Are interest classes only for gifted children? Then you are wrong!

When a child enters kindergarten, he opens a new chapter in his life and also opens a new chapter for his parents. Our focus has gradually shifted from the children\’s eating, drinking and littering to cultivating the children\’s interests, hobbies and specialties. So the question arises: With so many interest classes, how do you choose for your children? 1. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of children. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. If a person\’s endowment is scored on a scale of 10-100 from worst to best, our important task is to discover in which aspects the child can score more than 80 points, and in which aspects the child can only score 10 or 20 points. That is to find the areas in which the child is best and least skilled. This is not only an important guide for children to choose interest classes, but also has important significance for the major they choose to study in the future, and even the direction of employment. If you choose a major in the field you are best at, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. If you unfortunately fall into the field that you are least good at, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and it will be difficult to achieve anything. Looking around at the people around us, excluding those who work particularly hard and those who have a particularly high starting point given by their parents, those who \”get along\” well are basically doing things they are good at. On the contrary, those who have a particularly bad life are basically engaged in professions that they are particularly bad at. Most people are engaged in occupations with 30-80 points, so they have become ordinary beings. So understanding the potential is crucial. (There is a potential test form at the back) 2. In interest classes, should we use our strengths or make up for our weaknesses? Once you understand your child\’s strengths and weaknesses, you will have a basis for choosing an interest class. Many parents think that interest classes are just about choosing what their children are most interested in. If that’s all, then you are wrong! 1. It goes without saying that it is important to promote children’s strengths. Imagine what would happen to those Olympic champions if their parents chose other interest classes for them when they were young? If a table tennis champion has played piano since he was a child and has never played table tennis, will his achievements be the same even if he works equally hard? According to this idea, how many of us ordinary people have talents that have not been discovered, discovered and cultivated? It’s very possible that we just picked a genius in the wrong field. This is what the saying goes, \”Thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist.\” Choose \”interest classes\” where children have potential. Children will be willing to persist, parents will be relaxed, and learning results will be good. On the contrary, it is just a waste of time and effort. 2. For young children, \”compensating for weaknesses\” is more important than \”promoting strengths\”. We all know the \”barrel principle\”: it is not the highest board that determines how much water a barrel can hold, but the lowest board. If we want our child\’s \”bucket\” to hold more water, we must try to improve the child\’s shortcomings. This point is also very important in school study. Just imagine what will happen to the test scores of students who are seriously partial to subjects? If one of the three subjects only scored 30 points, then even if the other two subjects both scored 100 points, the average of the three subjects would not even be 80. Therefore, when choosing interest classes for children, the child’s “shortcomings” must also be considered. For example, children who are easily impulsive and unable to calm down may not be able to learn calligraphy.Outstanding results, but it may have a good effect on letting children calm down to study and learn to control their emotions. Children with poor motor and balance abilities may not achieve satisfactory results when learning dance, swimming or ball games, but it will definitely help to make up for their shortcomings. Introverted and timid children will probably not be able to become talented if they learn storytelling, hosting, and acting subjects, but it will be very beneficial to improve their shortcomings. \”Make up for shortcomings\” is especially important for young children. Of course, parents should adjust their mentality when their children study \”short\” subjects, and don\’t have too high demands on their children, and don\’t be jealous of other people\’s achievements. We should compare ourselves with ourselves, and progress is a good result. You should also educate your children more to prevent them from developing an inferiority complex. If you decide to let your child choose two \”interest classes\”, then choose one each for \”specialty\” and \”special shortcomings\”. Learning \”specialty\” will make the child confident and outstanding! Learning \”specialty\” will make the child have no \”hindrance\” Procrastinate! 