After the "double reduction" policy is implemented, it is strictly forbidden for kindergartens to teach primary school content in advance, and it is resolutely prohibited to teach Hanyu Pinyin, literacy, computing, English and other primary school curriculum content in advance. I believe that the mothers have such a question: there is no literacy at all, can the child keep up with the rhythm of the teacher's teaching after the first grade?
We often talk about preschool education issues such as children's enlightenment in a group of mothers, and parents have different cognitions about preschool literacy.
Some parents believe that in the kindergarten stage, there is no need to let children read, premature literacy will only obliterate the child's imagination and ability to read pictures, childhood should be based on happy play, learning is after primary school, parents do not need to be too anxious.
Another part of the parents are more anxious: the child must have a certain literacy foundation before going to primary school, otherwise they will not even know what homework the teacher has assigned, and even the content of the homework will not be known, resulting in resistance to writing homework, and the learning pressure will increase.
I am also a Buddhist mother, I think that children in the kindergarten stage to play, there is no need for children to premature literacy and counting, but the actual situation of the little nephew who has just entered the first grade subverted my understanding, my sister-in-law cried to me: regret did not let the little nephew read before elementary school, and now the little nephew is only literate, writing slowly, and the daily homework has to be rubbed until after ten o'clock, resulting in a delay in getting up the next day. Homework questions need to be accompanied by the sister-in-law, the results of the Chinese test are not ideal, and the teacher also left a complaint alone: the child's literacy is too small, and there are too many typos on the test paper, which also affects the results of other subjects. The low level of literacy leads to a low homework completion rate and a breakdown of the sister-in-law. I read the first-grade Chinese exam paper, the examination of the text is the focus, there is no certain amount of literacy is really not enough.
With the lessons of my little nephew, I decided to let my children read early, and thinking back to the process of my son's literacy, it is also a history of blood and tears.
01 Choosing the right literacy tools is key.
Online literacy software is varied, and the literacy books on the market are even more dazzling. I downloaded a popular "Hunn Literacy", used it for a while, although it was effective, but the effect was very small, I felt that my son's energy was used to play games, contrary to the purpose of wanting him to read, and it was particularly eye-catching, the child was too young to stare at the screen for a long time. Therefore, it is not recommended to use electronic products to assist children in literacy.
I also bought some literacy cards for my son, but the glyphs are too abstract, the scene effect is weak, the child's dry literacy, too boring and tedious, when he first bought it, he was still a little interested, and then he felt that it was not interesting, so he threw it aside, which cost money and cost his mother. There are two reasons for this:
On the one hand: parents emphasize the results, while children focus on the process of playing.
For children, literacy cards may be toys, and only when the toys are fun, children will have the desire to continue to play. When the child uses the toy, if the parent teaches the child how to read the word on the side, repeatedly let the child read the word by himself, the parents think that this is learning, but the child feels that the process is too boring, of course, he is not willing to continue to play. Literacy requires a process, and parents' utilitarianism cannot be too strong.
On the other hand: children have a strong curiosity and a desire to explore.
Too monolithic literacy cards, children play in one way, will soon lose interest.
02 Use fun scenes instead of mechanical literacy.
First of all: increase the fun scene, activate the child's desire to read, and the outbreak of literacy is just around the corner. Literacy can start from the scene of life and teach children to read without showing the mountains.
Literacy is a large and time-consuming process, if the text is separated from the environment, only mechanically pursue the shape of how many words the child recognizes, but put aside how to read the words in the real language environment, not only literacy is boring, but also may have the opposite effect. Every time I take my son out, I will read the billboards on the street, the street signs, the subtitles in the video, the names of toys, and take him to read with a small act of following the trend.
Second, use the principles of situational learning to enhance children's literacy experience.
Sociolinguistics has found that when humans learn language, they do not simply repeat and imitate, but learn around "meaning". A large number of informal literacy experiences in life situations are the key, such as daily necessities, family titles, toy introduction information, etc., under the premise that children are interested, in a silent way to consciously implant Chinese characters.
Finally, reading is also an effective way to become literate.
Reading is a window to open the heart, a person who really has a love and interest in reading, the inner world is rich. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate children's reading habits from an early age, and it may be better to start with parent-child reading. In order not to destroy the contextual beauty of picture books, every time before reading a picture book, I will only give my son only the name of the book, when the child is about 2 years old, he can distinguish the name of each small book, maybe at that time through the cover picture of the book accurately guessed the title of the book.
The picture book reads a lot, and the words on it will naturally recognize some, but this will take a long time.
Based on the above pit and literacy experience, I have chosen a literacy book that can be combined with both scenes and interesting - "Preschool Literacy 1600 Stereoscopic Flip Book", my son likes it, and does not treat it as a tool book, but looks good and fun as other picture books. The son's literacy effect has also increased significantly, at the beginning of the basic "up", "down", "field", "soil", "wind", "mountain", "stone" these basic words have been recognized, and then with the increase in difficulty, adhere to parent-child reading every day, using half a year to easily master all the Chinese characters on the book, really surprised me.
Based on the process of watching with my son, I summarized the reasons why my son loved it so much:
First: this is a very interesting flip book, children have a curiosity, and flipping through the book is to seize the child's curiosity, stimulate their desire to explore, can't wait to open it, what is hidden inside. Don't underestimate every small hand turning action, this is a "small adventure" for children, fun to turn the page, every time can turn out a small surprise. In addition, the process of turning the page also exercises the fine movements of the child's hands, and also exercises the coordination ability of "hand, eye and brain".
The book has about 40 pages of exquisite pages, fully mobilizing children's sense of touch and vision, establishing the depth and breadth of links of knowledge, and experiencing the charm of rich and interesting words.
Second: This is a richly themed book, selecting 1600 high-frequency and common words including life, scenes, nature, characters, poems, etc., to strengthen children's literacy skills. Young children are most likely to develop an interest in words in life situations, starting from interest, so that children's literacy is no longer mechanical and boring.
For example, in the scene of "our body", children can understand the composition of various organs of the body, as well as the "listening", "smelling", "seeing" related to the body, etc., children can flip through the small secrets about the body, and also expand the items related to the body for children, such as "stethoscopes", "hearing aids", "masks", "headphones" and other common items, children's scene literacy at the same time, but also improve cognition.
Third: there are 11 super large panoramas in the book, and there are about 400 super cute cartoons, which are suitable for young children to read. Every day I would let my son choose one and we would play and read together.
This fun flip book is suitable for children aged 2 to 7 years old, using a large folio, bright colors, suitable for children's young articulation, Chinese character enlightenment, and the difficulty of new words increases, through reading fun literacy, is a good choice. Moreover, the price of this flip book is not expensive, and the price of the general hardcover flip book is relatively expensive, generally around 100 yuan, and some are even more expensive.
03 Conclusion
Although "double subtraction" reduces the child's "written homework", the "big language era" advocates that children read more, the amount of literacy is insufficient, and it is impossible to read independently, and over time, the child will lose interest in reading. Insufficient literacy is also a potential poor student, illiterate, resulting in the topic can not be understood, not to mention the problem, it is difficult to get good results. Parents must pay attention to their children's literacy and help their children's learning.