Returning to my hometown during the 11th holiday coincides with the autumn harvest of corn at Aunt Bao Yang's house, and coincides with Bao Yang's first real experience of nature? Rich? . The golden corn cob was carried away by the whole vehicle, and the figure of farmers shuttled through the fields. Their joy seems to grow from the land and spread from the soles of their feet to their hearts.
For my children, this is a long-awaited opportunity to really get in touch with and feel nature. I even hope to have the opportunity to let Bao Yang live in the countryside or mountains for a period of time and feel the spirituality, vitality and vastness of all natural things. Can you take Bao Yang with you this time? Break corn? As I wish, it really excites the little guy. Look at Bao Yang's seriousness. Is he a very capable young man?
The idea of getting children close to nature stems from my own lack of growth. I grew up with little contact with nature and manual labor, lived a commercial, fast and intuitive city life, and had a specious understanding of the origin of the things I lived on.
My parents took great pains to provide me with good material conditions, but neglected the cultivation of my body, emotion and will. When I was a student, I was not allowed to do housework or play for too long. Why? Save time? Make me more? Study? So there will be one in the future? A bright future? In fact, this just lacks the most primitive and pristine nature education.
This awareness was gradually formed after I went to work at the grassroots level. I think a child's intuition and true perception are naturally crucial to his growth. Many parents, out of love for their children, spend most of their time in a closed space composed of reinforced concrete and high-rise buildings, and are in close contact with TV, computers and game machines almost every day, with little contact with nature.
Even if they go to school, the school is just a few houses, with fences and iron gates everywhere. For the sake of safety, the school rarely organizes them to experience nature outside school. Although this method reduces the chance of accidental injury, it has a negative impact on children's learning and growth.
Children in cities, in particular, are exposed to the processed scenery as soon as they are born, and most of the knowledge of flowers, birds, insects and fish is obtained from books. They are getting farther and farther away from the blue sky, sunshine, plants, animals and other natural factors, can't recognize the names of all kinds of flowers and plants, dare not touch animals, and feel strange, slow and even timid about nature.
Being close to nature is the need of children's mental growth and emotional cultivation. According to the research of children's psychology, children's minds develop in the order of touch, smell, taste, hearing and vision, and children are full of spirituality. They are born with animals and plants in nature. Communication? Get rich and vivid information from it. This most natural way of learning and growing is unmatched by other ways.
But sometimes, adults will intentionally or unintentionally pass on their values to their children: dogs bite, the soil is dirty and bugs are terrible. The repetition and indoctrination of these negative information will often make children feel at a loss or have unhealthy fear, so the transmission of this information is very unfavorable in terms of mental growth and emotional cultivation.
Being close to nature can also cultivate children's willpower and insight. Natural resources are abundant, and children of different ages experience different feelings. Take the children hiking and experience a birth. Every experience of contact with nature can sharpen a child's will.
Or play in parks, mountains, rivers and other places near home, let the child close his eyes, listen to the wind, rain or insects, and encourage him to find the source of the sound.
In addition, you can also take him to observe nature with your eyes, watch the changes of clouds, rain and snow, take him up the mountain to experience the first sunrise and sunset, or watch flowers bloom and fall, and listen to children talk about nature in his eyes.
Being close to nature also plays an important role in cultivating children's compassion. Research shows that children who regularly exercise their limbs will subconsciously know that they have to go through hardships in life, and at the same time, they are constantly prepared to practice hardships in their hearts, thus forming the ability to express sympathy for others, so work is very beneficial to the cultivation of children's emotions.
Some psychologists have called for: On 100 morning classes, it is better to take children close to nature. ? Because the depth and fullness of perception are the soil of life wisdom, children's mental growth depends largely on whether this soil is fertile and broad, and only the richness and abundance of nature can give it.
Finally, I remembered an old saying. I don't know the grain, my limbs are not diligent? Living in a convenient city, we ignore the foundation of survival, and it is hard not to be lazy. But facing the growth of our next generation, this fundamental lifestyle divorced from life deserves our deep consideration.
Author: Bao Yang mother.
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