3 to 6 years old is an important period for children, in terms of time, when children have entered kindergarten and have studied and lived in kindergarten for four years.
Whether this stage can be passed well and whether good habits have been cultivated will have a great impact on the subsequent primary school life.
At the same time, children at this stage will experience a lot of sensitive periods, which are the cornerstone of each child and the foundation of various abilities.
The sensitive period is an important phenomenon discovered by the famous Italian educator Montessori after observing children, during this period, children will suddenly be very interested in many things for a certain period of time under the impetus of the growth law. This extraordinary love often allows children to make great progress in a certain ability after a period of time.
Successfully passing through these sensitive periods means that children begin to have the prototype of important abilities one by one.
We can look at this list, which lists some sensitive periods, including oral sensitivity, time and space sensitivity, imagination and creativity sensitivity, interpersonal sensitivity, writing sensitivity, and so on.
So, then again, what kind of knowledge is best for 3-6 year old children to learn?
Baby is 3 years old
1. Cultivate the baby's ability to adapt to the environment. Such an environment includes a new environment for kindergartens and an environment where many children learn and live together.
The performance of not adapting to the environment is that they are unwilling to go to kindergarten, appear timid and shy, parents should pay attention to it at this time, do not worry about anxiety because the child is not adapted to kindergarten, the child will feel our emotions, and will cry.
2. Cultivate reading habits. Studies have shown that the sooner the habit of reading is developed, the better. Children can start reading at the age of 2, and it is not too late to read books at the age of 3.
Of course, the focus of early reading is not on the understanding of what is read, but more importantly, it is better to establish children's interest in reading and read in a gamified, interactive, and play-by style.
3. The ability to take care of oneself. Such habits include: eating and drinking, urinating and defecating, sleeping and other habits, these are basic abilities, some children do not have good life self-care ability, will also affect the adaptation to entering the kindergarten.
4. Oral expression ability. Can clearly explain some of their own needs, expression ability has a relatively large progress. In this regard, parents can strengthen this ability by talking to their children regularly and encouraging them to express their thoughts.
5. Cultivate children's interest in literacy. But beware, it's interest, not coercion. At the same time, literacy can be carried out with literacy games, the duration should not exceed 10 minutes, short and interesting small games, so that children think of literacy and associated with games, help children to become interested in literacy.
Asian Chinese girl playing with a smartphone
To achieve this, parents need to help the baby develop adaptability, self-care and speaking, this stage of the child is the period of self-awareness, too much criticism and scolding will cause the child's anxiety and crying. Parents need to build their children's confidence in themselves. This is a very important core of this stage.
At the same time, the companionship of parents is an important guarantee for children to successfully pass through this stage, compared with before the age of 3, parents at this stage are more relaxed, because children go to kindergarten, and the time spent with parents does not need to be too long. On the contrary, you can have a better state to face your child.
Baby is 4 years old
At this time, he has adapted to the environment and life of the kindergarten. The focus of this stage is to take advantage of the child's sensitive period and cultivate his interest in numbers, music, dance, etc. At the same time, the capabilities of the previous stage are consolidated and strengthened, so that they can develop from a more proactive and positive perspective.
1. Consolidate and strengthen reading habits
Each stage has its own focus, and for children, there is a 21-day rule for habit formation. As we get older, it becomes harder and harder to develop habits, and it takes longer and longer. Therefore, reading is extremely important.
After the previous reading experience, the child can read more, the time can be longer, the initiative and enthusiasm will also be reflected, this stage is still recommended that parents take the way of companionship and game reading.
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2. Social needs and handling
Getting along with children more, it is inevitable that there will be some small frictions, how to deal with these small frictions, parents should let the children try, but also encourage him to solve them. Simply saying "don't play with him" and "fight back" are not the best practices. Many parents find that when your child talks about these problems and you tell him to fight back, the child cries even harder. This makes many parents confused, in fact, what to do at this time is more to understand his own ideas and give encouragement.
Let him learn to deal with relationships with others on his own, and his social skills will start from there.
3. Improvement of expression ability
At this time, children are in a period of massive vocabulary growth, and there are data that show that 4-year-olds can master 1600 words, and 5-year-old children can reach 2100 words. Some children have a lot more vocabulary. Increasing vocabulary will further enhance your child's ability to express. Taking advantage of this period, talking to him more, reading more books and accompanying him will quickly improve your expression ability.
Baby is 5 years old
At this time, the baby has shown a skilled side in social and expression, and the body is coordinated and flexible, and the focus at this time needs to be placed on this:
1. Understanding and expression of self-emotions
I was angry when I recognized my emotions, I was angry, I was so happy. Let the child know his emotions, so that he can learn to make friends with emotions. Not having emotions is completely bad, being angry is because he has needs, and when he realizes this, when he has emotions, he can say emotions and express needs.
2. Concentration
Before the age of 5, concentration is more of an unintentional concentration, uncontrollable, and generally greatly affected by interest. At this age, there is a situation of intentional concentration, to cultivate concentration, you can read, do things of interest, parental encouragement and guidance, etc., improve the level of concentration, generally children of this age, intentional concentration of more than 10 minutes is good, good expression of children can even be as long as 20-30 minutes.
3. Resistance to setbacks
Being criticized and beaten, can not lose, such a performance is the time to cultivate the resistance to frustration, how to do in the face of difficulties, how to persevere and face setbacks, parents find and accompany in life to let children learn. Once this ability is possessed, it is equivalent to laying a foundation for the future growth of children, which can make children have higher emotional intelligence.
Baby is 6 years old
1. The ability to learn to cooperate
To have the ability to cooperate with people, behind the ability to cooperate, there is the ability to express and communicate, the ability to negotiate, the ability to plan and compromise, which is a high-stage synthesis of various abilities.
An excellent child will often have good interpersonal relationships, clear expression skills, and good coordination of action, which is also one of the important abilities we hope our children can have.
2. Cultivation of mobility
Having the ability to act, from thought to doing, is an important ability. Action is also often reflected in all aspects, children must have action, the premise is that one is self-confidence, the second is to dare to realize their own ideas, and the third is that parents give principled support.
Children with strong mobility, if they have good habits, will be like tigers, laying a good foundation for future learning and growth.
3. Have autonomy
The child's autonomy is an important step towards independence, independent decisions about themselves, within the scope of parental permission, have their own decision-making power, such as what to buy, what games to play, what books to read, etc., are able to give children some autonomy.
Children with strong autonomy often have strong independence ability, which requires parents to have enough tolerance and at the same time be able to turn the process of disciplining children into a process of helping children grow.
At the age of 6, children continue to extend and develop their previous abilities. At this age, for different children, some places need to be made up, some abilities and sensitive periods if missed, as long as parents create a suitable environment for growth, children will have a performance of compensation, missed sensitive periods will also return, at this time seize this opportunity, help children to pass smoothly, but also can complete the goal of laying the foundation of various abilities.
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Of course, 3-6 year old babies need far more than these abilities, if we list everything in detail, parents can not be all-encompassing, only to put forward certain key points, and focus on the cultivation.
Regarding some interest classes, I will not say it here, that is the icing on the cake. We can help a child grow based on his strengths.
It is important to note that during the 4 years of a child's growth, parental companionship, emotions and guidance are essential. Be sure not to make your child feel insecure because of your absence.
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