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A colleague brought her son from the senior class to the office to play. She asked me, "Surprise, do you want your child to go to the kindergarten bridging class?"
Whether he can go to the kindergarten bridging class has always been a question that many parents are confused and entangled with. I used to be hesitant between whether to go to school or not. It wasn't until I saw the performance of a friend's child who was already in first grade that I finally made the decision.
The difference between children who attend the transition class and those who do not attend the transition class after school
When my child entered first grade last year, my friend was very worried that the child would not be able to keep up, so he spent a lot of money to sign up for one during the summer vacation. Kindergarten bridging class.
When he first entered school, the child's performance was indeed very gratifying: not only could he actively answer the teacher's questions, but he also completed his homework very quickly. But as time went by, the teacher began to realize that the child was not serious enough in class and kept making small moves. Sometimes, they even play in their seats and don’t pay attention to what the teacher is teaching at all. Asked why he didn't listen carefully, he said: "I know everything the teacher said."
Halfway through the semester, the child has become a student who gives the teacher a lot of headaches. Not only is his study habits very poor, but his concentration is also very poor. , always being naughty and making trouble in class.
Teacher Du Hongchun, a lecturer on positive discipline for children's emotional intelligence, pointed out in her book "Kindergarten Connection: Awakening Children's Learning Ability": " Most kindergarten connection classes will teach first-grade subject knowledge in advance, and some kindergarten connection classes may even teach teachers better than those in primary schools. The content is deep for the first grade. When children attend such a transitional class, it is easy for them to lose interest in learning. Because they have already learned a lot of knowledge, it is difficult to concentrate and it is easy to develop bad study habits.
as . Teacher Du Hongchun, a special guest of Hunan Satellite TV's "After School" program and a certified parent instructor of the American Positive Discipline Course, gives many lectures on "younger-to-primary transition" at her preschool education group every year. Her book "Kindergarten Connection: Awakening Children's Learning Ability" provides many pertinent and considerate suggestions for parents whose children are about to transition from kindergarten to elementary school, helping parents to effectively connect their children.
Only by standing on the shoulders of giants can we see further and walk faster.
Teacher Du used her personal experience of raising two children and more than ten years of family education experience to discuss children's education issues with us.
Evaluate children’s ability to go to primary school before transitioning from kindergarten to primary school
Blindly transitioning children from kindergarten to primary school will not only fail to achieve the goal of a smooth transition, but will easily harm the child’s enthusiasm for learning. Teacher Du gives an assessment checklist in the book that can help parents carefully evaluate whether their children are ready for primary school.
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This list may not be perfect, but it sorts out whether the child has the basic ability to go to primary school. It doesn't matter if your child doesn't have certain abilities yet. Summer vacation is the best opportunity to develop habits.
Cultivate two habits and stimulate children's learning motivation
Learning has always been the child's own business. However, many parents always deprive their children of the opportunity to learn independently on the grounds that "the child is too young". Especially under the current "double reduction" policy, learning ability has become a more important ability.
Teacher Du pointed out in the book: "The biggest challenge for children after entering elementary school is actually observing various disciplines. "
A class is 40 minutes, and children need to remain seated for 40 minutes and cannot stand up casually. , let alone leave your seat and run around casually.You can't disturb classmates and teachers by talking casually, and you have to raise your hand first when speaking...
These challenges are indeed very stressful for a 6-year-old child. Instead of connecting children with knowledge, it is better to take your children to exercise more and increase their muscle strength so that they have enough strength to maintain an upright sitting posture for 40 minutes.
Education is a long-term period. Cultivating children's thinking ability and learning habits is more important than accumulating knowledge in advance. Therefore, the first habit of is to cultivate children's thinking ability.
A friend recommended to me a set of "The Most Powerful Brain: Developing the Potential of the Left and Right Brains", which is specially designed to train children's thinking ability. There are 10 books in this set, which are designed to stimulate children's brain potential in terms of language expression ability, comprehensive coordination ability, discrimination and analysis ability, mathematical thinking ability, observation and cognitive ability, imagination and creation ability. Let children have correct thinking methods and thinking habits while playing games, laying a solid foundation for learning Chinese, mathematics, and English after school.
As the saying goes: "Habits determine character, and character determines destiny."
If you want to learn easily, you must have good study habits, which is the key to stimulating children's learning ability. Primary school is a critical period for laying the foundation for learning at all stages and cultivating study habits.
In order to better cultivate good study habits, a friend also recommended the book "Multiple Intelligences Preparation for Primary School Interface". There are 12 books in this set, including writing, sports and leisure knowledge, pre-school mathematics preview, some polite social knowledge that should be understood when dealing with collective study life, and the methods of cultivating good study habits advocated by Teacher Du in the book. Conspiring together.
I briefly flipped through this set of books and found that is very professional. It is organized from simple to difficult from multiple angles, combines pictures and text, and uses music scores, games, stories and other forms to arouse children's interest in learning.
Interest is the best teacher of learning. As long as your child is interested in learning, don't be too anxious.
This set of books covers a wide range of knowledge and allows children to learn and play at the same time, which is very important for discovering children's interests. After all, 6-year-old children are still interested in games, and designing games based on their interests is the most effective way to get twice the result with half the effort.
Don’t have unrealistic expectations for children who have just entered first grade. The most important thing is to observe more of the child’s strengths, discover more of his points of interest, encourage him to work hard for his interests and hobbies, and use this Stimulate his motivation for learning and better lay a solid foundation for future learning!
I am Tongran, a working mother of two children, focusing on family education, sharing parenting knowledge and good books, and growing up with my children!
