What really widens the gap between children is not IQ or diligence, but this underlying ability

As parents, we all hope that our children will be excellent and stand out among many children. However, the reality we have to face is that most children often behave very ordinary. Observing those children who have excellent academic performance, they basically have this underlying ability – logical thinking ability. How to cultivate children\’s logical thinking ability from an early age? Logical thinking ability is the ability to observe, compare, analyze, judge and reason about things. After judging and thinking by the human brain, one can accurately and methodically express one\’s thoughts in language. Hegel has a famous saying in \”Logic\”, \”Logic is the basis of all thinking.\” Logic is the basis of all thinking and creation, and it is also the key to many scientific experiment innovations. Nowadays, many parents attach great importance to the cultivation of their children\’s logical thinking ability. It can be said that logical thinking ability directly determines a child\’s observation and analysis ability, reasoning and judgment ability, and ability to understand and generalize. Logical thinking ability is not innate, talent only plays a small role, what is more important is acquired cultivation and learning. So, how should we cultivate children\’s logical thinking ability? The senses are the basis of all education. We know that children understand the surrounding environment through the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Through the absorptive mind, they fully accept it, internalize it into their own cognition, and develop into their own mind. It can be said that sensory education is the foundation of all education and the top priority. As Dr. Montessori said, I forget when I hear, remember when I see, and understand when I do. Children understand the world through sensory exploration. Sensory education is the \”soul\” of Montessori education and the core of education. The famous psychologist Piaget mentioned in his theory of cognitive development: Children aged about 3-6 years are in the stage of concrete image thinking and mainly use intuitive images and representations to understand and solve problems. Therefore, the cultivation of children\’s logical thinking ability in the preschool stage must start with the senses. Dr. Montessori also believes that children are sensory explorers, and the peak period of this exploration activity is from 0 to 6 years old. Cultivating children\’s logical thinking mainly starts from the following aspects: 1. Learning to classify. The process of children\’s learning is through the stimulation and use of sensory organs, entering the brain for analysis, and then making decisions after thinking. Dr. Montessori said: \”A child\’s progress does not depend on his age, but on being able to freely observe everything around him.\” For example, in Montessori teaching, the sensory field prepares a wealth of hands-on activities for children. Teaching aids, children use teaching aids to train their senses with pure sensory stimulation and help them build various abilities. How to let children learn to classify? Classification is to group objects with the same attributes into one category, such as size, color, shape, etc. For example, for binomials and trinomials in the sensory area, children first classify the teaching aids according to their colors, and then put the teaching aids back into the box in a certain order. For example, trinomial teaching aids can be used in both the Montessori sensory field and the mathematical field. After children learn simple classifications, they can also indirectly learn mathematical formulas. (a+b+c)³=? Children may not understand this mathematical formula now, but through practicing with teaching aids, it has already left an imprint on the child\’s mind and established a certain level of logical thinking ability. When the teacher teaches this formula, the child will suddenly understand. 2. Learn order Montessori sensory teaching aids include a variety of properties, such as shape, weight, size, color, thickness, etc. When Dr. Montessori designed teaching aids, he did not combine all changes in properties into one, but only changed a single property according to the purpose of the teaching aids. Therefore, each Montessori teaching aid highlights a \”feeling point\” to attract the child\’s attention, that is, to stimulate the child\’s senses by separating the feelings. For example, socket cylinder, pink tower, brown ladder, red rod, colored cylinder, color plate, geometric panel cabinet, forming triangle, etc. Each set of teaching aids has a systematic sequence. By operating these teaching aids, children can Develop good order. These orders can be from large to small, from thick to fine, from heavy to light, from rough to smooth, etc. This is an important basic exercise for training children\’s logical thinking ability. The operational exercises of pairing, classification and sorting are three particularly important purposes of Montessori sensory teaching. The exercises with these Montessori teaching aids can train children\’s logical thinking ability. Capture children\’s curiosity. Children are full of curiosity and desire to explore the living environment in which they live. They want to know everything and try everything. At this time, grasping children\’s curiosity and guiding them consciously can not only satisfy children\’s curiosity, but also stimulate their motivation to explore the essence of things from phenomena. Children develop their logical thinking ability to a certain extent by perceiving things and classifying things using their own cognitive abilities. In a Montessori classroom, science experiment activities are one of children\’s favorite activities. Scientific and cultural education involves the teaching of animals, plants, astronomy, geography, history, time, etc. A variety of novel, fun and interesting scientific experiments can always attract the interest of every child. For example, a small science experiment on the process of seed germination, how does a seed grow into a seedling, and what conditions are needed for its growth? The children are very interested in this. The Montessori teacher will work with the children to learn about seeds, understand the whole process of seed germination, and witness the birth of new life together! Children learn about the occurrence and evolution of life through observation, experimentation and thinking. A series of experimental processes will resolve their curiosity about \”why is this happening?\” and then inspire them to think about and solve problems in a step-by-step and systematic manner. Children\’s logical thinking ability is consolidated and strengthened through small experiments. Listening patiently and encouraging children to express their thinking are usually expressed in language. Language expression has a very important impact on the progress of thinking. And when educating children, language expression must be used, so when cultivating children\’s logical thinking ability, we must also pay attention to encouraging children\’s language expression. For preschool children, each child\’s language development stage is different, and some children may develop language slightly slower than others. For example, when a child describes something, he may show difficulty.And some parents think they \”understand their children.\” Not waiting for the child to express it completely in language, then speaking it yourself. In fact, this is not conducive to the development of the child\’s thinking and language skills. Montessori education requires adults to be patient listeners to children. Montessori teachers also pay attention to simplicity, clarity, and precision in language when guiding children. In teaching, Montessori teachers mostly use positive and affirmative sentence patterns to guide children in a positive way. They do not tell children what they cannot do, but let them know what they can do. In daily life, parents should interact more with their children and encourage them to express their emotions, feelings and describe what they see and hear. Use various opportunities to teach children good language etiquette and attitudes toward listening, speaking, and communication, and provide a large number of audio-visual teaching materials that can enhance language skills to help children. 1. Listen to your child. Listening itself is respect and attention to children, and it is also an important encouragement to children and a good example. For example, when a child asks something, listen patiently and encourage the child to express. 2. Understand the child’s true intentions. Children who are young may be unable to express themselves in language. At this time, parents must patiently listen to what their children have to say and must not undermine their children\’s self-confidence. 3. Talk to your children frequently. When talking to their children, parents can ask more questions that allow the children to speak freely or express themselves freely, let the children express themselves freely, and have a \”discussion\” with them. 4. Use games to train children’s understanding of language. Interesting games or drama performances can stimulate children\’s imagination; self-made stories can help children learn to express their thoughts using language vocabulary. Being gentle and firm is not only suitable for Montessori teachers, but also for parents. Therefore, parents should pay more attention to their words and deeds, enrich their children\’s vocabulary, and encourage their children to express their thoughts in complete language. The more expressive, the more active the thinking, and the child\’s logical thinking will naturally develop. Parenting means that while the children are growing up, the parents are looking for ways. In this process of \”growing together\”, the best situation is that your contribution is exactly what your child needs. The main factor affecting children\’s performance is not school, but family. In the final analysis, the competition between children in the same class is a competition between parents\’ comprehensive qualities and efforts. The difference between the children who are ranked first and those who are ranked last is really not the teacher, but whether they have developed logical thinking skills.