? There are always people around, so don't mention teaching children math. Originally, the attitude reflected behind holding high the banner of "Don't teach children to learn mathematics" is quite sincere and considerate. We should respect children's playful nature, but drag them into the misery of compulsory education early. Children's childhood is fun, learning early may not last long, and so on. However, if you draw a little deeper and analyze the meaning of "mathematics", you will find that "not teaching children to learn mathematics" is still thinking from the standpoint of adults, but compared with those parents who teach their children to learn 1 plus 1 equal to 2, they put on a coat of "respecting children's nature".
? Why do you say that? Because the mathematics you understand is still the mathematics in your mathematics education, and the mathematics in your mathematics education is the mathematics in books, which seems to have nothing to do with real life. Even if you don't study math for many years, you can draw a function diagram skillfully, and the boss won't give you extra salary. It's just too bad, it's useless to learn, just like the generation after 80 s who have studied English for n years is still dumb, and it's nothing to start learning early. In fact, before mathematics became a formal subject, it was integrated into every aspect of daily life like a mother tongue. Will you not let your children speak their mother tongue? Will you stop children from playing with toys? Will you stop children from eating snacks? If you regard learning math as a daily life like speaking your mother tongue, playing with toys and listening to snacks, you can throw away your old banner and raise another banner again: I want my children to start learning some math earlier.
? What is mathematics? Mathematics is not just book mathematics, it has three main functions. The first is to meet the needs of daily life, calculate mortgage and provident fund, and compare things in supermarkets; The second is to use mathematics to complete technical work, which is very important for economic development. The third is to train logical thinking ability. The discussion on causality and correlation triggered by Under the Dome is an aspect of logical thinking.
Our children are the first to learn mathematics, that is, mathematics is life. When they begin to receive general education in mathematics, they are laying the foundation for technical work in the future. It doesn't matter if this foundation is not laid well. There is a lot of work, so it is not necessary to engage in technology. No matter whether it is the first or the second, the final result is the third, that is, logical thinking ability. Therefore, it is a long-term plan for children to learn mathematics. Children have a gift for mathematics. You can make a detailed list of this plan, and don't always exclude the Olympiad. Without mathematical talent, at least don't lose your logical thinking ability.
? All right, good prospects. Let me talk about the topic of learning daily mathematics before school. However, don't talk about "learning mathematics" before school, although in many moments of inattention, you are actually talking about mathematics. "Do you want to eat 1 banana?" "It's almost 9 o'clock, you have to go to bed." "Two toys are not enough, so bring two more toys to play with the children." ..... many things you tell your child about him contain numbers.
? If we can realize this, we can turn the unconscious into conscious. Of course, the biggest advantage of doing this is not to lose the logic of God and Horse at the starting line, but to set a quantifiable standard of life for children, which is convenient for children to understand. Once he understands, he will obey the rules more. Many people think that children's disobedience is hateful. In fact, in half cases, they didn't explain the principle well enough, leaving too much room, so the standards set by children are different. For example, if you want your child to insist on telling stories before going to bed, you can tell them a bunch of books. He will tell them when he is finished, but you think it's time for him to go to bed. How do you convince him? If your standard is to tell a story with a pile of books at hand, then children don't know where the boundaries of storytelling are. If you discuss with your child in advance that you can only speak three books in the evening, and he agrees, then after reading three books, you can confidently ask him to sleep. If he wants to bargain, you can add one or two more. But this number is limited, and you are on the right side after all.
? Since children can walk, because their natural desire to explore is very strong, the role played by parents is actually the boundary of their exploration. You can give them more space, but how much space must have boundaries. And mathematics is the easiest boundary to understand. You can watch cartoons for another five minutes instead of watching them for a while. Who knows how long it will take? You can eat five more cookies instead of a few. Who knows if your understanding is the same as mine?
? From the beginning of understanding these numbers, you will unconsciously introduce addition and subtraction. Of course, you won't tell the child. Let's do an addition and subtraction. Mathematical thinking does not mean that you can count 1 to 100 fluently, but that you can understand the meaning of each number and use it. Even if you only understand and use 1 to 10, it is better than just counting.
? Practice makes perfect. If you have basic mathematical thinking before going to school, you won't lose interest in mathematics if you come into contact with book mathematics again.