In mathematics, we often see that in the third and fourth grades of primary school, a group of students' mathematics scores suddenly declined; Later, in the second and third grades, a group of students often fell behind in mathematics; Later, in high school, some people kept falling behind.
Many educators try to explain this strange phenomenon. Some people say that "children are disobedient when they are older", some people say that "children are wild in adolescence", and some people say that "they were not trained in thinking when they were young".
I agree with the last statement, more accurately, the foundation of thinking ability is not firmly laid.
Mathematics is an advanced thinking activity of human beings. The more you go to the top, the more you need all kinds of thinking skills. When thinking ability is insufficient, backwardness is inevitable.
For example—
Before the third grade of primary school, mathematics only needs to be memorized, and it is enough to remember some calculation rules;
In the fourth grade of primary school, it is not enough to have memory, but also to have logical ability. At this time, children with insufficient logical thinking ability will fall behind;
In junior high school, we still need to use spatial imagination, and students with insufficient spatial imagination can't run;
High school students may need to use abstract, inductive, deductive and other thinking skills, and students who lack comprehensive ability in this field will be unable to do so.
It's a bit like building a high-rise building. The deeper and stronger the foundation laid by childhood, the higher and grander the future building will be, and the less it will give up halfway.
Therefore, if you want your child to be good at math, you must first help him "lay the foundation".
How to lay the foundation? Personally, there are three points: one is to develop eight kinds of intelligence; The second is the enlightenment of life mathematics; The third is to cultivate reading interest.
1, developing eight kinds of intelligence
The so-called eight intelligences were said by Dr. Gardner in the United States. He said that human intelligence is diversified rather than single, and consists of eight kinds of intelligence, including language intelligence, mathematical logic intelligence, spatial intelligence, body movement intelligence, music intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, self-cognitive intelligence and natural cognitive intelligence. ? How to develop these eight intelligences? It's very simple, that is, let the children play, and the more they play, the crazier they are, the better.
Shouting in the game, Kan Kan talks, this is called language intelligence; Combining multiple game props and calculating the number in the game is called computational intelligence; Climbing trees, jumping down and piling up trees in the game is called spatial intelligence; Running and jumping wildly in the game is called sports intelligence; Cooperation and coordination in the game is called interpersonal intelligence;
The foundation is solid and profound, and the high school stage will naturally overtake the curve, and the mathematics building will naturally rise.
So let the children go to The King of Children. What do you mean by "the king of children"? Those who are particularly active and excited, and who are able and willing to play with a lot of children, are called "kings of children". Such children are often born and can't be cultivated, so if you meet them, don't let them go, you have to find a way to get close to them, hehe. Because only in this way can children have fun, so eight kinds of intelligence have been exercised and developed imperceptibly.
2. Mathematics Enlightenment in Life
Have you seen Yin Jianli's A Good Mother Is Better than a Good Teacher? She said that her child Yuan Yuan began to learn mathematics through games at the age of 4, and within two years, she actually learned to add and subtract within 500. They played a simple game of "opening a canteen", asking her to enclose a place as a counter and put some things, and parents took turns to buy them. Real pricing, real money, real change, and fun, the calculation of these money has become a natural "application problem" training. In this way, she was trained to the second grade of primary school. After the school passed the exam, I felt that I didn't need to go to the third grade, so I directly advanced her to the fourth grade. Yes, the daily business activities in life are actually the best mathematics enlightenment.
If we don't know how to play the "canteen", it's also a good idea to let children do their own calculations, take their own money, spend their own money and save their own money when they go to the supermarket to buy toys or ice cream for themselves.
Or, play hard and hand over all the tasks of buying food, cigarettes and household goods to children aged 5 or 6 before they go to primary school and become full-time family buyers. Of course, this game can only be played with the cooperation of parents, and it must also meet the interest and opportunity. If one party has done all the shopping, it won't play. Also, throwing dice, playing poker and participating in children's flea market are all methods; And Montessori's math teaching aid, you can do anything in the game.
3. Cultivate reading interest
Some time ago, I also read an article, "Reading is the best" make up a missed lesson ",saying that children's poor math scores are rooted in too little reading? 100% agrees with this truth, and now the excerpt from that article is as follows:
A few days ago, my friend recommended a math tutor to my 13-year-old daughter. "How is your child's math?" A few simple pleasantries on the phone, the teacher asked me. "The problem is not difficult, and the results are not bad. When you encounter a problem, it seems that you can't get in. " I really have a headache when I mention my daughter's math. "Does she usually like reading?" The teacher's question made me dumbfounded. Isn't this about the Chinese teacher? Use math. . . ? "I don't particularly like it, but I don't watch it at all. I usually like to watch naughty Ma Xiaotiao and the like. " I thought about it.
"Oh, have you read popular science books and some famous books?" The teacher then asked. "No, I don't think she can see any books that are useful for learning, and she doesn't want to read them." I'm a little embarrassed to answer. "There are some problems." The teacher paused and said, "If children want to learn math and physics well in junior high school, primary schools must read more books, especially good books with profound humanistic qualities. Children who read more books have active thinking and broad horizons, and they can show their advantages in the second day. "
"Most students with good math scores in our class can read books at the age of six or seven. In primary school, they read a lot of good books with profound humanistic qualities, and they love thinking and reading. The depth and breadth of these children's problems sometimes stumbles me. Most of the children who don't behave well haven't read any books before, and now they don't like reading. They feel invulnerable. Their parents are anxious to spend money, and no matter how I tutor them, their math scores will not be greatly improved. " After listening to his words, I suddenly remembered that Soviet educator Suhomlinski once said in "Suggestions for Teachers": "The more students read, the clearer their thinking and the more active their wisdom." Many parents always feel that the changes brought by reading are slow, and the exam is just around the corner. They still feel that it is better to make up lessons directly and the effect is more obvious. After being reminded by the math teacher today, I was shocked. The function of reading is not only to enrich cultural accumulation and improve Chinese literacy, but also to help children ignite the spark of thinking, broaden their horizons, deepen their thinking and improve their learning ability. Therefore, reading is not only a matter of Chinese, but also the first for any subject. Studies have found that children who start reading a lot in grade one or earlier have greater potential in the subsequent primary and secondary schools, especially in mathematics, physics and chemistry, than children who start reading in grade three. Because the former has deep reading ability and habits in his later study career, that is, he has strong understanding ability, while the latter has shallow thinking and weak understanding ability when reading. This phenomenon is more obvious in the watershed grade of grade two. Therefore, don't wait until primary and secondary schools encounter difficulties to make up lessons endlessly, but let children solve literacy problems at the age of 4-7, love reading at the age of 6-9, and read a lot and read good books after the age of 9.