Hello everyone, I am Qingchen, a mother of two children.
People often say that smart children have flexible fingers, and their hands are the second brain of a person. So is a child's finger dexterity really related to intelligence?
Research has found that each finger of our corresponds to a certain brain area of the brain. Finger movements can have a significant effect on these brain areas, and can affect and change the functions of these functional areas. The specific correspondence of
is as follows:
thumb : The right thumb corresponds to the left brain prefrontal cortex , which mainly affects people's advanced mental functions, such as communication, management, impulse control, planning, judgment, decision-making, etc.; while 's left hand corresponds to the right brain prefrontal cortex , which also affects people's advanced mental functions, but mainly in aspects such as creation, leadership, goals, motivation, and maintaining focus.
Index finger : The index finger of the right hand corresponds to of the posterior frontal lobe of the left brain, which mainly affects people's thinking functions, such as logical reasoning, language expression, etc.; and the left hand corresponds to of the posterior frontal lobe of the right brain, which mainly affects the thinking functions of inventions such as spatial imagination and contemplation.
middle finger: The middle finger of the right hand corresponds to of the left parietal lobe, which affects people's somatosensory functions, such as somatosensory recognition, orientation judgment, etc.; and the left hand corresponds to the right parietal lobe of the brain, and affects people's somatosensory functions, such as somatosensory feelings, craft appreciation, etc.
ring finger: The ring finger of the right hand corresponds to of the left temporal lobe of the brain, which mainly affects people's auditory analysis, emotional control and memory; while the ring finger of the left hand corresponds to of the right temporal lobe of the brain, affecting people's auditory perception, language understanding, pitch rhythm, etc.
Little finger: The little finger of the right hand corresponds to the occipital lobe of the left brain of the brain, which affects visual functions such as visual recognition, observation and understanding; and the left hand corresponds to the occipital lobe of the right brain , which affects visual functions such as visual recognition and image appreciation.
It can be seen from this that the correspondence between each finger of the left and right hands and the brain area is one-to-one; the relationship between the left and right hands and the left and right brains is opposite, the right hand manages the left brain, and the left hand manages the right brain.
In addition, Swedish brain scientists also found that: when the fingers make complex and delicate movements, cerebral blood flow will increase to more than 35%. The increase in cerebral blood flow means that the brain cells are more active, the brain activity is more active, and the thinking function is more agile.
Therefore, modern science believes that finger movement can promote the differentiation and development of the corresponding brain areas and is conducive to the improvement and development of brain functions. and our can evaluate the development of children's intelligence through the development of children's fine hand movements. At the same time, it can also promote the development of children's intelligence by exercising children's fine hand movements.
What is the development pattern of fine finger movements?
For children, hand movements are fine finger movements, relying on the movement of small muscles or small muscle groups of the hands and fingers. includes about 27 kinds of hand movements: holding, pinching, grabbing, twisting, pulling, dragging, tapping, clapping, folding, binding, changing hands, etc.
Fine motor ability is an important basis for children in early development to complete activities such as fetching, drawing, writing, and self-care. It is one of the important indicators reflecting the developmental maturity of the nervous system of infants and young children.
The famous educationist Maria Montessori said that " developing intelligence requires the operation of both hands."
Dr. Kubota Tsui, a world-class brain scientist, pointed out that " hands are teachers of the brain" . The activities and feelings of hands will form stimulation and new excitement points in the brain, create new connections, change brain circulation , and be beneficial to people's understanding, memory and thinking. He also specially created a set of hands and finger exercises in the book to help parents exercise their infants and young children.
In fact, children’s finger movement development follows a pattern, and parents need to give their children more opportunities to exercise in their lives.
3~5 years old: 3-year-old children can flatten, knead, beat, and rub plasticine with their hands.
5 years old: can make little people, small animals, bird's nests or small bowls.
As the age increases, the movements that children's fingers can complete become more and more precise, and the handwork becomes more and more detailed. This means that the brain can better control the hands and the hand strength is better. children's hands-on practice is carried out under the control of the brain. The richer the hand activities, the more fully the child's observation, attention, creativity and other thinking abilities can be exercised.
Exercise children’s fine finger movements in many aspects
Since fine finger movements are very important to children, how can we train children’s perception of hands, flexible use of wrists and fingers, hand-eye coordination and spatial judgment in life?
. Strength training: Hand strength refers to the strength of the wrist and fingers. Only when your baby's wrists are strong can he do more exercises.
The wrist strength training includes actions such as gripping, scooping, knocking, and clapping. The finger strength training includes actions such as buckling, poking, pulling, inserting, and pressing.
For example: let the baby lie on his stomach, hold the baby's index finger with your hand, and teach him to fiddle with toys, such as small turntables, small buttons, abacus beads, etc. Let the baby do hand dance movements such as up and down, left and right, front and back, cross clapping, etc. in accordance with the rhythm of the music.
As your baby grows up, you can practice table tennis, badminton and other sports.
. Flexibility : When the baby is 6 months old, hand movements gradually begin from the wrist to the fingers.
Movements for training wrist flexibility include shooting, pouring, shaking, splashing, shaking, stirring, and hand twisting ; movements for finger dexterity include pinching, tearing, twisting, pressing, dialing, and grabbing.
In daily life, let your baby eat food with his hands, and use his thumb and index finger to pinch and grab small items, such as peanuts, rice, etc. When the baby is about 1 year old, he starts to practice using a spoon to eat by himself, and learns to use a spoon to pick up and carry things.
Allow children to tear paper, throw things purposefully, etc. during games. Let children play sports such as ball, netball, and racket around 3 years old.
. Stability: The steadier a child's hands are, the better they can complete writing, reading, and playing games.
1 years old can play with pens, doodling, flipping through books, tearing paper, transporting objects, etc.
html Around the age of 03, children can play puzzles, cut paper, pour water, draw lines, circles, color, thread beads, build towers of blocks, etc. html Pen control exercises can be carried out around the age of 05 to make children's pen movements more stable and smooth.. Coordination: Coordination ability of both hands, hand-eye-brain coordination ability.
Allow children to do their own things in life, such as dressing and taking off clothes, brushing teeth and washing face, eating by themselves, etc.
game learning includes unlocking, threading beads, puzzles, paper cutting, drawing, building blocks, playing with magnetic boards, playing with sand, etc.
Fine motor development is indispensable for the baby's intellectual and other aspects of development. The more complex the hand movements are, the more actively promoting the brain's thinking function.
In fact, exercising children’s fingers is not only about making them flexible, but also about strength, coordination and other aspects. To put it simply, is to provide babies with enough opportunities to exercise, so that children can have more hands-on opportunities and learn in the process.
In fact, every child is born with the ability to integrate senses and . If parents want to develop it highly and soundly, they need to do two things: must have more opportunities to interact with the baby in the infant and early childhood period and environment, and allow the child more opportunities to do things, so that the brain and body can continue to adapt and respond.
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