Every time I go to the kindergarten to pick up my children from school, parents often talk about a topic when they meet: How many classes did your child sign up for? Judging from the situation around me, children's interest classes are rich and colorful: from painting, singing and swimming to English, Go and dancing. And I can often learn something new from them.
Gradually, on the topic of "how many classes do children sign up for", which often causes anxiety on social networks, I found that my mentality when I participated in chatting was changing: I was less anxious at first, and when I did what I could and enjoyed it, I was much calmer.
The change comes from the personal experience of accompanying children to interest classes. Have plenty of money to buy classes. I also dragged my 3-year-old son out of his sweet nap on a cold winter afternoon and rushed to the early education center to go to physical education class. Except for the English instruction that my son didn't understand at that time, the content of the class was actually a few somersaults. After thinking about it, the effect of letting him jump on the sofa after waking up comfortably is the same; Some really open a door of interest for children. The weekly singing class has been going on for almost a year. Under the guidance of the teacher, the simple and changeable notes on the staff brought many happy times to the children. On the first day of last year, although the stage was simple and only one lyric was arranged, my son was excited for the first time in his life.
In fact, the demand for children to enroll in interest classes is real, but in many cases, the marketing of education and training institutions magnifies this demand and even takes selling anxiety as a strategy. Most parents are novices in the field of parenting, and they have heard a lot. They are not in a hurry and have little possibility. So, how to distinguish between real demand and manufacturing demand? Let's go back to the source, start with "correcting the name" and let the interest class return to interest.
Many "actual combat" experiences have made me realize that children can find corresponding interest classes for whatever they want to learn, which reflects the progress of society to some extent. That is, since the middle of the 20th century, modern psychology has gradually revealed the influence of early experience on children's cognitive development, and found that children do have sensitive periods such as music and language. If the outside world gives them appropriate information, it will be more effective with half the effort. Based on this understanding, a variety of interest classes have been developed, some of which are in line with children's cognitive characteristics from form to content, giving parents a variety of choices.
However, there are great differences between children, and the content of learning will eventually be digested by them. From the perspective of developmental psychology, a person's life is a growing process. Some children learn faster in a certain period, and learning slower does not mean that there is no chance to make up for it if they miss it. No matter how ambitious parents are, and how many temptations are listed by training institutions, it is still necessary to start from the growth characteristics and interests of children. If children like it, it is not bad to sign up for a class and learn some skills to enrich their childhood. If you don't like it, don't let it go, and you won't miss life. After all, there is still a long way to grow up.
People's Daily (July 20 19 12 Edition)