But now many young parents have to bear the burden of supporting their families. They are too busy and tired to take care of their children. It is also a last resort to ask the elderly to help with the children.
Neighbors are like this. Her mother-in-law was a primary school teacher before retirement and helped them take care of their children after retirement. At first, the neighbors thought that since her mother-in-law was a primary school teacher, there would be many excellent parenting methods, and the children would definitely not have to worry about their future studies.
But by the time the child is two or three years old, the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is getting bigger and bigger.
It turns out that grandma didn't give her children early education at all, nor did she teach them literacy and ancient poetry. In addition to taking children out to play every day, I buy a pile of handmade paper and take them to learn origami.
Children indulge in it every day and have fun, and grandma is happy to be at leisure.
Neighbors see it in their eyes and are anxious in their hearts. He took her husband and communicated with her grandmother many times, but she didn't listen at all. He also said, "Since you gave me the child, just listen to me. I won't hurt my granddaughter."
Neighbors are angry, but they really don't have time to teach their children. I can only think about it. I give my children early education classes. But my mother-in-law is firmly opposed to early education, and this matter will go away in the future.
Later, the child went to kindergarten. Not long after, the teacher repeatedly praised the child for his good understanding, strong hand-brain coordination and much better attention in class than other children. He will definitely be a primary school bully in the future.
Neighbors thought it was just the teacher's general encouragement and praise, and they didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, mathematics ranks first every year after children go to primary school. Math is simple in grades one and two, and many children can get 100. However, it is not so easy to get 100 in the third and fourth grades of mathematics.
Many classmates' parents came to the neighbor's house to learn from the scriptures, and she found out that she was wrong about her mother-in-law.
Grandma, a child who has been teaching for 40 years, said that if children want to be good at math, they must play more related puzzle games before going to school. This can not only train children's hand-brain coordination ability, but also improve their attention and logical thinking ability.
But there are not many educational games suitable for children aged 3-6. So she will play origami with her children since she was a child.
So, what are the unknown benefits of origami games?
As we all know, the sensitive period of the baby's hand is concentrated in the stage of 0-2 years old. They like sucking their fingers, scratching and touching things with their hands. These are the ways for babies to explore this new world.
The origami game just meets the needs of children to "use their hands".
In addition to memorizing, thinking and remembering every step, children also need to try various folding methods with small hands and coordinate their hands and brains to finally complete a work.
And it may be difficult to succeed once, and children need to try twice, three times or even many times. Children's small hands can naturally become more flexible with practice.
The cognitive ability of children of this age is far from the level of abstract thinking, and they can only deepen their memory through repeated practice.
Therefore, the whole process of origami not only exercises children's hand-brain coordination ability, but also helps to improve children's concentration, memory and endurance.
Origami is an important part of STEAM education. Japan and some western countries offer special origami courses for children. Because origami involves not only aesthetic ability and psychology, but also mathematics and geometry, which helps to improve children's mathematical thinking ability.
Why do you say that?
As we all know, origami games involve "cutting" and "folding":
First of all, paper-cutting needs to know paper, such as square, rectangle, circle, diamond ... invisibly, children can know the difference between different shapes.
Secondly, paper-cutting will also involve axisymmetric figures and axes of symmetry. For example:
Look! In the process of playing, children can easily understand and master these plane geometry knowledge.
Origami involves more points, lines, surfaces, and some combinations, so that children can further contact with solid geometry.
For example, how does a piece of paper fold into a small cube? Glue two sides of an equilateral triangle together to make a small conical cap. ...
Children should not only look at pictures, but also think and analyze logically: how to divide a piece of paper, where is 1/2, where is 1/3, where to fold first, where to fold again, and so on. Invisibly exercised children's logical thinking and judgment ability.
Now there are application problems in senior one mathematics, which require children to use their brains for logical reasoning. Origami games can help children expand their mathematical thinking.
Many parents' impressions of origami may still stay in things like origami planes and paper boats when they were children. In fact, these patterns are not the only ones in origami.
Neighbor's mother-in-law also bought various styles of origami books for her children at first, but after comparison, she found that the children's favorite is this set of children's three-dimensional origami, which is specially designed for the baby's enlightenment.
Compared with other origami books, this set of books is divided into basic books and improved books, which not only involves more knowledge, but also is easier to use, especially suitable for children aged 3-6.
Children can understand objects through the graphics in the book, and then fold a plane graphic into a solid graphic through simple steps in the book. The function of the basic article is to let children feel the fun of origami, and complete the work through their own hands, further enhancing their self-confidence.
When children have a better understanding of origami, they can use it to improve their articles. There are many manual steps and complicated shapes.
This requires children to observe and practice more carefully, and the requirements for children's logical ability and reasoning ability are also higher. Parents can guide their children to do it independently from the beginning and cultivate their ability to solve problems independently.
This set of children's three-dimensional origami has 8 volumes, only 6 in one volume. The content is very rich and children can play for a long time.
If you have preschool children at home, you might as well prepare a set. It can not only improve children's concentration, but also expand children's mathematical and logical thinking ability and practical ability, which really kills two birds with one stone.