Primary school Chinese teacher: There is a clear 4-point gap between \”literate\” and \”illiterate\” children in kindergarten. Parents should be vigilant

A classmate of mine is a very Buddhist. Not only did her children go to a public kindergarten that didn’t teach any knowledge, they also didn’t go to a kindergarten transitional class before entering elementary school. She believes that learning knowledge is something that happens after elementary school. Children should enjoy their childhood and play freely before elementary school. Therefore, when her children were in elementary school, they could not count smoothly, let alone read. As a result, she regretted it only two months after her son entered elementary school, because she found that her child\’s Chinese teacher not only taught very fast, but also did not teach her child pinyin one word at a time like she did when she was in school. The child could not follow at all. Progress. Should my child be literate before entering elementary school? Different parents have different opinions on this issue, but in general, there are two views. One is like my classmates who pursue happy education, and the other is just the opposite of my classmates and believes that a lot of literacy should be taught before elementary school. My sister-in-law is a Chinese teacher in our key primary school and has many years of teaching experience. I asked her for advice on this issue before Hehe entered kindergarten. The advice my sister-in-law gave me was to try to make the children as literate as possible before the age of 6, because according to her experience, children with no literacy foundation often find it difficult to learn after entering elementary school, and compared with children who are more literate, they are less likely to learn. There are also obvious gaps in many aspects. Gap 1: Children with more literacy are smarter. Famous psychologist Dr. Chadlin and Japanese educator Professor Isao Ishii have both done research on \”the connection between learning Chinese characters and IQ.\” The results all found that learning Chinese characters can improve children\’s IQ, and the earlier children become literate, the better the effect on improving IQ. The reason why learning Chinese characters can improve children\’s IQ is due to the unique properties of Chinese characters and the characteristics of brain development in early childhood. First of all, Chinese characters are a kind of pictographic characters, which express meaning through the appearance of things. This intuitive image and strong expressiveness make Chinese characters a holographic symbol, which can stimulate children\’s associative ability and creativity. Secondly, the human brain develops very rapidly in early childhood, especially in aspects such as language, memory and cognition. During this period, the connections between neurons in the child\’s brain continue to increase, forming complex neural networks. When children learn to recognize characters, they must not only observe the shape of the characters, but also listen to the pronunciation and understand the meaning of the characters. This process requires the child to simultaneously use multiple brain areas such as vision, hearing, and language to work together, thereby promoting the connection and communication between the neurons in the child\’s brain and accelerating brain development. Gap 2: Children who are more literate love to learn more. When children have just entered elementary school, if they find that the classmates around them can easily understand the textbooks and quickly grasp the content taught by the teacher, but they are the only ones who can neither understand nor learn. , the heart will naturally be frustrated. If their parents complain about them at this time, their self-confidence will collapse little by little, and they will slowly lose interest in learning. Just like the child of my classmate I mentioned above, after entering elementary school for a while and realizing that he was not as good as other children, his personality has obviously become much more introverted, and he likes going to school less and less. On the other hand, those children who are literate before entering primary school are often better able to adapt to the learning rhythm of primary school and have a better impact on learning.Strong interest creates a virtuous cycle. Gap 3: Parents of children who are more literate have more peace of mind. With the implementation of the double reduction policy, children in lower grades of primary school no longer have written homework, and are replaced by non-written homework based on reading. When my daughter was in the first grade of elementary school, her daily Chinese homework was to read an hour of extracurricular books. Fortunately, my daughter already had a literacy level of eight to nine hundred words at that time and could independently read books with pinyin. Otherwise, as a working mother, I would not have time to read extracurricular books with her for an hour every day. On the other hand, if a child has little or no literacy before entering elementary school, parents will be particularly worried when the child does homework and not only have to read with him word by word. The key is to worry about the children not being able to keep up with their studies, which inadvertently adds a lot of pressure to themselves. Gap 4: Children who are more literate are more popular with teachers. When my daughter was in the first or second grade of elementary school, her grades were average. But since she entered the third grade of elementary school, her grades have improved steadily, and the class teacher\’s attitude towards her