Etiquette is the basic requirement of human civilization, "etiquette and customs can maintain order", and etiquette is also the external expression of social individual moral quality. Through etiquette education, let children learn to respect their elders, unite with classmates, be polite to others, observe social morality in public places, standardize their words and deeds, and enhance their moral self-discipline ability. As educator Ye Shengtao said, "What is education? In short, it is to cultivate good behavior habits. " The experience of "three-year-old children decide 80" tells us that good behavior habits should be cultivated from an early age. As early childhood is in an important period of personality and character formation and development, it has great plasticity in personality formation, so it is of far-reaching significance to carry out etiquette education for children to develop their social behavior.
3. It is beneficial for children to inherit the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.
China has always been known as the "state of etiquette" and has the traditional virtue of paying attention to etiquette. There are countless examples of treating people with courtesy, from "starting with poetry, standing on ceremony and becoming happy" in Confucius' era to "taking Qi Mei as an example", "letting dates push pears", "waiting for an empty seat", "visiting Maolu" and "learning the door", all of which are excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation. In today's market economy, building a harmonious society and maintaining social order, people's mutual trust and respect still call for etiquette education. Through the etiquette education for children, let them inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation-paying attention to etiquette, obeying the law, taking care of the overall situation, respecting teachers and respecting morality, being sincere and polite to others, and being "sincere inside and just outside".
4. It is conducive to enhancing children's ability to learn to survive and live together.
As early as the 1970s, the 265438+20th Century International Education Commission submitted a report to UNESCO on the future development direction of preschool education, namely, preschool children's "four-learning": learning to recognize, learn to do things, learn to live together and learn to be human. In today's 2 1 century, especially under the premise of increasingly fierce competition in the international community, children should really learn four aspects. Etiquette education, as an important part of preschool education, can cultivate children how to learn to communicate with other individuals and other groups, and can cultivate children's emotional intelligence, so that children can survive better. "I don't know manners, there is nothing to stand for." By learning life etiquette, learning etiquette and public etiquette, children can know how to face each other in life, which is conducive to enhancing their ability to learn to survive and live together.
5. It is conducive to promoting the socialization of young children.
Personal socialization needs a process, a social environment and the role of education. "Etiquette controls people through universality, and makes people become second nature through education." Children's socialization is inseparable from the intervention of etiquette education, and "being sensible and polite" is the symbol of children's socialization. Through the education of children's social life style and social ethics etiquette, such as not littering in public places, let children develop social habits and gradually socialize. Therefore, etiquette education plays an important role in children's individual socialization.
6. It is conducive to the development of children's aesthetic ability.
Etiquette education can also promote children to appreciate beauty, discover beauty and create beauty, thus improving their aesthetic ability. Elegant dress and appearance, beautiful walking posture, standing posture and walking posture all permeate beauty, which not only purifies the social environment, but also infects individual children. Through etiquette education, children can be polite, courteous, respectful and courteous, and create a brand-new self, which can fully cultivate their aesthetic ability.
When John Locke, a British educator, put forward "gentleman education" in "Random Talk on Education", he started the topic of children's etiquette education. Today, as China is increasingly integrated into the international community, communication etiquette has attracted more and more attention from the society, and etiquette education has gradually attracted the attention of the general public and educators. Etiquette education for children has also become a very important educational topic, which not only needs parents' attention, but also needs educators to study and practice.