In the opening preface, the author first puts forward two classic questions: Why should I study mathematics? What are the advantages of learning mathematics? Foreign textbooks are always written to make children feel so comfortable, and at the same time, they are close to life and inspire wisdom. Every book in this set tells a mathematical concept with a story, which makes children unconsciously attracted by vivid stories, and then leads to thinking and finding solutions to problems step by step. This method of solving problems through mathematical knowledge left a deep impression on children, not only knowing the origin of related mathematical concepts, but also applying them in life, thus enlightening them. Although this set of books is written for children aged 5-8, the baby listened with relish. Maybe he doesn't understand what mathematics is, and we don't need to instill many professional concepts into him, but I believe he must have left some impressions in his little head.
This set of books also made me think more about education. In the past few years, I have been exposed to and understood some situations of domestic middle schools and universities. A few days ago, someone asked, what is the difference between Chinese and American higher education? I think maybe we should pay attention to it in advance. In fact, the difference between American education and China education cannot be simply compared with the university education in the two countries. From the small point of teaching materials, it reflects that some concepts of Chinese and American education may be different from the birth of children. I'm not here to belittle any kind of education. Every kind of education has its own characteristics and advantages. However, I have to say that foreign textbooks are excellent. No matter from kindergarten, primary school, middle school or university, the textbooks that I first came into contact with abroad are all university textbooks. I remember that it was a book "Principles of Automatic Control" and "Principles of Economics" written by Man Kun. That kind of simple and easy-to-understand writing, which is extremely connected with life, deeply shocked me. For the first time, I feel that the original textbook can be written as interesting as a story book. Later, I occasionally came into contact with a set of American high school chemistry textbooks. Simply flipping through them makes people want to learn. Later, in the process of buying and reading picture books for children, I found that all children were interested in translating stories from foreign picture books. Moreover, I found that there are many stories in foreign picture books, and there are many words and sermons in domestic picture books. Moreover, some stories in these foreign picture books really caused the baby to think. He learned a lot of truth and wisdom from them and applied them to different occasions. I think the educational essence behind these textbooks is worth pondering. I feel that under the education system in China, when children go to college, many people lose interest in subjects. I feel that under the education system in China, we pay more attention to results. Children are not allowed to lose at the starting line since childhood. They buy school districts to attend key primary schools, then enter key junior high schools and enter key high schools. The focus of the college entrance examination is to be admitted to famous schools such as 985,211. Whether it is hot to choose a school or major, whether the future employment is good or not, and whether the salary is high or not. Even the independent enrollment of universities is priority, score-oriented, and top-notch. The consequence of this increasingly utilitarian thinking and behavior is that children in China lack stamina, and even many children with high IQ admitted to Tsinghua Peking University will eventually disappear, while children in China lack innovation, and the whole country lacks innovation. There are few creations from 0 to 1, and there are more creations from 1 to n. I think maybe we should reflect on our education from the roots and start from an earlier childhood.
Some people may complain about the education system, but I think we have neglected our subjective initiative and a great education, which is family education. Maybe we can't send our children to the United States to experience the education there, but we can try to integrate some advantages of Chinese and American education and cultivate an excellent child. Education We can't count on schools, parents are children's first teachers. For preschool children, I think companionship and observation are the best education methods. Just like parent-child reading picture books, daily persistence may not have any impact, but it will inevitably bring results over time. I want to tell the baby that your father doesn't want you to be the first in the exam and get 100 points in the exam, but he wants you to learn to live, love life, accumulate wisdom and live your own personality.