has also changed significantly. A lot. From the occasional interaction in the past to the frequent interaction now, it even extends to extracurricular time. I can clearly feel it on several occasions. For example, a few days ago, my daughter\’s class went on a spring outing. Her class teacher brought 5 small cakes, and she gave 3 pieces to my daughter and two other children who were studying well. From a psychological perspective, teachers, as disseminators of knowledge, usually expect students to learn well and make progress. Compared with children with less literacy, children with more literacy can often easily master the knowledge taught by teachers and achieve better learning results. The outstanding performance of these children will make the teacher feel that his efforts have been rewarded, thus creating a sense of satisfaction and achievement. Therefore, most teachers prefer children who are more literate and learn well, and children who are loved by teachers will gradually increase their interest in learning, forming a virtuous cycle. 02 How to help kindergarten children learn to read quickly? When it comes to making young children literate, many parents always subconsciously associate it with \”primary schooling\”, thinking that this is advanced learning and goes against the laws of nature. My sister-in-law, who has been a primary school teacher for more than ten years, disagrees with this view. She said that if parents can find appropriate ways to guide their children in literacy and allow children to learn in happiness, not only will it not bring pressure to the children, but it will stimulate their curiosity. Heart and thirst for knowledge. I would like to share some suggestions for preschool children’s rapid literacy with all parents: 1) Scenario-based learning. If you look carefully, you will find that there are Chinese characters everywhere around us, such as couplets at the door of our homes, Chinese characters in picture books, and Chinese characters on the roadside. Bus stop signs, billboards, street signs, etc. Children are naturally curious. When they see Chinese characters they don’t know, they will inevitably ask questions. Answering children’s questions in a timely manner and incorporating Chinese characters into various scenarios for learning is a very efficient and fast way. This method allows children to learn faster and more interestingly than by simply using flashcards to memorize. 2) Try not to use mobile phones. With the advancement of technology, there are more and more \”literacy software\” in electronic products. Some parents believe that letting their children learn Chinese characters through literacy software can both keep their children quiet andKnowing Chinese characters will kill two birds with one stone. However, as time passed, it was discovered that although the children knew the words, they were also obsessed with playing with mobile phones, and some children were even myopic. Therefore, using mobile phones to teach children to read may seem like a worry-free practice, but in fact the gains outweigh the losses. It is recommended that parents try not to do this. 3) Choose the right \”literacy books\” When He He was little, I bought a lot of literacy books for her. However, she read one or two pages of many books and then never looked at them again. Why is this so? After careful analysis, I found that the books she didn\’t like to read all had one characteristic in common: they were either too difficult or boring, and she had no interest in reading them at all. There are two main types of literacy books for children on the market. One is a simple literacy book, such as various literacy cards, and the other is a literacy book that combines Chinese characters with pictures and stories. Hehe\’s mother recommends the latter, because this type of book is more in line with children\’s cognitive characteristics and learning patterns. It allows children to naturally recognize Chinese characters in lively and interesting situations instead of simply memorizing them. For example, the following set of \”Falling in Love with Chinese Characters\” is very suitable as a literacy enlightenment book for preschool children. There are 8 books in the set, each containing 21 Chinese characters, covering almost all the key Chinese characters required to be mastered by the first and second grade of primary school. Each Chinese character is accompanied by a picture, a line, an interpretation and a story. For example, in the volume \”Falling in Love with Chinese Characters – Sun, Moon and Weather\”, when explaining the Chinese character \”日\”, \”one picture\” refers to an original hand-painted picture of the \”sun\” in Chinese style. \”One line\” refers to the evolution route map of the word \”日\” from Oracle bone inscriptions to regular script; \”One interpretation\” talks about the logic of the ancients when they created the word \”日\”, allowing children to know where this word came from; \” \”One Story\” is paired with the story of Kuafu chasing the sun. Through the above methods, abstractions are transformed into images, stimulating children\’s interest in literacy, so that children can naturally recognize and firmly remember the Chinese character \”日\” in a lively and interesting situation, instead of simply memorizing it by rote. In addition, each Chinese character and its corresponding story are equipped with a QR code. By scanning the code, you can clearly understand the pronunciation, stroke order, word formation and sentence formation of the Chinese character, as well as reciting the story. It can be used as an enlightenment book for Chinese characters. It can also be used as a bedtime story book.