But can't a stay-at-home mom bring out "Niu Wa"? The answer is no, of course. Next, let's take a look at the first anniversary of 4-year-old baby's English enlightenment, and the seven most valuable experiences summarized by working mothers in Niu Wa.
According to the mother, it has been a whole year since her child was 3 years old. At first, compared with many children of stay-at-home mothers, the baby's effect is relatively average because of the limited company time.
However, through repeated efforts, children's English enlightenment has achieved remarkable results. And this mother's knowledge of English enlightenment theory has also accumulated greatly. I will share it with you today. I hope that mothers will stick to it and discuss parenting knowledge together.
Because of the influence of family conditions, there are still many mothers who need to share the economic pressure for their families and cannot be "full-time mothers". If you are such a working mother, if you want to raise a "Niu Wa" baby, please take a quick look at the seven most valuable experiences summarized by working mothers in Niu Wa. Each one can help you avoid detours on the way to enlighten your children in English.
1 Seize the golden age of enlightenment
Unless parents have good English, they can usually provide a good English enlightenment environment for their children. Otherwise, children should be given a professional English enlightenment environment when they are 2-3 years old and can express themselves clearly in Chinese. Because such a big child is very savvy, he is more interested in drinking, singing and dancing. Before that, he listened to children's songs and prepared for voice discrimination.
There are still three or four years to go to primary school, which is enough time. There is absolutely no problem that English listening time reaches 1000 hours-some experts think it will take so long to change.
Mainly because there is less time after kindergarten, especially after primary school, it is more difficult to find time, and it will be much easier to enlighten early. Moreover, after older children are mature and have strong language skills, they will feel naive to read those books with primary grades, but they will feel incomprehensible and contradictory to read books of the same age as their children.
Of course, as long as you put your heart into it and your parents can persist, it is never too late to start.
2 Shenbao English Training Course
Many parents always like to enroll their children in various English training classes because of their limited English level and limited time to accompany their children to study. In fact, it's just blind obedience, and sometimes it really pays off. You can apply for a cram school, but first you must be clear about several key points:
First of all, think clearly about the purpose of participating in English training:
Cultivating the fun of English, teachers in training institutions, especially foreign teachers, can really promote the atmosphere;
Correct pronunciation, interact with teachers and encourage output;
Improve a professional knowledge ~ such as natural spelling and English writing.
When is the right time to go to the training class?
If the economic conditions are acceptable, in order to improve children's interest and better enlightenment, start from scratch. But the effect will be too low.
Correct pronunciation and encourage output. After enlightening more than 200 words at home, children get used to English and understand simple interaction. At this time, it is better to report to the class.
In addition, the size and formality of the institution, the distance from home, the level of foreign teachers, teaching materials and teaching forms should all be taken into account.
In short, the training class is only an aid, and the continuous English input and natural acquisition at home are the most important! If the children's English enlightenment education is completely handed over to the training institutions, they can only spend money in the end!
3. Choose comics scientifically
I really want to study the choice of English comics by myself. Only parents can know what style their children like, how good English is now, and what speed and vocabulary they can understand.
If it is only the initial stage of enlightenment, you can accumulate initial vocabulary by watching videos of children's songs, watching them with children and interacting with them at ordinary times. After you have a vocabulary of 200-300, you can watch some elementary cartoons, both teaching and interactive, and watch and play with your children.
4 Face up to natural spelling
Natural spelling is very popular in recent years. Is it necessary to learn? ! Very necessary. If you really learn to spell naturally and recite 220 exclamations, you can read, listen and spell words. However, many children will forget because they don't hear enough words.
I quite agree with what Mr. Gai said. You can only learn by accumulating more than 2,000 words, at least 1000 words. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are inseparable. When you are about 5 years old, you can learn rules and do exercises at the same time, and the effect is better.
If children who are already in primary school have limited time, they can learn natural spelling and enlightenment at the same time. The advantage of children is their strong learning ability. If they cooperate well, the effect will be remarkable.
5 Scientific balance between Chinese and English reading
Many parents worry that emphasizing English learning and reading will neglect the study of mother tongue culture. Moreover, children will still take the road of college entrance examination with tens of millions of troops crossing the wooden bridge, especially after the education reform, which obviously leans towards the mother tongue culture. Those who get Chinese win the world, so Chinese reading can't be lost.
6 Scientific selection of English reading materials
Parents have many choices in English textbooks. However, it is too expensive to recommend Liao Caixing's picture book. You can buy 1-7 weeks first. It is suggested to combine Oxford Tree and Raz. The former is more interesting, similar to a series, and the latter can be used to brush vocabulary. Moreover, there is also corresponding audio on the Himalayas, and the feedback effect is also very good.
7. Balance family and parenting education.
At present, many wrong ways of parenting are destroying the happiness of China families. Mothers are so absorbed in their children's education that they ignore tired husbands and elderly parents. The lack of communication between them and the increasingly cold family atmosphere are actually very unfavorable to children's education.
Therefore, don't give children widowed education, let fathers and even elders participate in children's education. Family members understand and share with each other, and a warm family environment is also conducive to the healthy growth of children.
In short, children's education is the most concerned issue for parents. But it also needs scientific methods and skills. Both mothers and fathers should learn from Niu Wa's parents' educational experience, and scientifically specify English enlightenment programs and educational methods suitable for their children according to their own characteristics!