This is a "money-saving strategy of interest class" which is only applicable to ordinary families on the premise of rational consumption. Please avoid unambiguous local tyrants who invest in education.

Today's children seem to be different if they don't have one or two interest classes; And parents seem to acquiesce that their children must attend interest classes, even if one or two are good.

As for why and how to enroll in interest classes, there may be no time to think about it. After all, work and daily chores almost drained my parents. It is my best effort to squeeze out the registration fee for this class through my teeth.

So we have compiled a very practical guide for these parents here.

First of all, children's interest classes in the market can be roughly divided into two types:

Interest cultivation and subject learning

Interest training classes, such as drum set, ballet, tennis, etc. Subject learning, such as: learning and thinking, Reith subject English, mathematical thinking, etc.

Parents of preschool children should have a general direction and classification when choosing interest classes for their children. Is the purpose of applying for classes to cultivate and develop children's hobbies or to increase their learning tasks to prepare for the transition to primary school in the future?

But generally speaking, preschool children's interest classes are mainly based on interest cultivation.

When children are not burdened with schoolwork, they have more time to try things they are interested in. At this stage, parents can also understand their children's hobbies and make plans for continuing to cultivate hobbies in the future.

How to choose interest classes can not only meet the needs and goals of children and parents, but also not cause financial burden to families and occupy most of the time and energy of parents and children. This is a problem worthy of detailed consideration and analysis.

Here I would like to share with you one of my basic ideas: follow the principle of choosing one big and four small.

Interest is the best teacher and booster.

When children are interested in something and full of curiosity, they will have unlimited curiosity and thirst for knowledge. This is the best booster to push children into the unknown world and push them to understand the world they are eager to know.

With the initial interest as the starting point, coupled with scientific guidance, children can gain a sense of accomplishment in continuous success, which can generate a strong internal motivation for further learning.

By this time, the support of parents and the outside world is only an aid, and the child's internal drive is the main driving force. This kind of internal drive is a valuable asset that accompanies children all their lives.

If children have clear interests and preferences, try to choose and inspect relevant training institutions according to their own wishes; If the child has no clear hobbies for the time being, parents can help choose interest classes according to their own understanding of the child, scientifically cultivate the child's interest in something, and also consider other aspects such as family economic conditions and time cost.

What do children need to do in interest classes?

Children, as the main body of interest classes, also need to have corresponding conditions and abilities, so parents should not rush for success. There are roughly three basic conditions:

1. Quantity selection principle: select 1 items from 1 types.

There are many interest classes in the market, which can be roughly divided into the following three categories:

Sports (ball games, physical training, cycling, rock climbing, water sports, ice and snow sports, etc.). )

Art (dance, musical instruments, painting, etc.). )

Thinking (programming, building blocks, music, etc.)

If you choose one of each type, there are already three interest classes, which is absolutely enough for preschool children.

You don't need to make multiple choices for the same type. On the one hand, children have no time and energy to deal with it, and parents have to pay more economic costs and time costs, which will get twice the result with half the effort.

If the main goal of choosing sports interest classes for children is to exercise physical fitness, then according to different professional types, choose one of children's hobbies or development specialties.

Dances and musical instruments can be chosen. Dance and musical instruments are universal, and both emphasize the control of rhythm. Dances and musical instruments have certain age restrictions and may not be suitable for too young preschool children.

So are other types.

If children have a period of resistance, they can change their interest classes according to the actual situation, but it is of little significance to choose a variety of similar projects at the same time.

2. Principle of cost performance selection: Price is not equal to service quality.

All kinds of training courses and interest classes are spread all over the city, and each family has its own slogan and stunt. Some are well-known but not worthy of the name, while others have excellent prices but no one cares.

The teachers in the interest class are the core strength, and the rest of the propaganda slogans are gimmicks. As for the environment, gifts and other special offers, in fact, wool is a trick for sheep, and the smart ones are always merchants.