3. Persevere or give up? Any talent requires consistent practice before it can be achieved. Children may want to give up for various reasons when attending interest classes. For example, the child feels no interest or is troubled by the teacher. Criticized, or the parents put too much pressure on them, etc. What should we do when a child says he doesn’t want to continue learning? Should we encourage the child to persevere and cultivate a perseverant character? Or should we respect the child’s wishes and allow the child to give up? ? How to choose is not important. What is important is that we need to understand why the child wants to give up, understand the deep-seated reasons for the child\’s request, or the hidden psychological needs, and then solve this deep-seated problem and meet the child\’s psychological needs. If it is because of interest The class causes parents to lose control of their emotions, always yelling at their children, the parent-child relationship is discordant, the child\’s interest has been completely destroyed, and learning only brings him pain, so it may be more rational to end it early and give up early. If the child We only encounter difficulties temporarily, or we are just criticized by the teacher once. These can be overcome and changed with our help. Then our attitude can be a little \”tougher\” and we can give the child a push, and maybe the child can enter the world. There is a broader world. We must fully communicate with our children about the various pros and cons, respect each other, and weigh them repeatedly before making a decision. In general, when children are young, they are in the stage of \”casting a wide net\”. We can allow The child gives up. When the child gets older, it will be the \”key fishing\” stage. At this time, the child needs to be more cautious if he wants to give up. 4. Potential Self-Check Sheet We can infer the child\’s potential through the child\’s daily behavior : 1. He is very good at memorizing poems and rhythmic sentences. 2. He pays attention to your emotional changes when you are sad or happy and responds to them. 3. He often asks questions such as \”When does time start?\” \”Why won\’t asteroids hit the earth?\”. 4. He seldom gets lost wherever he goes. 5. His walking posture is very coordinated, and his movements to the music are very graceful. 6. He The scales are very accurate when singing. 7. He often asks what \”thunder, lightning and rain\” are about. 8. If you use wordsIf you use it wrong, he will correct it for you. 9. He knew how to tie his shoes very early and how to ride a bicycle very early. 10. What role does he particularly like to play or make up a plot? 11. When traveling, he can remember the signs along the way and say: We have been here before. 12. He likes to listen to various musical instruments and can identify the sounds they produce. 13. He draws maps very well and has clear routes. 14. He is good at imitating various body movements and facial expressions. 15. He is good at classifying all kinds of messy things according to rules. 16. He is good at connecting actions and emotions. For example, he said: \”We are happy to do this.\” 17. He can tell stories wonderfully. 8. He commented on different voices. 19. He often says that so-and-so is like so-and-so. 20. He can make accurate evaluations of what others can and cannot accomplish. (Test source: a \”multifaceted\” test studied by Dr. Robert Sternberg of Yale University in the United States) If items 1, 8, and 17 are outstanding, he may have language talent. For children with language skills, parents should often ask him to describe some objects, an event, a natural phenomenon, etc., and often provide him with books in this field. If items 6, 12, and 18 are outstanding, he may have musical talent. This type of child pays special attention to listening to regular sounds when he is very young (2 or 3 years old). As long as there is music, he will listen with his eyes wide open and concentrate. No child of 20 years old can compare. This shows that he has great potential in music. If items 3, 7, and 15 are outstanding, he may be talented in mathematics and logic. He likes to play checkers and chess, and can quickly understand some equivalence relationships. If you give him some toys that are completely confusing, he will sort them into categories. For this kind of child, his math performance may not be ideal after school (this may be due to his inability to adapt to the language of the course, or his attention is too easily distracted), but his potential in this area should not be doubted. 4, 11, and 13 are outstanding performances, and he has space talents. He has a rich imagination and has a strong interest in painting and mechanical assembly. You should take him to travel more often and let him play map drawing games from an early age. Outstanding performance in items 5, 9, and 14. He has physical and kinesthetic abilities. Often athletes and dancers have a talent for this. 10, 16, and 20 are outstanding, and he has the ability to understand himself. Usually the playwright or director will have this talent. 2, 10, and 19 are outstanding. He has the ability to understand others. Such children often make involuntary judgments and introspections about themselves and others, and have the potential to interact, communicate, and organize with others. If we want to discover our children’s talents, we must observe them carefully every day. You can also ask the kindergarten teacher for her opinion. The teacher deals with many children and she can give me the results of horizontal comparison. You can also try it out with your children. For example, choose several interest classes for your children. During the learning process, your children\’s talents in certain aspects will gradually emerge. A child\’s talent is often the thing he is most interested in, most focused on, the best at, and the easiest to do. And he doesn\’t like studying, excluding old peopleAfter the teacher\’s reasons, the child is basically less talented.