Animated short films suitable for children to watch such as sound and shadow version of the picture book, exquisitely designed pictures to shape aesthetic and artistic sense, the imaginative plot is the source of imagination and creativity, the profound and understandable connotation has a subtle educational significance for children, parents can also draw inspiration from education.
Ormie is a 2010 dialogue-free animated short film by Canadian director Rob Silvestri. The whole film is 3 minutes and 55 seconds long, the picture design is concise, the soundtrack has a strong sense of rhythm, although the story is very simple, but it is cute and humorous, which can make the baby and parents laugh, which is very suitable for young children to watch.
A little pig wants to eat cookies on the refrigerator, and it desperately tries to do everything, including making seesaws, building cardboard ladders, and even jumping on planes, etc. Although the tricks are creative, they have repeatedly failed. In the end, the cookie can reach the mouth, and the result is another ridiculous accident.
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In the short film, in addition to being infected by piggy's perseverance, we will also be amazed by the various creative ways it takes to take cookies. How do I get cookies? There are so many solutions to this small thing that seems to be a show of hands, but what about other difficulties and problems encountered in life? In fact, there are countless solutions to each problem, and we will judge which method is the best strategy through experience or practice.
In a child's world, every day may encounter new challenges, new problems. How can we encourage their innovative thinking? And how do you develop their ability to solve problems independently? For parents, it is obviously easiest to do it for their children, or to tell them directly how to solve problems, but this is extremely harmful to building children's thinking and ability to solve problems systematically.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > don't teach your child how to solve problems directly</h1>
The parent's experience can never be a child's direct experience. Our approach is based on our own views, beliefs and values, based on lessons learned from the past. Children's life experience is different from ours, so even if we tell children how to solve the current difficulties, they will still solve new problems because they lack the ability to learn from each other.
This is similar to the story of "carving a boat and asking for a sword". When the Chu people's sword fell into the sea, he only marked the position of the sword on the ship, ignoring the factor of the ship.) Similarly, even if we encounter the same problems as in the past, the results will be different due to changes in objective factors such as the environment, character relationships, etc., so the original solution may not necessarily be applicable.
American educator Gillina said: "In the past, our teaching system taught children how to take the test, follow the standard curriculum, and ensure that children have access to basic knowledge, so that they can be competent for service. Now, with new teaching systems that emphasize problem-solving, innovation, and the ability to explore new knowledge, these children will eventually make their mark on the global stage. ”
What we want to cultivate in our children is a series of abilities to analyze, think, reflect, and solve problems when dealing with problems, not the answers themselves.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > four steps to develop children's problem-solving skills</h1>
Step 1: Define the problem
Finding the problem and defining it clearly is sometimes more difficult than solving the problem itself. When many children encounter problems, they just blindly cry, passively wait for parents to guess the reason, or use emotional words such as "the sky has fallen" to describe their predicament.
For example, when children and parents complain that they do not want to go to kindergarten, some parents may think that their children are just in a bad mood for a while, and they will pass by. In fact, there are many reasons behind the child's desire not to go to kindergarten, such as grabbing toys between friends, and children feeling that they have been bullied at school. At this time, we found that the root cause of the problem is not "what to do if you don't want to go to kindergarten", but "how to get along with your friends and how to resolve conflicts?" ”。
When we guide children to find the real problems they face, children will begin to gradually improve their social style under our education and try to integrate into the group.
Therefore, to exercise children's problem-solving ability, parents should first cultivate their awareness of being able to recognize the fundamental problem, and then describe the problem through well-organized language. This ability can be cultivated by telling children more about what difficulties the protagonist has encountered when we tell children about picture books, and exercise children's language and summary skills.
Step 2: Mindset training
We don't directly teach children how to solve problems, the purpose is to cultivate independent thinking, so that they can have the ability to learn from each other.
When encountering complex tasks and children are at a loss, parents can guide their children to first disassemble the problem into multiple small tasks that are easy to complete, and then solve them one by one, so that children can take the first step to solve the problem, thereby enhancing the confidence of independent problem solving.
In addition, parents can also brainstorm with their children and exercise divergent thinking. Every time we have a problem, when the child comes up with a method, we can continue to ask "Is there anything else?" "Ask your child to say more than 3 solutions.
The child's solution may be whimsical or even unrealistic, but it does not matter, parents should not ridicule or directly deny the child's method, but should continue to discuss the feasibility of the method with the child.
Step 3: Trial and error reflection
Of course, solving problems also needs to be put into practice. Many of mankind's greatest scientific discoveries have been successful only after countless experiments and constant reflection and improvement after failure.
Children are born with a desire to explore. Parents should let go of their hands and encourage their children to try various possibilities, even somewhat "destructive" small experiments, rather than rushing to suppress and correct them, so that children can accumulate experience in mistakes. When it comes to success through trial and error, a child's full sense of accomplishment is self-evident.
After each failure, the reflection on the failure is also a very important link. Parents can guide their children to think about the reasons for failure and make improvements.
For example, when a child's toy rolls under the couch, parents should not directly help the child to take it, but encourage the child to think of his own way, even if that method may seem useless to us, or clumsy. Children may at first find a stick similar to a pencil to reach the toy, when they find that the length is too short, they may find a stick that is a little longer like a broom, but maybe the broom is too big to fit under the sofa, and they have to think about replacing it with the right size and length.
In the process of continuous trying, reflecting, and trying again, children can gain a variety of experiences, master the skills to solve different problems, and thus build the ability to solve problems independently.
Step 4: Habit formation
The effect of the thinking exercise method is not achieved overnight, but needs to be continuously implemented in daily life education.
If parents take seriously the way their children deal with problems every time, children will slowly form the habit of independent thinking from an early age. When the transition from small problems to big problems will also help children develop new thinking in the future, so that children can have the ability to face the challenges of the future world.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "A Pig That Can't Eat Cookies" to expand parent-child activities</h1>
After reading it once, you can let the child recall what methods the piglets used to take the cookies and exercise the child's memory. If the child does not remember all of them, they can look at it again, and it will also enhance the child's attention in the process of watching.
Piglet used a total of 15 methods: broom, chair, seesaw, ladder, jumping bed, toilet rubbing, cutting holes, hanging rope, cycling, catapult, swing, high jump, fishing hook, missile, skydiving.
Guide your child to reflect on what methods piggy has taken that can be improved to successfully get cookies?
For example, the method of piggy stepping on the toilet and rubbing. Because the piglet is walking on the front of the refrigerator, if it is on the side of the refrigerator, it can be successful.
Think with your child about what other ways you can get cookies on the fridge. Try it at home.
For example, parents and children cooperate, parents lift their children up to get cookies, etc.
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