During the period after kindergarten started, many mothers discussed their children's literacy in the group. It is said that children need to start from the middle class, otherwise there is great pressure to rise to a younger age.
A mother shared the horror of a relative's child after she was promoted to Grade One in September this year, saying that her nephew had just been promoted to Grade One and the child didn't know a word. Homework needs to be analyzed in the whole process, and my big brother and sister-in-law have already collapsed. However, the child had never been exposed to Chinese characters when he was a child, and he was suddenly depressed in the face of homework. He cried when he couldn't do it. Indeed, I feel tired just listening. No wonder many mothers are eager to expose their children to Chinese characters now.
When to start teaching children to read has always been a point that many mothers struggle with. If you teach too early, you will be afraid to encourage others. If you don't teach, you are afraid to fall behind others.
In fact, according to Piaget's cognitive development theory, the stage of perceptual movement is before the age of 2, and children's main development is to explore the world with physical perception, so this stage is not suitable for literacy. 3-6 years old is the pre-operation stage, that is, the development period of symbolic thinking and intuitive thinking, which is equivalent to the sensitive period of literacy, and you can begin to get in touch with literacy gradually. Of course, the premise is that children can't learn by hard input.
On how to teach children to read, most of the methods recommended by mothers in the group rely on literacy APP software. I haven't contacted my daughter about the literacy APP. Seeing how hot the mothers are talking, I can't help but want to see it. But the dazzling array of literacy apps is really a headache. So I asked some mothers for some literacy apps that they thought were good, including Hong En Literacy, Call Literacy, Wukong Literacy and Wheat Literacy.
Of course, I don't want to download it to my daughter immediately, but I want to evaluate it and see if the learning software they use for their children can really read effectively.
Section 1 Literacy in Hong En
Hong En Literacy claims to be a literacy APP for children to learn actively. After experiencing it, it is true that the whole teaching process is simple, interesting and easy to understand. Literacy in Hong En has a hierarchical learning design, that is, learning content is divided according to different ages.
For example, 2-4 years old is a young age, learning words and cultivating interest in Chinese characters; 4-5 years old is the middle-aged stage, using situational learning, Chinese characters are piled up according to the theme, and the application of word formation is emphasized; 6 years old+is an older sprint, highlighting learning efficiency and conducting rapid practice tests.
Hong En's literacy learning method is mainly based on learning that breaks through obstacles. Every level (every new word) has four steps: playing, recognizing, practicing and writing. Each step of learning leads children to learn with different stories. Compared with other literacy software, Hong En literacy needs to do a lot in etymology, word meaning, glyphs and so on, and the selected glyphs are highly correlated.
The first part is playing, and this part is pictographic learning. For example, Pangu and Tian will appear in the word "Tian", and children will have a preliminary understanding of the word "Tian" by combining interesting interactions. For example, if the sky is about to fall, click Pangu to let him conquer the sky, then click Pangu to jump up, and at the same time there is a voice saying "Heaven".
Identify the second part: this part explains the font from the picture, and then shows the words, words and sentences. For example, the word "fire", here is the way firewood burns.
When the words and expressions are displayed afterwards, there will be pronunciation, and at the same time, a colored ball will jump with the pronunciation, similar to "finger reading". It feels quite childlike to use colored balls instead of finger reading.
Then the words in the sentence will be disrupted, and the children will put them back one by one and practice reading.
The third part of the exercise: this part of the exercise is actually to make children listen and play repeatedly by using interesting interactions and choosing words. If the crow wants to drink water and can't reach the water in the bottle, please help it and choose the right stone to put it in. Then choose the words according to the pronunciation and drag them to the surface of the bottle to complete the learning.
The fourth link is writing: this part is to guide children to learn to write through play. This link is currently unique among several applications evaluated. Although you don't practice with a pen, this link can still let children know the order of words, which is quite useful.
In addition, there are other learning-assisted functions in the APP. In the small class of Chinese characters, children can practice strokes, know radicals, expand their knowledge of Chinese characters and deepen their systematic understanding.
There are books (extended reading of short stories), games and videos in the universe guardian for children to learn in multiple dimensions; The Chinese character arena has set up fights and parent-child battles to help children consolidate and review new words with literacy games.
