Why is there such an extreme situation? In fact, the charm of mathematics is beyond doubt and unfathomable. People who don't like mathematics are mainly because they don't understand mathematics correctly.
Their memory of mathematics is stuck in boring formulas and tedious theorems, so they have a deep misunderstanding of mathematics.
Some parents have had such a spit. Their children do well in math from kindergarten to grade one or two in primary school, and they can get full marks almost every time. But why do you suddenly feel tired or even plummet when you reach the senior year?
The reason is very simple, because in the lower grades, children's learning of mathematics is more at the memory level, only remembering simple arithmetic and formulas, but actually not establishing real mathematical thinking and truly understanding the connotation of mathematics.
The significance of mathematics enlightenment is to help children get rid of simple memory ability and have the ability of logical thinking, reasoning and imagination instead, so as to cultivate children's mathematical thinking and really fall in love with mathematics.
1. What is the mathematical enlightenment in your eyes?
Parents have many different understandings of mathematics enlightenment, but they may not be correct. Please avoid the following situations:
1. Knowing arithmetic means knowing mathematics.
After 80s, Amei, an ordinary nanny, bought a lot of counting toys and picture books from her daughter/kloc-0, and began to cultivate her daughter's arithmetic ability very early. When my daughter is 2 years old, she can already count from 1 to 100. Everyone in the family agrees that the child is very clever and will learn math well in the future.
But what I didn't expect was that after my daughter went to primary school, her math performance was not very outstanding, or even average.
Ah Mui's misunderstanding is that she thinks that children can learn mathematics by counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, but it is not.
Expert research shows that it is difficult for children to establish abstract thinking before the age of 5, and they can only rely on image thinking.
Therefore, for children under 5 years old, knowing arithmetic is by no means equal to knowing mathematics, and mathematics enlightenment is not simple enough.
2. Mathematical thinking is empty, so it is better to learn some practical skills.
A fashionable post-90s hot mom has attached great importance to the cultivation of children's interests since childhood. As long as the child shows enthusiasm or asks for something, she will try her best to satisfy it. Children attend many interest classes, such as art, piano, music and drama, without going to primary school.
A friend asked her about the training of mathematical thinking, but she didn't pay attention. She feels that the concept is big and empty, and it is not as practical as the specific skills.
A few years later, it was proved that her children were good at singing and dancing, but they lacked logical thinking.
3. Mathematics is static learning.
Compared with arithmetic and calculation, mathematics enlightenment actually needs more logical thinking ability, reasoning ability and imagination, and the acquisition of these abilities needs more contact and experience, that is, more play and trying to play tricks.
But now many parents think that learning is sitting at a desk, immersed in books and swimming in the ocean of problems, thinking that this is the enlightenment of mathematical thinking, but they don't know that even if children answer the knowledge points in books, they may just be blunt repetition, and their thinking has not been really expanded and developed.
Children specialize in science when they are good at it.
Nowadays, many parents begin to observe their children's talents in arts and sciences when they are very young. Once they are determined, they will focus on training.
This has led to many children who are defined by their parents as good at "science". When you do the questions, even the questions are difficult to understand, so naturally you can't answer them. This kind of partial education from childhood is not desirable.
Misunderstanding is artificial and can be changed artificially. Parents must avoid misunderstandings in order to better enlighten their children's mathematics. Let's get to know mathematics again first:
Secondly, let's re-recognize the charm of mathematics:
1. Life is inseparable from mathematics.
As we all know, mathematics is one of the four major disciplines of pedagogy, and its importance is self-evident. No matter what kind of career children are engaged in in in the future, no matter where they go in the world, they need to use mathematics.
Don't say how practical and convenient the mobile phone calculator is now. It's not real math ability, but low-level practical ability. What children need is the thinking ability that can really be engraved in their minds and benefit them for life.
2. The golden period of mathematical enlightenment is not long.
After more than ten years' investigation, Italian educator Montessori found that children are only 2-6 years old when they are sensitive to mathematics.
Children of this age will be better at imitation and have a super memory.
Harvard Child Development Research Center also pointed out that the peak of children's thinking ability development is before children are 6 years old.
If you miss this golden period, it may be difficult to reach the peak again after ten times and one hundred times of hard work.
3. Mathematical enlightenment is conducive to the cultivation of comprehensive thinking ability.
We often say that we should pay attention to thinking training, but we don't know that mathematics enlightenment is the best way.
Mathematics training children's way of thinking is not available in any other way. Mathematics enlightenment is not done well, instilling other skills will only achieve superficial success, and the exercise of inner thinking is actually vacant.
It is not difficult to cultivate children's mathematical thinking.
1. Get an education in life and visualize numbers.
Mathematics is inseparable from life. When guiding children, we should not only pay attention to the numbers themselves, but should be more visual.
For example, when shopping with children, you can deliberately let children compare prices or calculate the difference; For example, when you go out to play, you can take your children for several steps. These life-oriented education can make children understand mathematics better.
2.？ Break the inertia of thinking
Not only adults, but also children tend to be lazy about numbers. For example, if you always use the same object as an example, it is easy for children to stay on this object. Once you change the object, you will not be able to react. Therefore, parents need to often adapt the objects illustrated to extend their children's digital concept.
3. Never force children.
Many impatient parents often compare their children with other children. If other children can count to 100, their children will become anxious if they can only count to 50.
In fact, each child's sensitive period to numbers is different. As long as the child is improving, don't worry too much. Learn to calm down and wait for the child's growth, so as not to cause the child's weariness of learning.