In the past few years, the following trend has been traced: children are starting to learn to write and read almost from the cradle. Many parents teach their child from the age of two what they themselves learned at the age of 5. But does this not hurt the child? How justified is this approach to the upbringing and education of children?
We decided to investigate this issue. We learned the opinion of a psycholinguist, neurobiologist, professor of St. Petersburg State University Tatyana Vladimirovna Chernigovskaya on this matter. And we completely agree with her!
How to teach a child correctly
Modern parents do their best to put as much knowledge as possible in the heads of their children and do it as early as possible. They also sincerely believe that this is the best approach to raising a child. Tatiana Chernigovskaya believes that it is much more important not to try to put as much information into the child's head as possible, but to understand how to use the resources of the brain. And do everything on time.
The professor says: “It is very important for children to start learning on time. The main problem of a modern child is vain parents. When they say to me: “I started teaching my son to read at two years old,” I answer: “What a fool!”. Why is this needed? At two years old he still cannot do this. His brain is not ready for this. If you train him, he will, of course, read and maybe even write, but you and I have a different task."
But who needs it more? Child or you? Everything should be on time for a child. First, games with a teddy bear, picture books, and then reading. And parents most often need this in order to boast that their child, at two years old, can already read. You need to work with a child's brain, develop, and not hammer in a bunch of information that it still cannot assimilate.
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Tatiana Chernigovskaya gives some advice on how to work with a child, what you should pay attention to.
Fine motor skills
It is very important to pay attention to the development of fine motor skills of the child. It is very important for children to sculpt something from plasticine, cut with scissors, sort out beads or other small objects. If the child does not, then fine motor skills do not work. This results in problems with speech function.
This is much more important than training a child to read from infancy. If you do not develop fine motor skills in your child, do not complain later that his brain is working poorly.
Music
Modern neurosciences are concerned with studying the brain while it is being influenced by music. It is now known that the participation of music in the development of a child, especially at an early age, strongly influences the structure and quality of the neural network.
The professor says: “When a child learns music, he gets used to paying attention to small details, to distinguish between sounds and their duration. And it is at this time that a fine cut of the neural network is formed."
Continuous development
The brain always needs to do something, you cannot let it be lazy. You can draw a small analogy: if you lie on the couch for six months, do not move, then it is very difficult to get up later. So it is with the brain, if it has no cognitive load, then it becomes sour.
Tatiana Chernigovskaya says: “Not all people on our planet are brilliant. And if a child has bad genes, then nothing can be done about it. But even if the genes are good, this is still not enough. Grandma may have inherited a great Steinway grand piano, but you have to learn to play it. In the same way, a child can get a wonderful brain, but if it does not develop, form, tune in - an empty matter, it will die."
Girls and boys
Girls and boys need to work and train in different ways. Boys are active and energetic, this energy should in no way be contained, you just need to channel it into a peaceful channel. For maximum effect, they must be actively involved. Boys love to solve real problems, to participate in competitions. More activity, fewer written assignments, which are of little use.
Girls love to work in a group, they need contact. And girls should not be protected and protected from mistakes, let it be better if she makes a mistake, falls and learns to cope with it. Girls need constant emotional inclusion, as well as a bright world around.
Breaks
You cannot punish a child for forgetting something, distracted or completely asleep. Breaks are very important in the learning process. They give the brain the ability to sort things out. If you need to learn something very urgently, then the best thing to do is read the material and go to bed quickly. The main work of the brain takes place during sleep.
If you approach each child individually, you can interest and motivate even the most inveterate poor student. Some bright minds, who were not at all bad, sometimes disappear from the “brilliant” teaching approach.
Each parent knows what is best for his child, and each chooses his own approach to parenting. That's just worth listening to experts, and also evaluating your actions and actions. Perhaps you do some things not for the child, but out of your vanity?
What do you think about this? Share your opinion in the comments!
Author: Ekaterina Khoduk
