to their children's intellectual development, but they always ignore the cultivation of the sense of space, but they don't know that the sense of space has a great influence on the development of intelligence. Cultivating children's sense of space in time, so that children have a good sense of space, not only helps to understand, but also allows children to better perceive the world, which is of great help to future academic development, living ability and intellectual development.
Montessori pointed out in his book "The Mind of Children" that as long as sensitivity exists, potential abilities will continue to emerge until the development is completed, but these sensitivities do not always exist. Once the mental organs are formed, the sensitivity will disappear, and it takes several times or even ten times of efforts to develop.
So is the cultivation of a sense of space. Children are 0-6 years old, which is a sensitive period of spatial sense. This time is the most favorable time to cultivate children's sense of space. Parents seize the opportunity to help their children form a correct sense of space, so that their children can feel more at ease in the future. Children's sense of space is felt through their own bodies in daily life, and then they have a concrete concept of distance, size and shape through feeling.
Comenius of the Czech Republic put forward the principle that education should adapt to nature in his book "On Great Teaching", saying: "Everything should follow the leadership of nature and the secondary development of observation ability, so that our methods can be based on the principle of this order."
Grasp the sensitive period of children and promote their development when parents understand their development. The same is true for the cultivation of a sense of space, although in early childhood, the child's initial sense of orientation is only to find the position of the nipple. As children grow up and learn some movements, their perception of the concept of space will be more accurate, and timely training can make children have a more accurate sense of space. There will be fewer cases of getting lost in the future, and it will be easier to learn all kinds of mathematics knowledge.
Methods to establish children's sense of space: Italian preschool educator Montessori believes that adults can't directly help children form themselves because it is a natural job; But adults must know how to carefully respect the realization of this goal, that is, to provide materials that children need for self-formation but he can't get.
Cultivating the sense of space is the only way for early education. The establishment of a sense of space requires training from three dimensions: distance, up and down, left and right, so that children can perceive space through their own bodies. Children's sense of space can be established in daily life and ordinary games.
1, building blocks
Improve children's sense of space through different shapes of building blocks. By splicing blocks of different shapes, objects in houses, bridges and spaces can be made. Parents can guide their children to build, and two people can build together without direct help. Children can build a three-dimensional space with their hands, which can make them feel these spatial elements more intuitively, build houses and cars that are common in daily life, and make it easier for babies to perceive space through physical objects, thus unconsciously improving their sense of space.
2. origami by hand
When I was a child, everyone would fold stars, paper boats or paper cranes. Speaking of it, the time of origami is also very memorable, and it will be wonderful and magical to think about it. Folding a piece of paper into a three-dimensional shape, a piece of paper can be folded into various shapes, which is very similar to animals and objects in life, which will make the baby feel amazing and deepen understanding. In this process, not only can the child's hand-eye coordination ability be exercised, but also the baby can have a deeper understanding of the sense of space. When parents are playing with their babies, they might as well play.
Step 3: Difficult problems
Parents can join with their children and look for the corresponding fragments while watching the complete picture. Let the children connect the pictures. In this process, you will also exercise your baby's imagination. Think about whether this chess piece in your hand is the corresponding one and from what angle, so that when you play, you will unconsciously exercise your logical thinking and sense of space.
Step 4 climb over obstacles
In "Mom is Superman", Alyssa Chia put all kinds of obstacles on the ground, and then let the children climb over the heavy obstacles. Although the child wanted to give up in this process, he finally reached the finish line with encouragement. In daily life, when parents interact with their babies, they can spread some obstacles on the floor, such as pillows, dolls and toys. So that the baby can try to climb over. When the baby doesn't want to try, the mother should gently encourage the baby, let the baby stick to it, and then let the baby try to climb, of course, it must be within the child's ability.
In addition to the above games, you can also cultivate your baby's sense of space in daily life. Parents may wish to change the daily route when sending their children to or from school, and then let them lead the way home. Exercise children's memory ability. When the child doesn't know where to go, you can ask him to go left or right, or go forward. In this process, let the baby experience the direction, back and forth, and master the sense of space skillfully.
The establishment of a sense of space needs to be cultivated from the dribs and drabs of life, and it is most important for children to experience it bit by bit. Therefore, in addition to proper guidance from parents, parents also need to give their children some space to feel the space and form a good sense of space.