When babies are born, they like to see places where black and white intersect, rather than the color we usually think;
Infants and young children who drink sugar water will refuse to drink boiled water;
How can babies love to eat hands so much, and they are also very interested in very small things;
How he keeps throwing away the things in his hand, you pick it up and hand it to him, he will continue to throw it away, and he is still immersed in the process of constantly throwing...
Behind all this is a golden concept - sensitive period!
The so-called sensitive period refers to the process of the baby's growth from 0 to 6 years old, the child is driven by the inner vitality, and in a certain period of time, he concentrates on absorbing the characteristics of a certain thing in the environment and constantly repeats the process of practice.
After successfully passing through a sensitive period, the child's mental level rises from one level to another.
Children who are fully developed during the sensitive period have clear minds, open minds, and can deeply understand the characteristics and essence of things.
The sensitive period begins immediately after the baby is born.
For example, shortly after the baby is born, the attentive mother finds that the baby will raise her arm and send it into her mouth. Once, twice, three times... If not successful, the child will make a "humming" sound.
If we help him a little at this time, help him put his hand in his mouth, the baby will immediately dance with joy.
At this time, the baby has reached the sensitive period of the mouth. At 0 to 2 years of age, babies are highly focused on developing and using the mouth.
Babies use their mouths to recognize things and worlds outside of themselves, and use their mouths to awaken their bodies, including hands and feet.
The mouth is fully used and self-trained, and everything in the mouth can be put in, even until it cannot be stuffed, and then spit out.
The mouth is also tasked with discovering the world, and even abstract concepts such as "soft" and "hard" are recognized by the mouth.
Have we ever seen a situation where if there are several different cookies or small snacks of different flavors at home, the child may open them? Take one bite of this, take another bite of that.
We adults understand it simply as eating as planned, and not wasting, but saving. This is the value of a social system.
The purpose of the child's eating is to recognize the taste and understand the external, which is the value of a living system.
Knowing the world through the mouth, this period can last until the age of six. On a larger scale, the need to satisfy the mouth is still a psychological need. But with the advent of other sensitive periods, the way of understanding the world through mouth has quietly taken a back seat.