I don't know if you have noticed that as soon as you arrive at the kindergarten, the atmosphere in the parent group changes. The most discussed ones are:
"How many interest tutoring classes did your baby enroll?" How much literacy is there? ”
"Is it necessary to let the child learn something in advance?"
Girlfriends have always been very calm about this, thinking that the child is still early from school, there is no need to learn too early. Until she found out, there was a 4-year-old child, who had reached 1,000 literate.
"I know 1,000 words at the age of 4, and if I look at my daughter, she will only be big, small, up, down, left, right... I have 2 words left in my head, and it's over! ”
In fact, many parents have such confusion:
- Do children with less literacy really lose at the starting line?
- Before going to elementary school, how many words did you know to keep up?
- Doesn't it mean that recognizing words in advance will consume children's interest in learning? Is it necessary to learn ahead?
Indeed, there has always been a debate about the articulation of young children. But as a person who has come here, if you have to choose the same thing that your child must master before going to school, it is literacy!
Literacy is the basis of all learning, more than oral arithmetic or the like.
Illiterate, not even able to read textbooks and teachers' board books, let alone write homework and papers.
The daughter of a colleague, because she mastered a large number of Chinese characters before school, became both relaxed and confident when she went to school. The teacher often praised the child and chose him as a learning committee member to help other students make progress together.
This made the originally somewhat introverted child gradually become cheerful. This "chain reaction" makes colleagues shout too worth it!
However, many parents will have this question: will it destroy the imagination of children to read their children prematurely? Will it make them rebel?
01. Misunderstandings about literacy
- Early literacy, will destroy the imagination?
First of all, we need to clarify a concept, literacy early ≠ advanced literacy.
Sun Ruixue once mentioned in the book "Capturing Children's Sensitive Period" that about 5 years old is a sensitive period for the rapid development of "text symbols".
But in fact, 3-6 years old can be regarded as the "golden age of literacy" for children. For example, when my daughter was 4 years old, she often pointed to and asked some Chinese characters that interested her when she was reading, and she was able to remember them deeply.
It can be seen that when children are interested, consciously guiding them to read will not destroy the child's imagination, but will stimulate their interest in learning.
Advanced literacy is to let children who are not very interested in words to read. This kind of behavior is more common in the education of the older generation. For example: use word cards and wall charts to "assess" children at any time and recognize a few words.
This kind of behavior of "pulling up seedlings to promote growth" is of course undesirable.
- Early literacy will make children have a rebellious mentality?
In fact, whether children will have a rebellious psychology has a lot to do with the way parents teach literacy.
If it is a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, subtly guide. For example, through parent-child reading, snack packaging, station names and other identification in daily life, create a rich text environment for children to learn, children can naturally recognize a lot of words, and will not produce rebellious psychology.
On the other hand, if parents mechanically separate the text and the environment, with the ultimate goal of how many words the child can recognize, the boring and cramming way is definitely not good.
In the final analysis, it is not literacy that makes children rebel, but the way children read, whether it is suitable for their growth and development characteristics.
02. Why should children be literate in preschool?
Let's first look at the Chinese textbook for the first grade of primary school. The first article after the table of contents is a school song in plain text. Children who enter school with zero foundation may be confused as soon as they open the textbook.
Taking lesson 5's rhymes as an example, children are required to know 7 new words and can write 3 of them.
If the child is illiterate, it is still difficult to recognize and write these new words at once. At the very least, it will feel tiring to learn at first.
According to the vocabulary list at the back of the textbook, children need to learn 300 words in the first semester of the first grade and 400 words in the second semester. You have to learn 700 new words a year.
This may not feel like much for adults. But for children who are completely illiterate, the pressure is really not small.
Literacy is small, can not understand texts, test questions, math problems, etc., reading ability will be worse than other children. Learning is slow, tired, and easy for children to become unconfident.
When laying the foundation in the first and second grades, this type of child will be significantly slower than other children. By the third grade, the difficulty of learning has increased, and it is even more difficult for children to counterattack.
Therefore, instead of being anxious when the time comes, it is better to regard literacy as a long-term activity, carry out in a long stream, and let the child subtly improve in a pleasant environment.
03. How to correctly guide children to read?
So, how can we guide children to read in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere?
- Inculcated in everyday life
For example, when parents read with their fingers, children in the reading sensitive period are very easy to accept.
In addition, in our daily lives, it is inevitable to deal with Chinese characters. For example: the words on the packaging bags and snack bags; the billboards seen on the road; the stop signs seen when taking the bus, etc., can be used as "literacy tools" to guide children to recognize and understand the meaning of these words. Gradually, children will be able to recognize many words.
- With the help of a game tool book
It is necessary for children to read in advance, but it is necessary to pay attention to the way and method.
Colleagues recommended this "Preschool Literacy 1600 Three-dimensional Flip Book", saying that this is her daughter's favorite literacy book.
The book contains a total of 11 themes, which are specially written for children aged 2-7 years old, and select 1600 high-frequency words that appear in life, characters, nature, and poetry.
These new words and phrases are integrated into 400 super cute cartoon pictures. Through the way of pictures and texts, it forms associative memory and helps children to recognize, understand and remember new words.
Moreover, through the small hand "flipping", not only can mobilize the child's touch and vision, but also let the child experience a richer and more interesting text charm. Isn't that interesting?
For example, in the "smart baby" scenario, the child can learn the names of various organs of the body.
By opening the hidden "small organs", you can also learn the role of various parts.
In addition, there are some words related to other parts, such as: pills, band-aids, stethoscopes, etc., which are very interesting.
For example, in this page of life scenes, children can not only learn new words such as balconies, windows, parents, aunts and uncles; they can also learn colors, plants, cars, etc.
By playing games, children learn to recognize words, which is both fun and effective.
Girlfriend said that during the holidays, she also prepared a copy for her 5-year-old daughter, but she did not expect that in just over a month, the child's literacy had achieved a big explosion. In the second half of the year, children do not have to worry about primary school. It is highly recommended to start.
Children who read early, their reading ability is also stronger, whether it is reading comprehension in language or understanding mathematical problems, they will be better and more confident than children with zero foundation.
The lower grades are the key period for children to lay the foundation, and if children can get used to independent reading and learn confidently as soon as possible in the first and second grades, a certain amount of literacy is very important.
When school starts, you may wish to prepare this "Preschool Literacy 1600 Three-dimensional Flip Book" for your children:
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Especially if there are children in the second half of the year to go to the first grade, parents plan in advance, and the children will learn more easily in the future.