Summer vacation came, and the beast came out of the cage. Starting from today, we will invite some experienced parents and teachers to share and explore how to let children play middle school at home, learn to have fun, and spend a pleasant and interesting summer life.
In the first issue, we invited Xiaoke Mom from China and Germany to share how to use Sudoku to cultivate children's learning habits and abilities.
Sudoku Can't miss the mini-game
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Hello everyone, I'm Xiaoke's mother. When the child was 3 years old, I came into contact with the graphic Sudoku by chance, and through learning with her, the child not only grew step by step, but also let me gain some valuable educational experience as a mother, and have been used on the road of learning since then. I was invited to share it with my neighbors in Shinkawa, hoping to help you a little.
You can get started at 2-3 years old
My baby was introduced to graphic Sudoku from the age of 3.5 years old. Because the rules of Sudoku are simple and easy to understand, and do not require any subject knowledge, young children aged 2-3 can easily get started.
Thinking expands
Do not underestimate the Sudoku watch, in the process of completion, the child's mind should be constantly immersed in "because", "so", "if", "then", "may", "affirmatively", "only" and a long list of judgments, which is of great help to the child's logical thinking training.
Improves concentration and observation
Cracking the Sudoku table requires the child to calm down and concentrate on observing, thinking, and judging, and each step is a small training of coherent thinking and concentration, which is beneficial to cultivating the child's concentration and observation.
Encourage writing conventions
Children's Sudoku only needs to write simple numbers 1-3, 1-4, 1-6 or 1-9 into the box. This simple repetitive, but fun way of writing allows you to slowly grind your child's pen and writing norms.
Learn to be rigorous and down-to-earth
Sudoku is a game of "retribution" that comes quickly. If the answer is guessed, it is likely to lead to the subsequent failure to continue. This kind of serious consequences caused by being sloppy and unsteady, resulting in the demolition and redo, can "fiercely" educate children, so that he can deeply experience the importance of doing things step by step, rigorous and down-to-earth.
Experience divergent thinking
Standard Sudoku is a unique solution (low-level or unqualified Sudoku problems may have multiple solutions), but there are many ways to solve problems and ideas. It can make children realize from an early age that there are thousands of ways to become a function, and dare to embrace divergent thinking to face learning and life.
How to get started with Sudoku
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Sudoku rules
The sudoku rule is simple, take the four-square sudoku as an example:
1. The numbers in each row in Sudoku are 1-4 and are not repeated;
2. The Sudoku in each column of Sudoku is 1-4 and does not repeat;
3. The numbers in each house in Sudoku are 1-4 and are not repeated.
Start with the interesting graphic Sudoku
Although the sudoku rules are simple, it is a little painful to let young children understand rows, columns, and palaces at once. It is recommended to start with 3*3 graphic Sudoku. Parents need to assist their children throughout the process, first letting them know the rows, columns, and the meaning of "only".
Replace the graphic with a number or geometric pattern
After the child has eaten through the 3*3 Sudoku rule, he can replace the figure with a number. Assist children in thinking in the early stages and encourage children to write. In the medium term, the child is required to do it independently, with occasional assistance. In the later stage, parents can leave, let the child complete it independently and ask for writing neatness.
4-house Sudoku entry
4-square Sudoku will introduce the concept of the palace, children may only be accustomed to using rows and columns to observe at first contact, and need to give them a little more time. Parents can also focus on strengthening their children's understanding of the palace through specific question types. After the child has mastered the four-square grid, he can increase the difficulty according to the situation and try the 6th square and 9th square.
What do parents want to learn in Sudoku?
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Encourage more companionship when the difficulty increases
Every time the difficulty is improved, parents should accompany and encourage more. The early stage can be completed with the child in a one-person step-by-step alternating manner. When filling in the numbers, parents try to say their analysis process out loud and point it out with a pen so that the child can hear and see. Invisibly teach children to solve problems, while training children's pursuit and listening concentration.
Ask your child more why
Sudoku is most afraid of children to guess, if you find that the number filled in the box is not "the only", then ask the child why. Sometimes parents are pleased to find that their children are growing faster than us and have already taken the next few steps into account.
Make sure your child doesn't rush to blame when guessing the answer, but asks the question first. If the child does not listen and does not change, then let him do it. They will eventually find the mistake and have to erase it and redo it. Come a few more times, naturally do not dare to guess and write randomly, it is much better than adult preaching.
Let the child figure it out for himself
Have your child practice Sudoku, not to complete Sudoku. It is to let them learn to think independently, judge, summarize, and summarize in the process. Don't teach your child to solve the problem first, let them apply it. It is best to praise the reinforcement and summarize the expansion when they first discover some laws and methods. It doesn't matter if the child is slower, let him find the door by himself.
If parents do not sudoku, but an advantage, as long as they accompany their children to learn together and establish equal learning and communication opportunities, children can often grow faster.
Let your child become a Sudoku teacher
After the child likes Sudoku, other family members can pretend to be interested and let the child become a small teacher. Adults can pretend to have problems when solving problems and let children help explain. Let the children output more, in order to master more firmly, and learn to learn to learn from each other.
Develop good writing habits
In addition to cultivating children's abilities, Sudoku games are also a good tool for cultivating preschool children's writing habits. As long as the child is proficient in the rules of Sudoku, parents can pay more attention to the child's sitting posture, pen holding, font specifications, neat and tidy, draft habits and other details. Even timekeeping to enhance the child's concentration. Each time the answer is completed, the child can circle the three or four most beautifully written numbers to encourage him, so that the child can slowly form a self-requirement for neat and tidy volumes.
Be a parent who puts more rainbow farts
One of the advantages of Sudoku is that there is no need for parents to wear blackface. As long as the child is not serious, he will definitely find mistakes and even rewrite them later. Parents only need to occasionally question the point of dialing, the rest will encourage more praise, encounter a small progress on a rainbow fart, let the child maintain a high sense of learning interest and achievement, while parents can also harvest a positive parent-child relationship.
Of course, in the whole process, parents must observe the child's learning personality and ability characteristics, so that we can find the corresponding perfect method in the subsequent student life.