Another example is language ability. My daughter will be called "Sister" in 9 months, and she can talk a lot at the age of 1. Neighbors' children 1 are still not talking when they are half a year old; Parents say that the daughter's only shortcoming is that the child's concentration is not good.
In other words, children who attend early education are not necessarily better than those in early education classes, and some are even worse than those in early education classes.
I have been engaged in early education for more than ten years myself. My view on this issue is that different people have different views. Regarding whether to choose early education for children, it depends on individuals, and many things are not absolute; If you have time and energy, of course, accompanying children is the best early education. This is what we call "parenting education". Nothing is more important than the company of parents.
About the cultivation of concentration, we need to start from an early age, especially before the child is 2 -6 years old. The best place to cultivate concentration is not the institution, but the family; The best candidate to cultivate children's concentration is not the teacher, but the parents; So I shared many ways to improve my concentration with my parents. To my great surprise, this is of great help to my children.
My parents told me that my daughter is now in kindergarten at the age of three and a half, and her abilities in all aspects are good, especially her concentration, which is often praised by her teachers.
Professor Li Meijin, a famous family education expert, once pointed out that children's poor academic performance is not due to intellectual problems, but to concentration.
So, even if you spend more money on this and that, if the child doesn't have good concentration, everything is equal to zero. After the child is born, please find out how strong the concentration of children of different ages is, instead of labeling them as "active" easily. Attention duration of children of all ages:
0- 1 year-old, children's attention span is 4-5 minutes.
1-2 years old, children's attention span is 6-7 minutes.
2-3 years old, the child's concentration lasts for 8-9 minutes.
3-4 years old, children's attention span is 9- 10 minutes.
4-6 years old, children's attention span is 10- 15 minutes.
Children of different ages have different concentration time. No matter what age, parents need to be conscientious people in the process of their children's growth and consciously protect their children's concentration in life. These points need to be done well:
Don't play many toys for children at the same time, only play one toy at a time;
Don't disturb the children when they are doing their homework and playing with toys;
Create an orderly living environment for children.
Brain science research has found that children's brain development has an important relationship with concentration.
In the book Gardener and Carpenter, the psychologist Gao Puni explained the reason why children lacked concentration when they were young through the developmental characteristics of children's brains.
In the human brain, influenced by myelin sheath and prefrontal cortex, the learning mode of children before the age of 6 is called "discovery learning", so children can learn more only by playing.
Children with good concentration will also have strong self-control and will try their best to finish everything.
If parents find that their children's concentration is not good, they should help them in time instead of complaining and blaming them blindly. Blaming can't solve the problem, but it will make it more and more serious.
For parents who have consulted me, I would recommend this set of concentration stickers to those children who say that their children are active, so that they can learn and think while using their hands and brains. This process is a process of focusing on learning and exploration.
Three reasons to recommend sticker books:
? You can watch and play.
What many parents do in life is to quiet their children with mobile phones and screens. I especially disapprove of this practice, which has seriously affected their eyesight and brain development. With this set of stickers, children can gradually fall in love with reading, and many interesting situational stories and games in the book will attract their attention.
For example, beautiful ice cream, dolphins and walruses make a huge ice cream together. Please stick all kinds of fresh fruits on the ice cream, which is not only delicious but also more beautiful. Don't talk about children, we adults feel that we can't help watching and playing;
Moreover, there is not a child who doesn't like hands-on operation. The process of tearing the sticker and pasting the paper needs to be considered. It is impossible not to focus on the present, but the whole process is full of fun.
? Not only can you learn knowledge, but you can also improve your concentration.
There is an interesting food chain in the book "Attention Sticker". There is a food chain among creatures. Simply put, one creature feeds on another. Some of the knowledge involved here is not necessarily what we adults say, but children can learn knowledge in the process of reading books, meet the needs of children's exploration, and improve their concentration unconsciously.
When Bill Gates was asked the secret of success, he only gave one word: "concentration".
"Focus is the window of knowledge. Without it, the sunshine of knowledge will not shine in. French biologist George also said: "Genius, first of all, is attention. "
? You can use your hands and brains.
The various games of this sticker book are in line with children's age and thinking characteristics; In the process of children's hands-on, the brain has also been fully exercised, which is also a process of using both hands and brains.
As the Italian educator Montessori said:
I read it, and I forgot; I listened, I remembered; I've done it. I understand.
From the perspective of Montessori education, children's hands are the best learning tools.
Write at the end:
My fifteen years' experience in preschool education tells me that every child can concentrate on one thing when he is interested. In my eyes, there are no inattentive children, only parents and teachers who don't know how to guide.
I hope every parent can learn how to read their children and have the ability to give them the help they need. Only when children have good concentration can they truly love learning, love reading and realize the happiness brought by learning.
(The pictures in the article are from the Internet and have been deleted. )