Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, said: "A sense of numbers is the foundation of all advanced mathematics. The more you emphasize rote memorization, the less willing children are to think about the relationship between numbers and numbers, so it is difficult to cultivate a sense of numbers. "
She also pointed out that before the age of 4, children should try not to carry out systematic training in arithmetic, especially the memory of arithmetic formulas. These self-righteous mathematical enlightenment, in addition to let mathematics completely out of life, let children hate mathematics early, there is no benefit.
In order to confirm the truth of the conjecture, Jo Boaler's team recruited 2000 children for investigation. Research shows that children who memorize mathematical formulas and formulas for a long time have relatively poor mathematical ability and weak ability to understand and use numbers to solve problems.
Mathematics, as an applied thinking science, its significance lies in using abstract mathematical models and logical thinking to solve problems.
If a person can't use mathematics flexibly and correctly, how can he use mathematics to solve problems?
From this point of view, parents should understand that the focus of mathematics enlightenment is to cultivate students' interest in mathematics learning, rather than instilling knowledge and concepts.
Knowing this, we will not pay too much attention to finding and brushing questions when choosing books, but will find some books that pay attention to cultivating children's mathematical thinking.
In the process of taking children to read, there are several sets of picture books worth recommending.
The first set: MengMeng Rabbit Enlightenment Series.
This is an excellent picture book suitable for children aged 2 to 4 to cultivate their multiple abilities such as game cognition, number sense, English enlightenment and aesthetic education.
It borrows the cute image of a rabbit and tells a logical story to children. Let children easily cultivate mathematical thinking, English language sense and cognition of beauty in the fun of listening to stories.
This picture book, which has been selling well all over the world for more than 20 years, is the favorite pre-school enlightenment reading for millions of families in Europe and America. Its sales volume is as high as10,000,000 copies, and it has been introduced by Britain, Australia, Canada, Singapore and other countries, and has been designated as a necessary bibliography for preschool enlightenment education.
This set of books is deeply loved by world-renowned publishing institutions. Get five-star praise on Amazon.
How suitable is this set of books for children's enlightenment? Let's take a look at its contents.
The second book: digital nursery rhymes from 1 to 100.
"1 koalas look on the shore, and 2 koalas push sailboats; Don't go, don't go, take me with you, and three koalas will go out to sea to play; Don't go, don't go, take me with you, four koalas are not too many ... no, no, no, the waves are coming, and a big wave overturns the boat. "
Help! "Everyone was shouting ... 10 helicopter came to help, 12 ambulance took them to the hospital. During hospitalization, all kinds of animals came to visit the patients in turn: 20 birds, 30 worms ... 60 mice. ...
With the catchy rhythm and advancing stories, the numbers are getting bigger and bigger in a tense and cheerful atmosphere, and children can easily count to 100.
In fact, the significance of this book is not only to teach children how to count, but also to help them understand the relationship between number and quantity, simple addition and subtraction operations and so on.
If you are worried about how to enlighten your children in mathematics, you may wish to use this picture book of digital enlightenment stories that has been selling well for 35 years and can be sung and read.
It can be said that this book is the best choice for children's sense of numbers and cognitive enlightenment.
The third set: Belgian logical thinking enlightenment picture book.
This set of picture books borrows the cute image of a little mouse and leads children into the world of logical thinking enlightenment through rich pictures and interesting stories.
This set of books consists of four volumes: Little Mouse Party, Little Mouse Hide and Seek, Little Mouse Gift and Little Mouse Eat Big Meal.
Starting with the basic enlightenment of shapes, numbers and colors, children can easily construct logical thinking and mathematical thinking while reading stories.
The fourth set: Magic concentration training game book.
This set of books is divided into four volumes: maze adventure, graphic conjecture, digital explosion and comprehensive training camp. There are more than 400 different games to cultivate children's concentration from the aspects of vision, logic, reasoning and numbers.
My children like this set of books very much, so I have recommended it in the past. Through recommendation, many parents think it is very good, so they buy it to accompany their children to read and play.
What was the result? Let's search the comments and see if you agree with this book.