" chicken baby" seems to have become a mainstream society. The time for children to play freely is declining. Parents think that children playing is a waste of time. The child arranges a full schedule and races against time to make the child have a "fulfilling" life every day.
Depriving children of play opportunities is harmful to children
Experts believe that parents "depriving children of opportunities to play" can make their children deeply depressed and aggressive.
Researchers working with children have shown that lack of play time can even have a negative impact on the brain and delay brain growth. On the contrary, giving children time to rest and play can help children overcome negative emotions and promote brain development.
Children’s lack of play time is harmful, and parents invisibly deprive children of the opportunity to play or allow children to play passively.
When a few-month-old child was biting a picture book, his mother felt that he was disrupting and preventing the child. In fact, the child is in the early stages of developing reading habits;
1 year old Many children are babbling and babbling. Mom thinks that it’s too noisy to stop the child. In fact, the child is practicing vocalization and wants to talk; The child was dirty and prevented the child again. In fact, the child is observing and exploring the mysteries of nature...
The child is actively playing,Play comes from a child’s heartfelt desire, but parents will choose what to play for the child because of their own concerns, instead of letting them choose what to play.
When parents enroll their children in interest classes, on the one hand they want their children to have fun, and on the other hand they want to tap their children’s talents and allow them to win awards, so as to help their studies in the future. But often the latter's idea will be abandoned by the child halfway because of ignoring the child's feelings.
What is really good for children is free play
What is free play? Take reading as an example. Reading can also be a part of children's play.
First, Playing must be a process of enjoyment . It's not that showing a joke to the child makes the child laugh, but no matter what type of picture book is read, it is full of fun, integrates into the world of picture books, and enjoys it.
Second, plays without any external goals . Some parents like to preach while their children are reading, so that they can acquire reading skills, and they are required to repeat the content after reading. This invisibly exerts pressure on the children to read, but reading is pleasant to the children without any utilitarianism. Sexual purpose.
Just like Matsui Nao, the father of Japanese picture books, said, "Picture books are not used to learn things, but to feel happiness." This concept is very important for cultivating children's reading interest and habits. .
Third, playing is voluntary, and players choose independently.Choose your favorite picture book and let your child become the leader of reading, while the parent is only an auxiliary role, and if necessary, give them some help when the child has difficulty reading.
Fourth, requires the active participation of players to play. Cultivating interest in reading first requires the child to actively want to read. If the child has a strong resistance and sits passively without actively participating, he might as well do another reading activity at another time. Passive reading again and again will only destroy children's interest in books.
Fifth, contains a certain imagination component in play. In many games played by young children, there is an abstract element, an element that is divorced from reality. While children are reading, they put themselves into the role of the story, imagine that they are experiencing the story in the book, this is play.
If we cultivate children's interest in reading in this way, let them feel that reading is just playing, and they will soon fall in love with reading.
Playing only makes children smarter
Research shows that play can promote children to solve problems, stimulate their creativity, and also help improve children’s attention and promote The child’s social development. Play is related to greater creativity and imagination, and even to higher reading levels and IQ scores.
Many children now study to answer the test and get the correct answer, but they lack a way of thinking about answering questions, which prevents their thinking from jumping to higher heights. Although it’s important to be able to answer questions, truly creative people don’t just look for answers to existing questions. They will “play”, ask new questions, study answers, and have richer and more active thinking, so they are more clever.
Play brings a sense of power to children
Think about why children love dinosaurs so much and play in the world of dinosaurs? Because the dinosaur itself is a symbol of powerful power. They enjoy satisfying their curiosity and seeking excitement in their fantasy world of dinosaurs.
When children play, they play a leading role. They can be the masters of the real world or the imaginary world. They are no longer bound by the ideas and requirements of their parents. They enjoy this A sense of power to dominate.
Because in the game, children can be whoever they want to be and go where they want to go. Through games, they learn how to deal with feelings, how to dominate the world, and how to become social. They do not have the purpose of learning and simply enjoy the fun of playing, but they can still learn new vocabulary, learn how to solve problems, and learn how to be flexible.
Play is the key to cultivating happy and smart children. Play really makes children smarter. Parents need to be aware of the necessity of free play for their children’s childhood growth, figure out how to let children play purely, and guide children to play freely. Don’t hinder play for utilitarian purposes. The benefits of the child.
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