Labor Day
Labor is the most glorious
"The highest goal of educating children is to enable children to be self-reliant.
Neither spiritually nor materially depends on one's parents,
Take responsibility for your own thoughts and actions".
--Maria. Montessori
May 1 is International Labor Day,
On this special holiday,
We offer to everyone,
Salute to those who work hard for a better life,
Salute to those who have selflessly dedicated themselves in the epidemic!
Will you let your child do housework at home?
Some mothers will say: "I can't hurt too late, how can I bear to let my children work?" ”
Or "The child is so young, the more you help, the better it is to do it myself." ”
As parents, we usually pay special attention to cultivating children's various abilities, such as dance, thinking, eloquence, painting, etc., but we only forget to cultivate children's labor ability.
Some children are three or four years old and still have their parents chasing after them to feed, they will not dress themselves, and they will not do any housework.
If you don't understand the joy of labor, you naturally can't feel the hardships of your parents.
Not allowing children to experience the joy of labor undoubtedly deprives children of the opportunity to develop their self-care ability.
Dr. Montessori said: "I listened to it and forgot, I read it and remembered, I did it and understood." ”
Let's take a look at how a group of Montbuy people who love to do housework do housework at home.
take care. Myself
Care of the person
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Take care of yourself
In the daily living area of the Montessori classroom,
Pour, scoop, squeeze, twist, wear, tie, sew...
It is a basic movement that children practice every day.
Through day-to-day practice,
Not only exercise the ability to take care of yourself in life,
Meet your own needs, gain self-confidence,
While adapting to the environment,
Gradually learn to take care of yourself,
No more dependency.
Look, our Montbuy takes care of itself at home.
Self-care
take care. environment
Care of the Environment
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· Housework is done
When we came to the Montessori classroom,
What attracts us is not only the abundance of teaching aids,
There is also Montbau's ability to take care of himself.
Breakfast, meals to take independently,
Clean independently after finishing meals,
After-meal hygiene work will also be done by Montbuy in turn.
Like wiping the table,
"Rubbing" is an action that adults are very familiar with,
But for children,
The use of a rag to complete the "wiping" action needs to be used,
The ability of both hands, the flexibility of the wrists,
Hand-eye coordination with concentration, patience, and more.
Every movement of Montessori work is for children,
Exercise in the development of comprehensive physical and psychological abilities.
Let's take a look at the housework of our Montbor.
In every Montessori classroom, in every Montessori classroom,
In every Montessori classroom,
You can see a variety of plants,
If you look at it more closely,
You will also find that, in addition to plants,
There are also a variety of tools for taking care of plants.
Children not only understand the way plants need to be cared for,
Also understand how the tool is used,
They think and judge through their own cognition,
Meticulous and careful care of the plants in the environment.
Taking care of plants seems to be a simple daily thing in the classroom,
In this process,
Children can learn to be gentle with things,
Ability to focus on and meticulously complete work,
Be able to maintain respect for the environment, for life in nature,
Be able to find yourself in the ability and responsibility to take care of the environment and influence the environment.
Let's see how our Montbau takes care of the plants in the house.
Take care of the plants for a day
A 20-year study at Harvard University showed that children who love housework are compared to those who don't: the employment rate is 15:1, the income is 20% higher than the latter, and the marriage is happier.
Psychologist Piaget pointed out that children first develop their thinking through actions, and the more they like to use their hands, the more conducive to the development of the brain.
In the process of doing housework, children will have fine movements such as two fingers pinching, finger grasping, and double hand breaking, which not only develops the strength of the child's hand muscles, but also exercises their hand-eye coordination ability.
Sukhomlinsky said: "The wisdom of the child is at the tip of his finger. ”
In the process of doing housework, children develop in their mental cognition and thinking through sensory stimulation and experience.
A child who can do housework often has a good family concept, understands the hardships of his family, knows how to share and responsibility, and his heart will be filled with love for his family.
During Labor Day, take your children to do housework together, and let the housework become a happy parent-child interaction activity between you and your children.