Spencer's educational methods are worth learning. He is not only thoughtful in teaching equipment, but also well-intentioned in teaching children by example.
? First, Spencer's happy teaching aid
In the process of educating young Spencer, the author not only pays attention to protecting his physical and mental health, but also makes education entertaining, which makes me admire.
The following five kinds of teaching AIDS used by the author were later widely circulated, and many schools and parents followed suit.
1, 12 problem card
A child's mind is like a box with many secrets. We should always check the child's psychological state, lest one day, a scary thing suddenly pops up in the box and scares ourselves.
The author made 12 question cards and played a card drawing game with little Spencer. Answer whatever you draw.
take for example
Tell me your most unhappy thing?
What do you think is the best thing you have done?
Evaluate the people around you.
What gift do you want to receive most this year?
Do you have any complaints about yourself?
6. What happened, despite your efforts, that didn't achieve the desired effect?
All landowners take three deep breaths.
Give a hug to the person you like.
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2, wind chimes vocabulary
According to children's psychology of wide interests and love to play, the author skillfully combines the knowledge he wants to teach with the wind chimes that children like and makes the vocabulary wind chimes.
Wind chimes are made up of small pieces of wood and metal pipes.
No matter what the author wants to teach little Spencer, he will carefully write this knowledge on small pieces of wood and hang it on the wind chime.
For example:
When teaching little Spencer French, the author wrote letters and words on small wooden blocks, made many different samples of wind chimes, and hung them at the bedside and by the door where children could reach them. Let the children subconsciously see the words on the card when they touch the wind chimes.
Usually, the author only teaches children three times. If the child encounters a vocabulary that he can't, let him take the initiative to ask.
When children are familiar with these words, they can hang nursery rhymes, nursery rhymes or proverbs on the wind chimes.
Of course, vocabulary can change according to the subject you want to teach. For example, chemical vocabulary wind chimes, physical vocabulary wind chimes ...
3. Seeds
Nowadays, most children live in an urban environment. I am not familiar with the process of seed growth, or even know nothing about it.
The author skillfully uses "seeds" to guide little Spencer to learn from things.
First of all, the author gave little Spencer a handful of seeds and told him that after the seeds were buried in the ground, if they were carefully cared for, they would take root, sprout and bear fruit.
Little Spencer was very excited and looking forward to it. Next, they are busy in the back garden.
They first found a small shovel to turn over the soil, and then scattered these seeds in the soil, with tomatoes on the left, lettuce on the right and green peppers in the middle. After that, they covered it with a thin layer of soil and set up a sign next to it, which read "Little Spencer's Farmland".
As the days passed, little Spencer ran to the back garden from time to time to see the changes of seeds. But the seed seemed calm and nothing happened. Little Spencer can't wait. He thinks that the story of the seed was deliberately fabricated by the author to make him happy.
The author comforted him: "Don't worry, son, it takes time. Do you know the time? The clock hands ring every hour from morning till night, which is the result of time walking. It is also the result of time walking from planting seeds in the ground to one day they germinate. Children, sometimes it takes a long time to change, but as long as you are willing to wait and persist, it will definitely appear. "
Sure enough, one day when the author came home, little Spencer shouted to him in surprise: "They are out, they are finally out!" " "When I went to the garden behind the house, sure enough, many green shoots emerged from the ground.
Many things in nature are related to the truth in the world, such as why seeds germinate in spring, why it takes a long time, and why air, water and sunshine are needed. ...
Let children know and learn things earlier, which is an important way to open their minds.
Once a person's mind is opened, he will observe the world around him, explore the truth and think about how to connect with the world. Practice makes true knowledge, because this is the child's personal experience, and knowledge is verified by himself. This is also conducive to cultivating his ability to think independently.
Step 4 draw a map
Drawing maps can train children's memory ability, description ability and the ability to combine concrete thinking with abstract thinking.
How did the author do it?
First of all, find a blank piece of paper, preferably drawn with a pencil, so that you can change it at will.
Draw a simple map on white paper, including various names, as well as some architectural signs, road signs, river signs and so on. Draw a simple map from one place to another. The marked buildings on the route are marked in detail on the map.
You can put the map where the children can see it. When the child asks, you can tell the child what a map is and guide the child to draw a map of the route he is very familiar with.
How to get from home to school? Can you draw me a map?
You will find that children's observation ability and description ability will exceed your imagination.
After a child draws a map, encourage him no matter how well he draws it. Then further guide children how to set the direction on the map and tell them what is an important sign.
5. Digital House
Little Spencer is not a particularly gifted child. Especially math. According to the characteristics of children's love of games, the author created a digital house game, in which he studied mathematics with children.
First draw a number and nine squares. Then when it comes to numbers, jump a few times from 1-9. Little Spencer soon became familiar with numbers.
Later, the author taught little Spencer 99 the addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and multiplication table through the game of digital house.
? Second, positive psychological suggestion.
Psychological suggestion is a way of early education that combines love with children's instinct.
Positive psychological suggestion can maximize the potential of children and make them full of confidence and strength in themselves.
The author recalls the way his grandmother and his mother educated his father and himself, and finds that both grandmother and mother especially used positive psychological hints to encourage their children.
Almost all the children performed, but the author's grandmother instinctively described it as a unique gift for her children.
take for example
"This child is so unusual that his eyes can't be separated from things", "Look at our children, how energetic they are, who are always moving their hands and feet", "He is naturally clean and cries as long as he doesn't wash them at all",
Wait, when she is older, she will even connect these performances with the mysterious world.
Her instinctive, loving hints (perhaps in her opinion, her children really are like this), because there is no exaggeration and pretense, but let the children really think that they must be excellent.
Coincidentally, the author's mother is also such a person. She often says, "Look how diligent this child is, his hands and feet keep turning." "This child is really not simple. He can lift such a heavy thing."
As a result, this suggestion was completely accepted by the child, who really showed that he loved working more and was more energetic than other children.
Of course, the author's grandmother and mother also agree that they will be furious with their children's immoral behavior.
Pay attention to the following points when giving children positive psychological hints.
1. Parents' psychological hints to their children should be sincere and not exaggerated. Moreover, when children are in a happy mood, they should give them positive psychological hints in light of their actual situation.
2. Let children learn self-psychological suggestion.
Emerson said, "A person is what he thinks all day." Marcus Aurelius said: "A person's life is what he wants to be." William james said: "Our greatest discovery is through change."
The author once used psychological hints to let several street children find hope for life.
First of all, the author prepared a beautiful card box for them, and asked each of them to draw a card from it, and the words on it were their lucky words.
Children repeat these words many times every day at the request of the author. These words are:
Today, I want to say hello to everyone happily. I am confident and energetic. I will be happy soon, and I believe I will succeed. I have a good memory and I can remember many things.
As children choose their own cards, they all attach great importance to their lucky words. At first, they were not used to talking like this. The author specially asked each child what his lucky word was and asked him to answer loudly.
Sure enough, after only two weeks, the children's faces changed obviously. They are talking louder and more confident.
The author often takes the children to the river, while running, shouting: "I love this world, I love every day!" " "Soon, the role of self-suggestion gradually emerged, and every child's face began to show unprecedented excitement and vitality.
The author thinks that positive self-suggestion is a torch to illuminate their life and wisdom from childhood to adolescence. It illuminates the plain life and turns aimless roaming into an ideal pursuit. From these hints, children can see the dawn of the future and all kinds of unhappy shadows will be eliminated.
Write it at the end
Confucius once taught us to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. That's true. The success of education has a lot to do with the way of education. As long as you are willing to think hard, I believe every parent can find an educational method suitable for their children.