How can we make praise more effective? I hope the following views can give you some inspiration and reference.
Don't be stingy with your praise, especially for young children! Parents often look at their children's behavior from the perspective of an adult and think that there are few things worthy of praise. In fact, it is not easy for children to do some "simple" things. And good habits and earth-shattering achievements are accumulated by these "simple" behaviors. Therefore, as long as it helps to cultivate children's good habits and enhance their self-confidence, parents should praise them generously. The younger you are, the more boastful you are, and the standard of boasting will gradually increase with age.
Praise should be timely, and parents should praise the behavior of praise in time. Otherwise, children won't know why they are praised, so they won't have any impression on this kind of praise, and they won't strengthen good behavior. Because in children's minds, the causal relationship between things is closely linked, the smaller the more so.
Praise should be specific. The more specific it is, the easier it is for children to understand what good behavior is and find the right direction for their efforts. For example, after reading a book, children put it back in its original place and put it in order. If parents just say, "You did a good job today." The effect of praise will be greatly reduced, because children don't understand what "good" means. You might as well say, "I'm so glad you put your books in order!" " "Some general praise, such as" You are smart "and" You are great ",can temporarily improve children's self-confidence, but children don't understand what they are good about, why praise them, and it is easy to form a bad habit of being arrogant and not listening to any criticism.
Praise depends not only on the results, but also on the process. Children often do "bad things" with good intentions. For example, children want to "do their own thing". After eating, they went to rinse the bowl and accidentally broke it. At this time, parents criticize indiscriminately, and children may not dare to try to do things by themselves. If parents calm down and say, "You can do things by yourself, but the kitchen road is slippery, so be careful!" " "The child's mood will be very relaxed. He will not only like to do his own thing, but also be happy to help you with other housework. Therefore, as long as the child is "kind", he should be praised, and then help him analyze the causes of "bad things" and tell him how to improve, which will get better results.
Praise is best carried out after good behavior, rather than prior commitment, thus enhancing children's consciousness of good behavior.
In addition, we not only encourage paying attention to methods, but also pay attention to methods in early education literacy education. People's memory of pictures is very profound. Compared with boring words, we need to practice line by line. For example, Cat, Xiao and Shuai learn Chinese characters is a software that evolves pictures into fonts, so that children can learn Chinese characters in curiosity and happiness. My daughter has been exposed to Chinese characters since she was three years old, and now she has used more than 300 words a year. This is a good software for free.
Cats, handsome guys and Chinese characters are good examples of picture evolution in Chinese characters. Let children perceive the world and learn knowledge at the same time. This learning method and thinking ability are of great help to the heavy learning tasks in the future.