We often see the children of these stars attend early education classes:
Jerry once wrote in Weibo: It is my happiest thing to accompany my daughter to attend early education classes.
In order to strengthen his son's memory and develop his right brain, Michelle monique Rice provided the traditional Japanese "Seven Fields Education".
Emma, Ma Yili's daughter, went to early education when she was very young, and her classmates went home after class for an hour or two. Ma Yili insisted on putting the children in the early education center for a whole day.
Yang Mi's daughter, Noemie, started taking early education classes when she was six months old. At the age of one, she attended classes four days a week, and Noemie was able to speak fluent English very early.
However, does this mean that the children in the early education center are behind the times? Not exactly.
In fact, early education doesn't have to go to early education classes. The "developing the right brain potential", "promoting children's intellectual development" and "exercising social skills" advocated by early education institutions are just gimmicks.
The "past lives" of early education classes and functional early education institutions first appeared in Germany. There are two main purposes for establishing early education institutions: one is to increase the communication and interaction between children and their parents and other children of the same age through games; The second is to develop children's potential and improve their physical, emotional and intellectual abilities. Simply put, it is a kind of parent-child interaction, which aims to promote children's growth.
Since it is parent-child interaction, the key point is the interaction between parents and children. Family education is the cornerstone of early education and does not need special institutions to guide it.
1, early education class is not equal to early education, but family education is fundamental.
Taking children to early education classes can't really start early education, and companionship in daily life is more important to children.
Many parents may say: I just don't know how to play with children, so I went to an early education class.
In fact, you can go to several early education classes, and you will find that the so-called expensive early education classes are not that difficult at all. Play a little game with your child, teach him to sing a few simple songs and let him draw a picture casually. You can also find many ways to interact with children online.
You don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars and the energy of running back and forth to the early education center, and you have more time to have high-quality companionship with your children.
According to the theory of "mature power", children's development is determined by innate immutable heredity, and early education is useless at all.
Dr Arnold gesell, a famous American psychologist and pediatrician, is one of the pioneers in the research field of children's developmental psychology and a representative of "genetic determinism" in developmental psychology. He and his colleagues put forward the famous "mature strength theory" by studying the development of children's life movement:
The development of mother and child is determined by innate immutable heredity, and maturity is the main driving force of development.
He has a famous research "Twin Ladder Climbing Experiment":
Gesell took two identical twins as the research object, and made his younger brother learn to climb a ladder within 48 weeks. He trains his brother 15 minutes every day and works hard for 6 weeks. By the 54th week, his brother was finally able to climb the stairs by himself. My brother's training method is the same as my brother's, but he started practicing in 52 weeks, but he also learned to climb the same ladder in 54 weeks.
On this basis, gesell proposed that children's learning depends on physical maturity, without which there is no real development, and learning knowledge can promote development.
Therefore, according to gesell's experimental research, the so-called early education institutions that can improve children's IQ and cognitive ability are basically useless. The only useful thing is to create an opportunity for parents to play and interact with their children.
3. Current situation of early education institutions
At present, there are many kinds of early education institutions in China, but smart mothers divide the existing early education centers into American, Montessori and Japanese in order to choose better early education institutions for their children.
Then, it's no different.
Talking about a Japanese-style early education "Qi Naizhen" is not only expensive, but also a complete nonsense claiming to develop left and right brains and concentration.
Left and right brain development has long been proved to be pseudoscience. In 20 13 years, after scanning the brains of 1000 young people aged 7 to 29, the researchers found no more active side. Which side of a person is active depends on what he is doing.
The personal experience and honor of Qi Tian, the founder of this brand, are widely questioned. In short, he is a liar.
Flash cards and round cards used in early education in Qitian Town have also been proved to be harmful to children's cognitive development.
4. How to teach early at home?
For early education classes, we don't have to pay IQ tax, but for children, appropriate early education is necessary. So how do we interact with children at home and carry out early education?
1) Answer your child's every question carefully.
We need to patiently answer the questions raised by the baby, so as to form a benign interaction. If the baby has no problem, we can ask the children questions in daily life and guide them to think.
2) Make use of toys and wastes around you to create various games.
A ping-pong ball, a cardboard box and several paper cups can all be used to create various games to play with children, such as shape input, bottle cap screwing, table tennis, tower stacking and so on. It not only increases parent-child interaction, but also improves children's thinking, imagination and creativity.
3) Take children to outdoor activities.
Going outdoors can not only improve children's health, but also teach them how to get along with others, know social skills and how to share and communicate with others.
The real purpose of early childhood classes is not to "teach" many useful things, but to interact with your children. When you see this, you must know whether your child should attend an early education class or not.