Six ways to cultivate children's innovative ability
Specifically, we can start from the following six aspects.
First, create a relaxed and happy family atmosphere.
Schools have school spirit, and families should have family spirit. The family atmosphere conducive to cultivating children's innovative ability must be relaxed, happy and harmonious. No matter how many family members there are, no matter how big the status and age gap are, the relationship between children and other family members should be equal, democratic and free, and should not be oppressive, tense or even scary.
At present, the relationship between children and other family members is not appropriate.
There are two main types:
One is that I have the final say, and everything depends on my parents. Children have no right to speak or decide, including their right to decide their own affairs.
The other is that children have the final say. Children are the sun and the little emperor. All family members are child-centered, and parents do what children say.
These two family styles are not conducive to the cultivation of children's innovative ability. Relaxed and happy, we can discuss things together and find a way. Whoever has a good idea will listen to him. Only in this way can children use their brains actively, thus forming innovative consciousness and spirit.
Second, always lead children to new things.
Knowledge is the foundation of all abilities. Without knowledge, you know nothing about the outside world and are not familiar with it. No matter how high your IQ is, you won't have the ability to innovate.
It is rural, so you can take your children to the city and let them know about the city's buildings, transportation and other facilities;
If you live in a city, you can take your children to the countryside for a walk, so that they can learn about crops, livestock and poultry, appreciate the pastoral scenery and understand the life characteristics of flowers, birds, insects and fish.
The more you know about things, the wider the foundation of imagination, and the more likely it is to trigger new inspiration and produce new ideas.
Third, encourage children to play exploratively.
Playing is a child's nature, and children who can't play can't be smart children. Parents should actively encourage their children to play exploratively. It is to encourage children to play new tricks and try different ways of playing.
When playing with children, we should correct three incorrect practices:
First of all, children are not allowed to play for safety. Of course, safety is important, but don't worry too much or refuse to eat because of choking. Safety is also moderate.
The second is to be afraid that children will get dirty clothes and will not be allowed to play. Some parents dress up their children beautifully, and some are all over, for fear of playing with dirty clothes. Hygiene really needs attention, but it can't affect the necessary play.
The third is fear of damaging objects and toys. Although some parents bought all kinds of toys for their children, they did not let them play freely. Some parents forbid their children to touch or fiddle with things, and often threaten their children with "things will be broken". It is right to teach children to love things, but it should not be too strict.
In short, children should play, because playing can not only increase their wisdom, but also directly cultivate their practical ability.
Fourth, correctly treat children's various questions.
Questioning is a kind of thinking and research, and it is the expression of exploring consciousness. Children will ask questions from the moment they can talk. Because of their young age, the questions they ask are often absurd, and some may not be answered, but no matter how they are asked, children are eager to be answered. As parents, everyone should take it seriously and calmly.
On this issue, we should avoid the following three wrong attitudes:
The first is to forcibly suppress questions.
For example, "Why do you ask so many questions?"
"Don't you see, I'm busy?"
"How can you ask such a strange question?"
And so on, such words should be banned.
The second is deception and prevarication.
Some parents can't answer their children's questions, but they are afraid of losing face, so they make up some so-called answers to deceive and prevaricate their children, which will not only affect their thinking development, but also affect their prestige.
Third, the explanation is too profound for children to understand.
These three attitudes are not conducive to the cultivation of children's creative spirit. Some parents can answer their children's questions directly, while others can inspire their children to find the answers themselves. If parents can't answer, they can tell the truth or explore with their children.
Fifth, inspire children to think from multiple angles from time to time.
In daily family life, children should always be guided to look at things from different angles and analyze things, and gradually develop the good habit of empathy.
When you buy a fish at home, you can ask your child: Besides steaming, what else can you eat?
Besides drinking tea, can you name other uses of the teacup?
Suddenly there was a heavy rain, trees fell and vegetables were flooded. These hazards are obvious. So, this heavy rain is not good? Wait a minute.
Cultivating divergent thinking is the premise of cultivating innovative ability. Therefore, parents should pay attention to guidance and training from an early age.
Sixth, consciously train children's imagination.
Imagination is the mother of creation. Without imagination, there is no innovation ability. In daily life, parents should consciously train their children's imagination.
Training methods generally include:
1. Provide children with more imaginative books, such as fairy tales, science fiction works, myths and fables.
Many parents usually tell stories to their children, so they might as well stop abruptly in the middle of the story and let the children continue to tell according to the previous plot.
3. Look at the words and draw pictures. You can provide some words (or spoken words) to children and draw the contents of the words in the form of pictures.
4. Conduct concept contact training. Often come up with some unrelated concepts, so that children can connect two unrelated concepts through relevant intermediate links. For example, "stone" and "computer" are not related, but form a related concept chain through "glass" and "screen": stone → glass → screen → computer.
5. Encourage children to create stories directly. Children usually like to listen to stories. After hearing a certain amount, children can make up their own stories.
Of course, there are many ways for parents to cultivate their children's innovative ability, because family life and social life are colorful and ever-changing, and specific experience can only come from specific life. This needs further discussion and summary by parents, teachers and experts.
Many parents also have their own views on how to cultivate their children's innovative ability. The following text is submitted by a parent to share with you.
Parents' view of obedience to cultivating children's innovative ability
First of all, where does innovation come from? Everyone knows that to innovate, we must first have a rich life accumulation. How does a teenager accumulate a rich life? If there is no accumulation, is it impossible to have innovation? A person's time and energy are limited, and it is impossible to experience such rich and colorful content in the world. Therefore, this accumulation must come from books. All kinds of books with rich contents are the cornerstone of cultivating children's innovative ability. Only by reading more books and accumulating more can you burst into light.
Second, there is no doubt that innovation must be conceived through the human brain.
Therefore, to cultivate children's innovative ability, it is necessary to cultivate children's endless imagination.
For example, you don't have to draw according to the established ideas. You can paint the mountains red and the sky pink. As long as it is in line with children's interests, you can try new things.
Third, innovation ability needs positive encouragement and encouragement.
Innovation is a very difficult thing, and there may be many difficulties in the process of innovation. Parents or teachers need to appropriately motivate their children and encourage them to move towards the results they want.
Regardless of whether the results are meaningful or not, children should be allowed to make bold attempts and demonstrate their innovative ability through experiments.
Fourth, we should appropriately stimulate children's sense of innovation.
In or after class, children can be given some opportunities to practice innovative thinking. For example, when you swim in the river, you can test your children, make them think about how to play further, find out the essence from the phenomenon, and find out the way to play further through their own ideas.