Do many mothers share her worries? On the one hand, I want to provide more company for my baby, on the other hand, I feel very confused and don't know how to train my baby early. I have seen a lot of early teaching, but I am getting more and more confused.
No matter whether they attend early education classes or not, 2-year-old children have entered the "fast lane" of mental development, which requires mothers to pay special attention. So, how do children of this age learn new knowledge?
Learning characteristics of two-year-old infants
Alison Gopnik said in How Children Learn that the terrible two-year-old phenomenon reflects the real conflict between children's understanding of the needs of others and their needs for a happy life.
On the one hand, when the baby is about two years old, many characteristics of "sensitive period" are revealed. "Absorb the mind" makes them absorb all the information in the environment like sponges. Everything in life can be the material for your baby to learn. The path of children's free exploration in the picture below can illustrate children's free learning in the environment. Therefore, it does not need special deliberate training to help the baby around 2 years old improve his cognitive level.
On the other hand, among all the learning methods, babies love to imitate their mothers. I remember once again, in the middle of writing, I walked away because of other things. Back in the study, I saw two-year-old Dabao sitting in front of a laptop computer, using the mouse accurately. It turned out that when I was working, she had been quietly "learning" by my side.
Five topics for two-year-old babies to learn.
In My 2 Years Old, the author said: Two-year-old children love exploring and learning, and are curious about the world.
The baby learns so fast, how can he "consciously" improve his various abilities? First of all, my mother should have these five topics in her mind. These five topics are several abilities that children need to focus on at the age of 2 -3. Let's take a closer look at them.
1、? linguistic competence
Generally speaking, two-year-old children should have been able to master simple sentences. However, every baby has its own development schedule. Maybe the baby is still "jumping words" when he is two years old, and his speech may be vague.
Even so, treasure moms don't have to worry, as long as they continue to chat with their children, strengthen parent-child reading and encourage their children to talk. Children will naturally "talk more and more" in imitation and practice.
2、? athletic ability
After a year of exercise, in the second year of life, the baby is more and more proficient in controlling his body. Watching them move, Ma Bao need not be afraid anymore. He is good at running, going up and down stairs, reaching for things on tiptoe, and even dancing gracefully to music. Even so, we need to help children exercise their fine sports, left-right coordination and other abilities in the game.
3、? Digital ability
With the formation of the concept of order, the baby has entered a sensitive period of mathematics, and abstract concepts such as space and time are not so difficult to understand. At this time, in daily communication, words such as "above", "below" and "inside" can be deliberately used to help children clarify the spatial relationship.
You can also teach children to know the shape and time in life. For the understanding of quantity, it is difficult for a 2-year-old baby to understand the quantity exceeding 3 without special training.
Bauer learned to sing numbers very early and often hummed: "123456789 ...". Although he doesn't understand it very well, if you ask him, "How many cookies are there?" He will blurt out "three"
4、? Emotional management ability
We often see the saying that "two years old is terrible" in the media, which is related to the baby's sensitive period of order and poor emotional management ability. After the age of three, children will enter groups to engage in activities and study. Before that, if children can learn to manage their emotions, they will do better in kindergarten. Bao's father Ma Bao can use picture books, animations and her own words and deeds to help children understand and control their emotions.
5. Good living habits
In children's mental development, we often pay more attention to the development of language, mathematics and other abilities, and often ignore the cultivation of living habits. But if you pay attention to the development of children's living habits from the age of 2, there will be unexpected benefits. For example, develop regular living habits and improve self-management ability. Another example is to participate in housework, which can enhance the baby's sense of responsibility and exercise hand-eye coordination.
With these tools, you can also attend early education at home.
A girlfriend told me that I think the teacher in the early childhood education class can always take out a lot of' teaching AIDS' from the cupboard, and there is no condition at home to develop children's cognitive ability. I told her that children's learning is not what we think, and we must use something in class. In fact, as long as it is used well, everything at hand can become a baby's "school supplies".
A. Age-appropriate picture books
Dabao is about two years old. When he saw a fire truck whizzing by on the road, he would point curiously and say, "Car, car! Car car! " After returning home, I quickly took out a set of his picture books and found a fire truck just like him. When the baby is interested in something, mom and dad can take out a picture book to explain it to the baby. On the one hand, it can enhance children's memory, on the other hand, it can help children establish the knowledge connection between books and reality.
B. Qizhi toys
For a 2-year-old baby, playing is learning. But why do toys get tired of playing? If you think you bought a toy for your child, you will get tired of it. If children want to be smarter, parents should also play the role of a good guide. For example, the first time we bought a magnetic film for Dabao, Dabao would only stick it on the refrigerator. But Bao Dad simply demonstrated the three-dimensional method of triangles several times, and Dabao quickly learned the spelling of three-dimensional figures.
C. Programmes suitable for children
We live in a multimedia era. Choosing TV programs suitable for children and controlling viewing time can really help children improve their cognition. The world is so big, there are always places that we can't go for the time being, but with multimedia, children's horizons will be greatly enriched.