Give your children a fulfilling and happy summer life

Stuart Brown, an American MD, spent 42 years interviewing 6,000 people about their childhood lives. The results show that children who played freely in childhood have much better social skills, stress tolerance, and ability to solve complex problems when they grow up than children who stay at home all day long. Because in childhood, the more external stimulation a child receives, the more fully his senses are developed, and the more it can promote brain development. During the summer vacation, parents can take their children to these three places to give their children a fulfilling and happy summer vacation. Nature is the best playground for children. Even during the holidays, children are still surrounded by steel and concrete, overwhelmed by electronic products, and their precious time is occupied by busy studies. How long has it been since they had close contact with nature? My children are very homebound. They watch TV and play games at home every day. When they go out to play, they only go to the playground. They are not interested in nature at all. When I told my daughter the story of Academician Yuan, I asked, \”Where does rice come from?\” She actually answered \”from the supermarket\”; she enrolled her son in three interest classes during the summer vacation, and he moved from one concrete house to another every day. His resistance was getting bigger and bigger, and he was not serious about studying… For the children of the past It is said that summer vacation means two months of freedom in which you can \”catch insects in the mountains and catch shrimps in the river\”. However, for today\’s children, summer vacation is just a matter of changing rooms to study. Even if they don\’t take tutoring, they rarely go out due to the temptation of video games, let alone go to the wild to have fun. Just as netizens joked: \”Our previous generation has never eaten pork, but they have seen pigs running. Our next generation often eats pork. It is too difficult to see pigs running. We can only watch Piggy Peggy in cartoons.\” Strange.\” Nature-deficit disorder, a term once mentioned by American writer Richard Love, refers to the fact that today\’s teenagers spend less and less time outdoors and in the countryside. A set of survey data in 2013 showed that in China, 45.21% of children suffer from or have a tendency of \”nature deficit disorder\”, and the proportion is increasing year by year. Richard Love believes that \”nature deficit disorder\” can lead to sensory imbalance and dullness, and have many chain reactions: lack of empathy, prone to violence towards small animals, not caring about food when eating, wasting water resources, etc. And then affect the formation of character. Lack of opportunities to experience tranquility and relaxation in nature can easily lead to excessive stress, lack of attention, and poor resistance to frustration, which in turn affects academic performance. Take advantage of the summer vacation and take your children into nature! Even just smelling the flowers and playing in the stream can not only enhance the parent-child relationship, but also promote the healthy physical and mental development of the child. Sports grounds, a popular place for walking kids in the summer, have some parents complaining that it is difficult for their children to devote themselves to learning during the days when they are not in school. The atmosphere at home was too relaxed, and the children\’s favorite foods and toys were all around him, so he couldn\’t focus on his studies at all. The author of \”Exercise Changes the Brain\” believes that the best way to deal with attention disorders is to develop a careful exercise plan for children. Exercise will promote the secretion of adrenaline, serotonin and dopamine in the body, making children more focused and able to learn quickly and remember. clinical psychologist johnReddy mentioned in the book \”Sports Changes the Brain\” that people\’s vocabulary learning speed after exercise is 20% higher than before exercise. In addition to strengthening the body and helping with concentration, exercise can also build a child\’s resilience and help him persevere in his studies. In the impression of many parents, children who love sports generally do not have very good academic performance. They often rely on high enough sports scores to get into individual schools. However, when interviewing the top scorers in the college entrance examination over the years, we can find a surprising similarity: more than half of the top students have a regular schedule and love sports. Shanxi liberal arts champion Zhou Shida\’s way of reducing stress is running and playing badminton. Li Hanfei, the top science student in Shanghai, likes to play football and founded a women\’s basketball club in high school. Li Yichen, the science champion of Guangdong Province, has long been committed to moderate exercise. He runs every day and also likes swimming and badminton. So you see, helping children develop healthy exercise habits will not delay learning, but will greatly improve learning efficiency. Preferably non-traditional sports, such as rock climbing, figure skating, ballet, skateboarding, etc. These sports require complex skills and high-intensity physical strength, which can activate the brain and calm concentration. This summer vacation, get active with your children! While strengthening your body, you can enrich your child\’s life, enhance your child\’s self-confidence, and ultimately develop a good habit of lifelong exercise. Museums are the most vivid learning classrooms. In the third summer vacation after the implementation of the \”double reduction\” policy, in order to accompany children to learn knowledge other than traditional subject education, museums have become a good place for parents to \”walk their children\” in the summer. More and more parents are taking their children into museums to experience the vastness and profoundness of history and culture. The museum is a microcosm of the development of human civilization. It can cover thousands of years of human history in one day. It is also the best window for children to get close contact with history and experience culture. A friend of mine has spent his weekends visiting various museums and science and technology museums in Beijing since his child was one or two years old. Now the child is 8 years old and is very interested in history, technology, humanities, etc. He will actively ask parents to buy relevant books, and he will also take the initiative to browse e-books online to find information. Parents hardly need to worry about their children\’s studies. The teacher said that he is very proactive and often asks questions beyond the textbooks. A good education is about gaining knowledge through practice. Museums have a magnetic field. When children are in them, they will naturally acquire new knowledge and experience and burst out with a strong desire to learn. Zhang Junping, a professor at Fudan University, once suggested: \”Take your children to spend more time in the science and technology museum. You will be surprised to find that your children will regard learning as a very interesting thing.\” Children who are truly interested in learning will take the initiative to go there. Acquire knowledge, think, explore, and be full of motivation on the way to learning. Visiting museums is also a good way to cultivate children\’s listening comprehension. Children are limited in the types of vocabulary they are exposed to in their home and school environments. Many vocabulary words need to be used in special environments. For example, in a planetarium, children will repeatedly hear and use words such as solar system, galaxy, universe, stars, planets, comets, etc. A primary school teacher once said: Children who have been to a lot of museums can learn nature classes more easily and have better knowledge of Chinese.They have richer knowledge and are more receptive to different teachers’ teaching methods. If you live in a first-tier city, such as Beijing or Shanghai, the density of museums is very high and you have unique conditions. If you live in other cities, please try your best to develop resources in your place of residence and surrounding urban areas, take your children to experience as much as possible, and stimulate your children\’s interest in learning through practice. Education expert Professor Yang Dongping said: Winter and summer vacations are to promote children’s social cognition, natural cognition, and self-awareness, and also to help children grow better. During the summer vacation, you can neither allow your children to play around without a clue, nor let your children study intensively. Instead, children should be removed from the small desk, given freedom, allowed to play, and encouraged to relax. Sublimate knowledge into your own wisdom in practice, transform it into practical abilities, find the direction of learning, and save energy for school study in two months. The classroom of learning is not only at home and school, let us step out of the house, enter life, embrace society, and run towards nature!