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A professor at Tsinghua University once said: Scientific enlightenment is the starting line! Help children open a "window", let children explore the world of science on their own, and discover with curiosity that surprise is the seed of science.
More and more facts have proved that a strong country still needs to be strong in science and technology, and children are the hope of the future and shoulder the heavy responsibility of scientific and technological innovation.
Utilitarian said, "learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, go all over the world", children like science, in the future to choose science and engineering, the choice of university is large, employment opportunities are broader, the future is better.
Parents who have kindergartens and elementary school students may feel "far away?" Bullshit! "When the child goes to school, it is just a matter of schooling."
When I first became a mother, I thought the same thing. However, as children grow older, they are exposed to the scientific enlightenment theories of some predecessors and experts, and learn about the successful experience of many children, and then slowly realize the importance of scientific enlightenment.
The eldest son from kindergarten science enlightenment, has always liked science and technology, junior high school science advantages are obvious, now high school, choose subjects without hesitation, no need to compare, directly finalize physics, chemistry, we worry too much.
Therefore, here, to publicize it, talk about what are the benefits of scientific enlightenment, and there are specific practical practices for your reference.
Kindergarten begins with scientific enlightenment, and secondary school learning is 10 times easier
First of all, protect children's curiosity and stimulate curiosity
Albert Einstein said, "I have no special talent, I'm just extremely curious!" ”。
Children are naturally curious and like to ask "why" when they see everything. But curiosity declines with age.
Because after the child goes to school, especially in middle school, in order to go to school, it is inevitable to fall into the sea of questions, the pursuit of the same standard answer, over time, curiosity will gradually be worn away, will no longer chase you to ask "why".
Therefore, when the child's curiosity is strong, pay attention to his questions, bring him to contact a wider range of scientific knowledge, the child's curiosity will be stimulated, and some specific interests will be slowly cultivated. If you are interested, you will have the motivation to learn, and without us urging you to learn, your child can take the initiative to learn.
Second, improve your thinking skills
Thinking ability is the ability to "think", which is the core of learning ability. Through a series of processes such as analysis, synthesis, generalization, abstraction, comparison, concretization and systematization, perceptual materials are processed and transformed into rational understanding to solve problems.
Children are eager to learn, and they will not stop at standard answers, but like to break the casserole and ask the end, to understand how a conclusion is obtained from the source. Children also like to observe, experience, hands-on operation, from practical experience, to verify the accuracy of scientific knowledge.
In this process of understanding and verification, children learn to hypothesize, judge, reason and other ways of thinking, and develop the habit of thinking. In the current examination, the proportion of rote memorization of knowledge points is reduced, and more emphasis is placed on the examination of thinking ability, and children with strong thinking ability can easily find clues from complex relationships and answer accurately.
Finally, learning is easier
Knowledge needs to be accumulated, and there is a world of difference between seeing and not seeing. If there is no certain knowledge reserve, it is very difficult to understand, and it takes a lot of time to slowly understand.
For example, we've never been exposed to AI intelligence, and the first time we listen to it, it's like listening to a book. Those who have been in contact with it for a long time can understand and ask questions to further enrich their knowledge.
Just imagine, if children are widely involved in popular science knowledge from an early age, and then learn biology, chemistry, physics, etc. when they go to school, there is no strangeness.
The feedback my son gave me was like this, he said that the textbook knowledge is very simple, he has learned it when he was a child, and now he is just reviewing it. Learn new things, learn easily, and learn better. Some of his classmates did not like popular science since they were young, and it was very difficult to learn physics and chemistry.
So, without useless work, the time for reward may be long, but it will come eventually.
It only takes 3 steps to easily get your child's scientific enlightenment
Some parents understand the importance of scientific enlightenment and start to give their children scientific enlightenment, but the problem comes, "we have not learned physics and chemistry well, and we have no way to start."
When I was in school, my physical and chemical grades were also average, but I could also cope with the children's scientific enlightenment, and here I taught you a simple step to easily get the child's scientific enlightenment.
The first step is to start with the child's interests.
Interest is the basis of learning, as long as the child does what he is interested in, no matter how difficult it is, the child will enjoy it. Every child is interested, and as long as we observe carefully, we will definitely find out.
Science is a large category, food, clothing, housing, and transportation, all of which are linked to science, so there is no need to worry about children's lack of interest in science.
For example, children like cars, is a good point of interest, and car-related science is too much: Newton's laws of motion, friction, speed, how the internal combustion engine works, etc., we can find these knowledge points on the Internet, explain them to children one by one, spread out from a point, and children's scientific interest will be mobilized.
The second step is to stimulate the child's interest.
If the child is not interested, there is no need to worry, let the child be exposed to science in large quantities, and observe what kind of knowledge the child particularly likes, which is his point of interest.
Now there are many popular science resources for children, audio, video, TV programs, documentaries, books, etc., to provide children with some, children must be able to filter out their favorite parts.
For example, popular science books, the prestigious ones, to count the famous "100,000 Whys", all-encompassing, can help children answer many doubts, so that children who already have scientific interests can get the knowledge they want, but also can make children without scientific interests curious about scientific knowledge.
Wu Yuren, a 72-year-old retired professor of physics at Tongji University, and Wang Yi, an associate professor of physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, both watched "100,000 Whys" as children, and scientific interest sprouted from that time.
The third step is to develop interest in depth.
The main way to stimulate your child's interest is to provide your child with knowledge that is broad enough. After the child has an interest, it is necessary to provide the child with sufficient resources and conditions to let the child concentrate on development in a certain aspect.
First, let the child see the books and audio materials in a certain field, and then let the children practice it themselves, and through hands-on operation, understand some more profound knowledge and further improve the skill level.
For example, when my son liked robots, I prepared a Lego EV3 robot for him, he assembled all the drawings he brought, and I found a lot of drawings for him. I wanted to create my own robot model, and I learned to program. Later, I improved again, watched English videos and original popular science books, got rid of Lego parts, and made some practical robots.
Children continue to practice, continue to learn, the horizons gradually broaden, the ability to improve a little, and by the way also improve the academic level.
epilogue
Kindergarten children are curious, curious, malleable, and have plenty of time, which is a good time for scientific enlightenment, and we must seize it. For ordinary parents, be a person with a heart, make good use of various audio-visual book resources, discover and stimulate children's interest, let children fall in love with science, and easily learn physics and chemistry in middle school, and become a pillar of talent in the future.
I'm @Gelma Goku
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