Karl ·H·G· Witt, the author of Education in karl witte, is the originator of early childhood education. For the first time, he proved the importance of preschool education to children's growth by empirical methods, and created an educational method that has influenced the East and the West for centuries-the holistic education method, which has created countless geniuses.
Karl H. G. Witt was a rural priest in Germany at the beginning of 19 century. He is particularly keen on discussing children's education. In view of the popular "natural determinism" at that time, he agreed with helvetius, a French thinker, that even ordinary children will become extraordinary people as long as they are properly educated, and that children's education must begin at the same time as the dawn of children's intelligence.
The following is a detailed description of three key contents in the book.
1. Whether a child becomes a genius or a mediocrity, the potential development of early education is more important than talent.
Develop children's intelligence as soon as possible, as much as possible and as correctly as possible, so that children can become geniuses.
3. Parents accompany their children to grow up slowly in the game, which can cultivate their good qualities and develop their wisdom and potential.
1. Whether a child becomes a genius or a mediocrity, the potential development of early education is more important than talent.
The author's son, karl witte Junior, 1800, was born in Harlow River village in July, and was diagnosed as dementia by doctors after his birth.
Faced with such a baby, I believe most people will definitely feel disappointed, sad and unfortunate. I believe that no one will be optimistic about the future of their children. I think it is enough to let their children live a healthy and safe life, and cruel parents will even abandon their children.
At first, the author also felt a heavy pressure, but this distress and sadness did not last long, because he believed that the education after tomorrow was the decisive factor for children to become talents.
So after a short period of sadness, he and his wife began to devote themselves to the cultivation of their son.
The author believes that children's talents vary widely, some children have higher talents and some children have lower talents. But every child has a hidden ability in his heart. This ability is not a gift for a few people, but for everyone.
However, children's education must start at the same time as the dawn of their intelligence.
If a child's potential ability at birth is 100, he may become an adult with 100 ability if he is given an ideal education at birth.
If education begins at the age of five, the potential of children has been reduced to 80, then even naturally excellent children can only become adults with 80 abilities.
If education starts at the age of 10, the potential of children will be reduced to 60, and even the best education can only become an adult with only 60 abilities.
In other words, the later education starts, the less children's potential is exerted, because children's potential often follows the law of decreasing.
Therefore, in order to prevent children's potential from diminishing, we should educate children when their potential is still 100. In other words, education must start from the day of birth, so that children's potential can be fully exerted.
For example, two children, one child's birth potential 100, and the other child's birth potential is 60.
A child with a potential of 100 will not begin to receive education until he is 6 years old. At this time, his potential has been reduced to 70, and with incomplete education, he can only become an adult in his thirties and forties.
A child with 60-year-old potential receives a correct and comprehensive education from birth, and his potential can be brought into full play at the age of 60, so that he can also become a 60-year-old adult.
Therefore, whether a child becomes a genius or a mediocrity is determined by the development of the child's potential by early education, not by talent and heredity.
Develop children's intelligence as soon as possible, as much as possible and as correctly as possible, so that children can become geniuses.
Why does the author firmly believe that it can change the unavoidable fact that Carl Jr. has a low IQ? Because he firmly believes that the power of acquired education is particularly powerful.
The author believes that even a naturally intelligent child can't give full play to his potential without proper training. But a child with a low starting point like Carl Jr. can give full play to his potential and surpass other children to become the best talents if he receives a reasonable education.
Because, from the birth of a newborn to the age of 3, it is the most important period, during which the child's brain accepts things in a completely different way from the future.
Babies before the age of 3 have pattern recognition ability beyond our adults' imagination. During this period, babies rely on animal intuition and have the ability to master the whole pattern recognition in an instant, which is an absorption ability that does not need to be understood or understood.
For example, a newborn baby can't distinguish a person's face, but by three or four months or five or six months, it can distinguish a mother's face from someone else's.
However, due to the detailed feature analysis of the human face, he did not remember it, but made a complete "pattern" of the impression of the whole face in repeated observation and carved it into his brain.
