During the period of home isolation, the time spent between parents and babies increases, and the scientific upbringing of infants and young children has become a problem faced by many parents - they do not know how to play games with their babies, they cry at every turn, there is no place for children to play at home, and it is not clear which toys are suitable for him... With the baby at home, how should parents be their first teacher?
Last night, the fourth lecture of the online class "Good Education for Young Children, We are in Action" organized by Shanghai Open University invited Wang Jing, a preschool education teacher and researcher from the Teaching and Research Office of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, to share the key points of creating an infant and young childcare environment for parents and childcare practitioners.
In Wang Jing's view, the environment affects children's emotions, perception, ability to build relationships, and physical and psychological health. In the infant and young child rearing environment, in addition to the physical environment such as spatial layout and toy materials, the psychological environment such as parent-child relationship and interpersonal interaction cannot be ignored. "For a child, the best gift an adult can give him is love, companionship, and full play." Wang Jing said.
Play interaction can help children build human perception of the outside world, but games are not limited to recreational activities. For children, it is also a game process of perceiving new things, and toys are not limited to toys purchased in the mall, even if they peel a banana, children will also perceive the process of grasping and the pleasure of peeling like toys.
In Wang Jing's view, adults in the game should first play the role of companion, tentatively approach the child, respect and accept their emotional feelings, more reassurance, less reprimand, full of patience and carefulness; secondly, adults should also play a good helper, give the child time to think independently and complete the task, ask him whether he needs help with an equal identity and an adult tone, try not to imitate the baby's language or use overlapping words, and give an auxiliary description of language while helping, which can play an educational role. The cultivation of infant and young children's behavior stems from their discovery and understanding, and parents and childcare practitioners should give children the right to play independently under the premise of correct guidance, accept them more tolerantly, and help them more equally.
In the evening, a total of 39,000 people participated in the online classroom. "Teacher Wang analyzed very carefully in the way of cases, such as children's thinking about different materials such as colors and shapes, grasping the sense of weight, and then to the differences in the thinking development of children of different ages, the elimination of hidden dangers in children's safety and health, etc. It's a great learning opportunity for us new parents. One parent said.
Author: Wang Xing
Edit: Wang Xing
Editor-in-Charge: Fan Liping
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