Buying food is not an adult's business. There is also a lot of knowledge in it, such as picking vegetables, greeting other customers with stall owners, and bargaining ... There are not only fruits and vegetables in the vegetable market, but also many things worth learning and learning for children and us. It can even be said that the vegetable market is the extracurricular classroom for children.
Parents bought two pounds of cucumbers, one pound of vegetables and one and a half pounds of carrots, and then reported the unit price to their children, so that they could figure it out for themselves. How much did these dishes cost altogether?
At the beginning, children have some difficulties more or less. But once born and twice cooked, children will like the feeling of calculating the answer in a short time in constant self-challenge.
In the process of buying food, children can get the exercise of computing ability in a short time, without deliberately spending money on training, and the computing process is lively, interesting and exciting. Can children not like it?
Of course, when the child can't work out or the calculation is incorrect, parents should still give their children some encouragement to help them build up confidence in calculation, and do better next time, so they can't blame their children too much.
Benign encouragement can help children build self-confidence, and the encouragement of the vegetable market is still essential.
Taking children to the vegetable market can meet different people and communicate with people from all walks of life, which is a vivid interpersonal lesson for children.
In the vegetable market, no matter what occupation you are engaged in and how much wealth you have, you are still talking about which dish is fresh and cheap; Whose scale is more accurate and never lacks two pounds; Which stall owner can do business and will give you some onions after buying vegetables. This is life.
There are hardworking and capable housewives in the vegetable market, and there are also working mothers who are desperately looking for a balance between career and family; There are faltering retired people and urban white-collar workers who are in a hurry; There are stall owners who are worth millions and run around early, and customers who are struggling to buy "cheap dishes" left by others ... There are all kinds of people in the vegetable market, and everyone has their own code of conduct.
Bargaining and human relations in the vegetable market will give children a preliminary understanding of society and make them more sociable.
Children can choose fruits and vegetables, communicate freely with others in the market and even bargain with stall owners.
It is precisely because of the exercise in the vegetable market that children will be sociable and very likable from an early age. Their excellent social skills have a lot to do with frequent visits to the vegetable market.
In the past, children couldn't tell green vegetables from cabbage, thinking that watermelons grew on trees and every tomato was the same size. ...
Children have learned a lot about fruits and vegetables through TV, books and the Internet. They can name fruits and vegetables, but they don't know what they are. The vegetable market can just make up for this shortcoming of children and let them feel the most real life.
How long has it been since you saw a vegetable stained with dew and dirt? How long has it been since you saw a fruit with branches and leaves? Our children eat fruits and vegetables every day, but few children have seen fruits and vegetables with dirt and dew and natural smell.
In the vegetable market, children can see the fruits and vegetables with moist soil and crystal dew, smell the fragrance of various ingredients, touch the texture of various meats with their hands, and capture people's conversations with their ears. ......
And this kind of atmosphere full of fireworks will make children feel the real life directly and let them understand the truth of life better.
After running the vegetable market with parents for half a year, children can easily smell the quality of meat, know the name differences of various river fish, and understand the difference between leeks and leeks.
He will also tell other children like a grownup:
Don't be afraid of peppers. Some peppers are not only not spicy, but also sweet. Lotus root grows in mud, and it is difficult to dig it out, so lotus root is not cheap.
More importantly, children love life more and more and become less picky. It is the most authentic life breath in the vegetable market that has changed children.
Every time I take my children to a restaurant, I always meet some children who waste food. They are either picky eaters or order too many dishes, and there will always be a lot left.
Or many parents feel that they have paid, and now is not an era of food shortage, even if the children are wasted.
In this material-rich era, it seems that cherishing food with heart has been divorced from the life of modern people, especially children.
However, knowing how to cherish is beneficial to children no matter in which era. The vegetable market is a place where children can be taught to cherish.
In a vegetable market, there is a lonely old man who picks up vegetable leaves all the year round. The mother took her children with her. When she first met this grandfather, the child asked doubtfully, "Mom, why did this grandfather pick up the leaves on the ground?"
"Grandpa is old, has no relatives and no income, so he can only go to the vegetable market to pick up some fairly fresh leaves."
Seeing the child thoughtful, the mother took the opportunity to teach him:
"Although we eat vegetables every day, there are still many people who have no money to buy fresh vegetables. We have limited ability and can't help others too much, but we can ask ourselves to cherish food and cherish a better life. "
The child listened to my words and was very moved. After giving Grandpa an apple, he said a little guiltily:
"Never waste food again."
In addition to picking up leaves, there are single mothers who hesitate to buy ten yuan of meat in the vegetable market, and students from poor families who carry baskets to buy food after school.
Life in the vegetable market taught children to cherish. When a child learns to cherish food, he also learns to cherish books and stationery, and learns to cherish family ties and friendship ... He sees colorful life and the hardships of life.
The vegetable market is a small society. There are all kinds of people here, the stories here are plain and true, and the fireworks here are exactly what life looks like.
Here, children can perceive food and life; Here, children can see fruits and vegetables and their unknown lives. ......