Therefore, we should inject good things into children's brains frequently, vividly and repeatedly in the model period before the child is 3 years old with the correct mode and method.
So what correct models and methods should we give our children? Generally speaking, there are two aspects: on the one hand, it is to instill language, music, words and graphics, which lay the foundation for intellectual brain activities, on the other hand, it is to input the basic norms and attitudes of life.
According to the law of decreasing children's potential, we should seize the critical period of children's early intellectual development, develop children's intelligence as early as possible, as much as possible and as correctly as possible, so that children can become geniuses.
3. Parents accompany their children to grow up slowly in the game, which can cultivate their good qualities and develop their wisdom and potential.
The author thinks that parents can spend more time with their children to grow up slowly through games, which can cultivate their children's good quality and develop their wisdom and potential better than giving most of their time to toys or playmates.
Because only parents can pay attention to cultivating children's good qualities, grasp the best period of children's intellectual development, stimulate children's interest, and develop children's memory, imagination and creativity in the process of accompanying children.
For example, letting children play together, even if the other person is a good boy, is also harmful, because children are competitive, and when they play together, they are likely to get into bad habits such as lying and being brave. If you are a bad boy, the harm is even greater.
Besides, many children play around together. Playing for fun's sake can't develop their wisdom and potential.
However, if parents play with their children and get guidance from their parents, they can cultivate their children's good qualities and help develop their potential. In particular, children's imagination and creativity are cultivated through play, which is incomparable in other ways.
When cultivating children's interest and ability, the author is very opposed to mechanical training and cultivation, thinking that it will not have any effect. The best way is to adopt some flexible and diverse methods.
For example, how to cultivate children's memory? When we read an interesting book with our children, we can teach it by telling stories at first, then make a game and teach it through games. In this way, children can not only keep their interest, but also have great benefits for developing their memory.
Another example is how to cultivate children's creativity? When a child is absorbed in playing something, we should praise him in time, play with him or inspire him to have fun. If children play unexpected tricks, encourage them to think of several ways to play.
The way the author uses to stimulate children's interest is also very simple, that is, to encourage children to ask more questions, no matter what kind of questions the children ask, he will answer them patiently.
He believes that letting children ask questions and parents always answer them patiently is a super educational secret. Because the real purpose of our education is to help children open the skylight of wisdom.
After stimulating children's interest, we should carry out appropriate education according to children's interest. As long as a child is interested in something, he will be taught the corresponding knowledge. In this way, when children really start reading the corresponding books, they have a clear understanding of the contents of the books and are easier to understand.
For example, teaching a 5-year-old child to draw a map is difficult to understand because the child has no geographical knowledge at first. A 5-year-old child will not be interested if he is asked to learn things in geography textbooks from the beginning.
However, if children receive geography education on the spot, they can have an intuitive and vivid understanding of the concept of geography.
When walking with children at ordinary times, you can let children pay attention to different buildings, terrain, roads, signs, etc. In the surrounding environment, and then let them say what they have seen and heard.
After a period of on-the-spot investigation, after the children have a basic understanding of the surrounding situation, let the children draw the places they have walked, and then gradually improve them.
Children must be particularly interested in this way of learning while playing, and they can also learn geography better.
Therefore, parents play an irreplaceable role in children's early education. While raising children, we should also cultivate ourselves, study hard and master more correct educational methods, so as to better guide children, better cultivate their quality and develop their wisdom and potential in all aspects.
These are the three important contents of this book. Let's review together: 0 to 6 years old is a critical period for children's intellectual development, and early education is more important than talent; Only by educating children as early as possible, as many as possible and as correctly as possible can we give full play to their potential; Parents accompanying their children to grow up together in the game will be more conducive to the development of children in all aspects than any other way, whether in cultivating their quality or developing their wisdom.
Every child has the possibility of becoming a genius, so please pay attention to early education, especially in the critical period.
Countless educators have been influenced by this book's early educational ideas, and countless parents have successfully cultivated world-renowned geniuses according to this book's methods.
So don't be disappointed if you think your child is not very talented. As long as you make unremitting efforts and actively and correctly develop your child's potential, your child still has hope of success.