In addition, reading materials in graded reading can also be used to assist learning. The words in the picture book are all learned by children before, and the newly learned word 10 will be marked in red to deepen the memory. The repeated appearance of the learned words in reading can help children consolidate their review, and at the same time, it can also make children apply what they have learned and increase their sense of accomplishment in learning.
This part is said to be Hong En's primitive literacy. The story of the picture book goes from shallow to deep. Every time a child learns 10 words, he can support a small white picture book for independent reading training. The content is very good, and the animation is quite textured.
Advantages: The grading of literacy courses in Hong En is very scientific, from simple to difficult; The teaching of Chinese characters is interesting, and the selected glyphs are highly correlated. Each word has interactive links customized according to its pronunciation, meaning and shape, which creates a lot of interesting teaching for the word itself. There is no repetition of the interactive scenes of more than twenty words that have been evaluated so far. It is said that there are more than 800 non-repetitive interactive ways to stimulate children's learning. In addition, there is a writing link that can help children practice writing in the order of strokes.
Disadvantages: The price of a beautiful picture is that the download package is bigger than other literacy software, and the download time is a bit long.
The second paragraph is called literacy.
Called literacy and Wukong literacy are somewhat similar, and both have story lines. Calling for Literacy tells the story of a girl named Jiao Jiao and her friends who explore various planets. The so-called adventure level is to constantly know new words to get the magic card to defeat monsters. Generally speaking, it is more interesting and accords with the psychology of children.
The so-called learning method of literacy is probably literacy-consolidation-following-animation-review-animation-review. Literacy is also a group of six words. In the form of pictures and words, combined with Chinese character explanation, word formation and sentence formation, let children have a preliminary understanding of words. For example, "teeth, brush your teeth", a person is brushing his teeth with a toothbrush in his hand.
Then let the children collect cards according to their pronunciation and literacy; Then the magic card is synthesized according to font recognition.
In the later animation part, the story scenes are basically combined with reviewing the six words learned before, such as smashing the monster with one word, driving him away, and crowing to take a partner to dinner.
In addition, literacy also has a follow-up link of Chinese characters, that is, spelling a word according to its pronunciation. This part is a little chicken ribs. I couldn't see it at the company at that time, so I coughed and passed it smoothly. In the follow-up part, the system recognition technology called literacy is still a bit poor, and children are easy to get away with it.
Advantages: Literacy attaches great importance to the combination of animation plots, and every environment of adventure and exploration has joined the task challenge, which gives children a special sense of mission and is more fun to learn. In addition, the animation details and overall texture are called literacy, which is very comfortable to watch.
Disadvantages: the disadvantage is that the context design is not rich enough, and there are not many sentences per word; In addition, there is no record of learning progress, and it is necessary to start again if you quit halfway and re-enter.
Section 3 Wukong can read and write
As the name implies, Wukong's literacy is based on the story of Journey to the West, which is explained by animation to guide children's learning. There are 15 scenes in Huaguoshan, and there are not many scenes for free study, so you need to pay to unlock them later. Literacy learning methods are divided into six links: first, know Chinese characters, quickly consolidate them, follow Chinese characters, listen to Chinese characters, recognize Chinese characters, and fill in the blanks with combined words.
In the first batch of Chinese characters, one group studied six Chinese characters, each of which had pictographic animation, and made pictographic analysis of Chinese characters to make sentences. Such as "mountain, mountain". Zigzag peaks are patchwork, with figures like "mountain characters" and "water and rivers" there, like three rivers. Knowing Chinese characters for the first time is quite satisfactory. Compared with traditional teaching methods, the picture is a little old and lacks aesthetic feeling.
In the next rapid consolidation, Wukong literacy is to show the Chinese characters that have just been learned, so that children can find the corresponding ones in a pile of Chinese characters to consolidate their learning.
The following Chinese characters are similar to fast consolidation, so that children can find the correct Chinese characters according to their pronunciation; Listening and distinguishing words is to let children see words and find the correct pronunciation; Fill in the blanks with word combinations is to find phrases according to pronunciation. In these parts, the experience is too difficult for children who just started learning. Especially pinyin, many children aged 4-6 have never been exposed to it.
