Doctors believe that children have spontaneous educational instinct. Examples of human intervention (being tied, cutting ligaments, pinching the nose, etc. For the newborn babies, it tells us to give everything to nature as much as possible, remove all kinds of constraints and replace it with "to get the greatest peace in a quiet state." And "the general laws that restrict children's mental health and physical health are the same." In this case, it is enough that we can provide a little more motivation for this process. We should think about "how can we set children free?"
There is a student in our class, Xiao Qiang, who is often laughed at by his classmates because of his congenital lisp. Because of this feature, it brings great difficulties to his English learning, especially reading aloud. I feel that if a student's situation is not improved, or if he listens to other people's suggestions, it will definitely bring many negative effects to his future. So I took him to the office and told him a story: when Carnegie was a teenager, he was laughed at by his classmates every time because of his clumsy mouth and tongue, and he felt very inferior. Encouraged by his mother, Carnegie survived the ordeal of being hit by a stone and making a fool of himself in public with two pebbles in his mouth. Finally, he became a great speaker, and his book Carnegie's Road to Success sold well all over the world and became a classic in the field of speech. I said, "Xiao Qiang, you know, many great men go through many hardships before they succeed. It is because of their strong will that they have overcome the difficulties that ordinary people can't overcome, so they have won flowers, applause and the respect of the world. Isn't there a saying? Now it's up to you to hold on. Xiao Qiang, you are the best, right? " He smiled confidently.
I will pay special attention to him in the future, but I won't show it outside, so as not to cause his inferiority. I left him a simple question in an English class. He stood up slowly, but the answer was correct. The students looked at him in surprise and admiration. I said, "Students, encourage him." The students applauded, and a successful smile appeared on his face. His listening condition in this class is very good. After class, I immediately communicated with him and said, "Xiao Qiang, you are really nice. Have you ever seen yourself? In fact, you are very smart, and you will understand as soon as you learn. As long as you listen carefully in class, do your homework carefully, review and preview at home, listen to tapes and read aloud, you will surely achieve greater success. " He nodded confidently. With his own efforts, with the cooperation of his parents and the help of his teachers and classmates, Xiao Qiang found a way to learn English, became interested in learning English, and strengthened his self-confidence, from "I can't" to "I can". Later, in English class, he raised his hand when others couldn't solve the problem. When communicating with parents, parents reflect that the child seems to be a different person, and he is possessed when he returns home. Every day, he reads, recites, writes and studies with a book ... and his grades are gradually rising.
Xiao Qiang's success brought me excitement and deep thought. This is just a successful case. At this time, it seems a little incredible that the poor students we imagined suddenly changed from ugly ducklings to white swans. So, what is the deeper thinking? Dr Montessori suggested that "in this case, it is enough that we can provide a little more power for this process. We should think,' How can we set our children free?' "This concept, in my imagination, should be a teaching method of" moistening things quietly ",which fully considers the age characteristics, personality and psychological needs of children. With appreciation and respect, let them study and live healthily in a relaxed and friendly environment. I think the most important thing is that Xiao Qiang not only got good grades in the end, but also gained a healthy psychology of not giving in to difficulties.
For our school education, doctors have their own unique views. She thinks that the word "respect" should be enlarged in our education, and the simple word "look, do this to me" should be abandoned, because it is like telling a blind man about the danger of darkness and a lame man about the difficulty of walking. The doctor gave two examples to teach the concept of "hot and cold":
Example 1: Simple sensory experience method (touch two bags of hot and cold water to learn words).
Example 2: Teachers make students realize that we are in a warm and comfortable room, experiencing the heat brought by the stove, the cold of the outdoor snow, tasting, thinking and talking. Inspire Lenovo's consciousness of sympathy and pity for the poor. Obviously, Example 2 is better, because it greatly promotes the inner development of students.
For us, if we learn the lesson of "Halloween" step by step around the textbook, students may master the words and sentence patterns well, but they will lose a lot. I think learning this lesson well is actually related to understanding how to celebrate this festival and its cultural background, so I have done some expansion. In order to have a good "foreign festival", my students and I take three steps:
Step 1: Search for Halloween materials in various ways, which can be words or pictures. In the activity class on Thursday, the students introduced their materials with great interest. Some introduce the origin of Halloween, others introduce the activities of Halloween ... There are two purposes to arrange this collection activity: one is to cultivate students' ability to acquire knowledge.
Step 2: Get in touch with extracurricular knowledge and learn more about Halloween.
Jack-o'-lanterns and masks are two major features of Halloween. After the new lecture, I will arrange for students to do it. Prepare for the performance of the textbook drama in the next consolidation class. In the process of production and rehearsal, the students fully felt the fun brought by cooperation.
After that, the Halloween textbook drama performance was very successful. We dress up the classroom as a learning paradise full of magical atmosphere. Children's elaborate pumpkin lanterns, animal masks, theatrical costumes, candy, flowers, etc. Are put on the podium. Our performance revolves around Halloween shopping. Each group used all their belongings, and some even lit a pumpkin lantern, which was very realistic. Other groups posted promotional advertisements in the store ... We applauded again and again when we saw the children's immature English expressions and childlike performances. What is proud of is that after many performances of the previous textbook drama, several underachievers really integrated into this activity. Although they don't have many languages, they show the warmth and confident smile of collective belonging. I also regret this activity, but I didn't take a few photos as a souvenir.
In a group of performances, children's happiness in learning was realized in a pertinent comment. Finally, we awarded the "Best Performance Award", "Best Creativity Award" and "Encouragement Award" to give applause to all the students. I believe that through this activity, their English learning has taken a step forward.
Step 3: Extracurricular entertainment is very interesting.
Halloween is also called Ghost Festival, but now, this festival is one of the happiest festivals for children in a year, because it has many interesting games.
We arranged many interesting activities by using interest classes: online ghost games; Bonus puzzle (related to Halloween): put on a mask and dance rabbit dance together; Watch the magical animation "Haunted House"; After-class "apple biting" games and so on, the children had a good time.
In this series of Halloween activities, I feel closer to the children, and they are closer to English. We are looking forward to the next Halloween.
Doctors believe that children will be "free" in a class that is conducive to success. "What he accepted was not so much class as a clear impression of contact with the outside world. In our English teaching, because this is a language subject, poor English can easily lead to students' boredom and weariness. Therefore, we should use some teaching methods to visualize knowledge, reduce the difficulty of learning, and provide some learning strategies to guide students to conclude and discover. At any time, teachers can't substitute their own understanding for children's understanding. That is, the above situation, the teacher can not use a "Halloween introduction" to replace the energetic Halloween activities.
I learned a lot after reading the classic works of the doctor. Many truths that actually seem "simple" have inadvertently brought harm to children because of our neglect. Education needs wisdom and love, and I believe I will take every step of the education road.