What should parents do when their children enter the sensitive period of literacy?

Many parents are opposed to teaching their children literacy because they feel that their children should be happy and have fun in the world. Is it really painful to be literate? Why are so many kindergarten bridging classes so popular? Some mothers told me that in order for their children to be able to keep up in elementary school, they transferred their children from public kindergarten to private kindergarten. Because public parks follow the spirit of the national learning and development guidelines for children aged 3-6 years old and curb advanced education. Of course, this is guidance from a high position, and it can serve as a wake-up call for those parents and education and training institutions who have been trying to encourage others to do better. But why do parents who love their children so much send their children to kindergarten transitional classes and reluctantly leave the happy public kindergarten? This is a helplessness faced by millions of parents. The problem lies in the teaching methods and admission methods in primary schools, middle schools and even college entrance examinations. The test score is like a bar lying across it, with those who are capable going up and those who are mediocre going down. If you fail to pass the exam if you are outstanding in all subjects, you will not pass the exam. The reality is so cruel. Of course, there are many parents, including me, who don’t want their children to be depressed by their studies. I hope that in this cruel environment, I can give my children a strong shell and a happy and resilient heart. In the current educational environment, I know that I am not yet capable of taking my children out of school and teaching them myself. So what I can do is let my children learn while playing and develop good interests and learning habits. Not only a happy childhood, but also happy learning. This can be done both, as long as you are willing to think and try. Everyone knows that I have always advocated on the platform not to let children go to care too early and not to develop intelligence too early. Don\’t force your children to read or draw. For example, some parents do not read picture books at the age when their children should read them, and they are not sure when their children enter the sensitive period of literacy. If everything is left to the school, it will be very difficult for the children to go to school. Children who are adaptable learn quickly and can keep up. However, many children lose interest in learning because of illegal activities. If teachers and parents do not provide positive guidance and encouragement. The child slowly looks for his own sense of superiority in other ways, such as fighting to show his strength, such as skipping class and showing his courage. In this way, people will not focus on their own abilities, but on their own problems. So, at the critical moment, do the critical things. This is something every parent should pay attention to. If you can turn the so-called \”learning\” into \”playing\”, it is not what you want, but also what the children like. In the process of playing, children learn knowledge easily, why not? Take literacy for example. Do you need to be literate before entering elementary school? Do you need to learn to read during kindergarten? If a child doesn\’t want to learn to read and you force him to learn to read every day, then don\’t learn to read. Because I personally have no objection to teaching children literacy. But I really don’t advocate this kind of cramming to learn Chinese characters. If your child shows interest in words one day, will you catch it? Should we listen to what some experts say, don\’t read words, just play hard and happily, or should we follow the child\’s nature and let him learn words in a fun way? I have always felt that there are some key nodes in the growth of a life. For example, a grain seedling will start heading on a certain day;It\’s mature. And the frog, the tadpole changes every few days, and one day, it turns into a real frog. Educator Montessori was talking about a child’s sensitive period. It\’s actually not that mysterious. The real sensitive period depends entirely on parents to observe, because every child is different. They are all unique beings with their own pace of growth. When children begin to pay attention to the words around them, you can begin to enlighten them about words. One day, Xiao Xiaoyu gave me a book and said to me seriously, \”Dad, I want to read the words.\” \”Just read the pictures!\” \”No, I want to read the words.\” I was secretly happy. The boy is starting to learn to read! The sensitive period of literacy that I have waited for so long is finally here. Let’s not ask what the reason was that made him suddenly make this request. But when he made this request, I could start to read for him. So, I started to read to him consciously, so that he could discover the differences between words. Know some of his favorite characters, such as \”一\”, \”土\”, \”水\”, \”木\”, etc. Of course, if you write it down on paper, or find it from a book, and point it to your child to read, his interest will weaken. So how to give children an interesting \”letter recognition enlightenment experience\” is a headache for many parents. Then I thought of drawing on a blackboard, and the effect was really good. Because our Chinese characters themselves come from shapes, and early oracle bone inscriptions are the origin of characters. So I went to see some shapes of oracle bones, and then drew some of my own ideas for the child, and he became interested immediately. At the end of September, a friend sent me a very interesting set of Chinese character books, as well as a set of literacy cards specifically designed to enlighten Chinese characters through oracle bone inscriptions, so that I can learn characters through graphics and play. In the child\’s own words, he has a bunch of words, as if every word is his friend. The good news is that we will be able to join groups soon and hope more children can use it. Children love to play by nature. As long as they are playing, learning will be fun and easy. Everything is natural, without purpose or force. I think this is right. Each child\’s sensitive period for literacy appears when it is different. It may appear early or late, but it usually appears between the ages of 4 and 7. But some children start to have it as early as 3 years old. Because when they are 0-3 years old, children who read a lot with their parents have accumulated a wealth of knowledge, such as the pronunciation of words and the meaning of words. earlier than children who have never read. In fact, when children can\’t read, they start to memorize books, but they don\’t remember the words, but the graphics. When Xiao Xiaoyu was just three years old, I didn\’t test how many words he could recognize, but strangely, he could recognize the names of all the books he had read. Now there are hundreds of books at home, and as long as he has read the books, he can basically know the names. And he can tell the title of the book and the general plot of the story. In fact, I have not taught him the words. He should have memorized the words by memorizing the graphics. Especially for the dozens of dinosaurs, he knew not only their names, but also the number of claws, the length of their tails, and the position of their fur or guards. That is the result of image memory in the child\’s right brain. Any child has thisSuch process. When we capture the growth needs of our children, then grasp them. If the explosive period of children\’s literacy comes, then hurry up and prepare for it accurately. If the child hasn\’t shown it yet, don\’t force it. \”In the true sense, a child has a concept of word recognition when he is over 4 years old, and he learns quickly. Because that stage is a critical stage when he is more sensitive to word recognition, and every child has his own rules at each stage. .Literacy Sensitive Period The literacy sensitive period of young children starts from the age of 4 and lasts until the age of 7. At this stage, children will instinctively have an urgent need for literacy, and their memory ability is particularly good, and they can memorize quickly, in large quantities, and Remember firmly, and the process of memorization is also very easy. They can naturally find a feeling of happiness in literacy, which is very helpful in cultivating their strong interest in learning and good study habits from an early age. The process of children\’s literacy: children To recognize words, just think of them as pictures. His vision must be trained through reading: first \”read\” black and white colors, and then, when older, through real pictures, and then transition to reading pictures and reading. Picture books and life experiences can help children formally contact After reading text symbols, they will have some conceptual understanding of words, and have their own cognitive methods in terms of glyphs and meanings. They will learn by combining their movements with the words they see. They like to find out what they have learned from picture books. Words that have an impression or recognition. Just like when my son knows \”person\”, \”hand\”, and \”mother\”, when reading picture books, he will immediately point it out and say that he knows this word, and he is so excited at the time. Put the words into In specific stories and contexts, children can have a new understanding of words. After digesting them, the words can basically be put into their pockets. In addition, some things that are often encountered in daily life can also promote children\’s understanding of these words. To understand things, children can look for words they have already recognized in newspapers, street advertisements, and TV screens. This can improve children\’s interest in literacy. Therefore, whether it is literacy or learning, it must be comprehensively Don\’t just grasp one point. Just like the masters in Jin Yong\’s works, they must have both internal strength and technical skills. Regarding the sensitive period of literacy, we should not be superstitious, but should follow the growth patterns of our children, respect their children\’s behavior, and accompany them Discover children’s growth needs and understand their inner secrets. Do the right thing at the critical moment!