After learning the six links, the Wukong Literacy Club will have a literacy score, which will give a general evaluation of the children's learning process and accuracy.
Other function points include Happy Valley (the feeling of game+literacy review, but the weight of the game is slightly heavier), step reading (this part is not bad, there are many short stories to read to assist learning), and literacy collection (this part is to help children read independently, the content is good, but the interface is a bit crowded, and it may be better if you use big icons).
Advantages: The story line of Wukong literacy in Journey to the West is very interesting, especially suitable for children who like traditional fairy tales. In addition, although Wukong's literacy is small, its coverage rate is high. 284 Chinese characters cover 58% of commonly used words in the first grade of primary school, 600 Chinese characters cover 80% of commonly used written language, and 900 Chinese characters cover more than 90% of commonly used written language. After learning 1200 Chinese characters in the APP, it can basically meet the early reading needs of primary schools.
Disadvantages: the teaching method is a bit traditional, and the overall animation and interface design are a bit outdated. In addition, learning with the story line of Journey to the West is more difficult for children who have just started to learn Chinese characters. Many children have never seen Journey to the West, and the overall feeling is more suitable for children around 6 years old to learn. And pronunciation recognition is not very good, and the recognition technology is a bit weak.
The fourth paragraph of wheat literacy
Word Recognition in the Rye is said to have been written by a young teacher. Each Chinese character has a detailed explanation, pinyin, common word combinations, memory methods and so on. Literacy in wheat field is to explain literacy courses to children in units. Each unit is divided into five parts: understanding Chinese characters, distinguishing pronunciation, filling in the blanks, sentence collocation and nursery rhymes.
Wheat field literacy is also 6 words in each group. Read the words and pictographic explanations first, and then combine the words and sentences. It is to use various pictographs to deepen children's understanding and impression of Chinese characters.
Knowing the wheat field, like literacy and Wukong literacy, also has follow-up links, but the voice recognition technology is still flawed. Cough twice in the same way, but the feedback from the system is "You read well!"
Sentence collocation is still very good, full of childlike interest, and Chinese characters will be matched according to children's pronunciation and pictograms. It is also matched with some games such as frogs going home and rabbits pulling radishes to help children consolidate their learning and memory.
In addition to basic phrases, Literacy in the Rye also has exquisite animations and nursery rhymes. While learning Chinese characters, we can combine cheerful melody to promote and guide children's learning, which should be liked by many children.
In fact, wheat field knowledge is not limited to word recognition. In addition to learning Chinese characters, there are modules such as mathematics, English, thinking and encyclopedia. , involving English words, knowledge of numbers within 10, Chinese studies, history, nature and so on.
Advantages: Although word recognition in wheat field is not as interesting and interactive as other apps, Chinese nursery rhymes are added in the process of learning new words, which is more acceptable for many children who are new to Chinese characters and can learn happily. In addition, the overall teaching is relatively complete.
Disadvantages: the recognition of the follow-up links is slightly weak, and children are easy to get away with it.
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Each product has its own advantages and disadvantages and can be selected according to its own needs.
If I had to recommend which one to choose, I would probably choose Hong En Literacy APP. The learning content is close to the requirements of the People's Education Edition textbook, and the learning link is more in line with children's cognitive laws. Moreover, their curriculum design follows a scientific perspective and uses Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve theory.
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve means that after 20 minutes, 1 hour and 1 day, the retention rates of people's first memory are 58.2%, 44.2% and 33.7% respectively. In other words, if you don't review the new things you have learned in time, it's easy to break one and lose another like a bear breaking a stick, wasting time and energy. Their listening, speaking, reading and writing designs are more reasonable, and then they are less dogmatic and blunt. Children are more interested in learning, and their enthusiasm and interest in learning can be maintained for a long time.
Generally speaking, teaching children to read is a slow job, and being too eager for success may get twice the result with half the effort. In addition to learning literacy with APP, parents can also combine daily life, such as street signs, advertising words in elevators, and words on food. You can tell children through entertainment and subtle ways, so that children will learn more easily and happily.