If you don't care about the added value of these gimmicks and don't pursue the high cost performance of interest classes, then don't bother to choose, as long as the children like it and the parents are satisfied. If you want to choose a more practical interest class for your child within a certain economic range, it is recommended to consider it in detail from the following two aspects:

Although the prices of similar courses offered by different institutions are not much different, they are also slightly different. In addition to the tuition fee of the institution itself, parents also need to consider the time cost and expenses outside the interest class. (Distance, fare, meals for dining out)

Institutions with high cost performance are generally: Children's Palace, extracurricular classes of schools, and free activities of major enterprises.

Take Beijing as an example. There are hundreds of children's palaces or children's activity centers in the city, all of which have registration channels for school-age children in the whole society. Parents can pay more attention.

The disadvantage of Children's Palace is that the number of places is limited and the environment is not high enough, but it has absolute price and quality advantages, so you can choose to try it. For example, Beijing Children's Palace has two registration times in spring and summer. You can follow the official WeChat account or find relevant registration and course information in official website.

Another option is extra-curricular classes at school. Many private schools have their own small after-school care classes or extracurricular classes, and parents can choose to let their children complete interest classes on campus or after class. In addition to the above two channels, parent-child activities of major enterprises are also worth considering.

Decathlon, for example, has free roller skating lessons; Nanjing big-name stalls have special lecture halls for parent-child baking and traditional dim sum making; Major museums will also launch some courses from time to time for everyone to sign up.

In the same type of interest class, there are also projects with different cost performance.

For example, for the same ice sports, the cost performance of ice hockey is far lower than that of skating; It is also a ball game, and the cost performance of tennis is much lower than that of badminton; As the same musical instrument, the cost performance of piano is far lower than that of guitar. It is also a sport, and the price-performance ratio of equestrian is much lower than that of rock climbing.

If the child does not insist on choosing a fixed project, parents can define a range and choose their own interest classes according to their own family situation.

3. Principle of major selection: Choose projects with strong professionalism.

The more professional, the higher the gold content of the interest class. If conditions permit, we still advise parents to choose professional interest classes for their children.

Generally speaking, these are all projects that parents can't lead their children to learn by themselves, such as piano, ballet and other professional interest classes. We must find institutions and teachers with high professionalism and high industry qualification certification standards to teach. The professional foundation of this kind of interest class is very important. If you don't lay a good foundation, it will take longer to correct your mistakes in the future, which is not worth the loss.

4. Principle of rational consumption choice: Not all hobbies need to be realized through interest classes.

Personally, I think it is rich and thrifty to enroll children in interest classes. If parents and families are financially strong, regardless of economic factors, then children can choose as long as they like.

However, under the premise of considering economic factors, some unprofessional interest classes are unnecessary. For example: roller skating, balance car, physical exercise.

Roller skating and balance car parents can teach their children by themselves. If they want to take part in the competition, they can sign up through other channels. Professional physical training is of little significance to preschool children.

If parents want to improve their children's physical fitness, they should give them enough time for outdoor activities every day and take their children to ride bicycles, hike, climb mountains and exercise on weekends. These are good choices, which not only exercise their children's physical fitness, but also enhance the parent-child relationship. Not all hobbies need to be realized by paying for classes.

There is an old saying in China: "No matter how bitter you are, you can't be poor in education." Parents in China generally do not hesitate to invest in their children's education, but the investment in preschool interest classes still needs to be treated rationally.

After all, children are still young, and they don't have the energy and concentration to cope with too many interest classes. Too many choices can also make children feel at a loss.

The essence of interest class is to let children find their hobbies and have the opportunity to get professional assistance, so as to develop into specialties and find fun outside of learning.

There will always be ups and downs in children's future life. Hobbies can be used as a benign outlet for emotional catharsis and relief to help children tide over the difficulties. At the same time, in the process of cultivating hobbies, children can easily make like-minded friends, which may be a longer-term gain for children.

Therefore, parents and children do not need to be kidnapped by interest classes, and turning interest classes into a burden for families or a tool to satisfy vanity is putting the cart before the horse. Of course, local tyrants are also welcome.

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