Many parents have such confusion:
- I did a lot of exercises after class, but the topic changed slightly and the child could not. I want to communicate with my child clearly, but I find it very difficult. I don’t know what he wants to say about what, and it is difficult for him to accept his own views. The ability to read pictures, write articles, read pictures and do things according to instructions is poor, and simple topics cannot be completed independently.
If your children also have such problems, then it is likely that they lack some-logical thinking ability.
How important is logical thinking ability?
In the 1970s, Harvard University in the United States explicitly stipulated that students in both liberal arts and science should give top priority to the cultivation of logical thinking ability.
Although logical thinking cannot replace specific curriculum knowledge, the study of any curriculum cannot be separated from the role of logical thinking ability.
The subject ability we often hear is inseparable from the children’s logical thinking ability.
Strong logical thinking ability, what are the manifestations?
Children with strong logical thinking ability often have strong:
- Agility of thinking, through learning examples of classroom teaching, can quickly grasp the essence of the problem; Creative thinking, unique understanding of knowledge points, good at association and divergence; Critical thinking, can dialectically analyze problems, timely adjust and revise ideas; Flexibility of thinking, good at changing ideas, can solve problems from different angles; Profound thinking, can comprehensively and carefully consider and solve difficult comprehensive problems;
Why do you want to cultivate from an early age?
Logical thinking ability benefits not only from innate talent, but also from acquired education and cultivation. Piaget, a famous psychologist, believes that:
Children around the age of 3 ~ 7 are in the stage of concrete image thinking, also known as the stage of pre-computational thinking.
About 7 ~ 12 years old is the concrete operation stage, which will develop abstract logical thinking ability.
About 12 ~ 15 years old is the formal operation stage, and children begin to show abstract logical thinking ability close to the adult level.
In these critical periods, if parents can use scientific methods to promote the development of their children’s logical thinking ability, it will be of great help to the improvement of their children’s learning ability.
How to correctly cultivate children’s logical thinking ability?
1, seize the child’s curiosity, actively answer the child’s [why]
Thinking is based on problems. When a child starts to ask [100,000 whys], his thinking ability is gradually improving.
At this time, parents need to actively answer their children’s questions and help them build a rich knowledge base.
It should be noted that parents should not stick to a fixed answer, but encourage their children to explore a variety of answers, which is exactly the exercise of their divergent thinking.
2. Parents can ask their children [why] to promote communication.
Parents [rhetorical question] why can children speak more and improve their critical thinking ability in communication?
Choose interesting and moderately difficult questions to ask, so that children can explore new knowledge through existing old knowledge.
Even if the answer is wrong, parents should not interrupt or rush to say the answer immediately, but should leave their children room to think and work hard.
3, Use the form of games to promote children’s thinking
For children, [playing] and [learning] are inseparable. It is especially important to promote children’s thinking in the form of games.
For example:
Sugar snatching game: Parents choose a few candies and put them on the table, snatch candies from each other immediately after the start, and judge how many candies the other party has in their hands according to the candies in their hands, and write the corresponding formula.
Cash 24 game: This game is very classic. Take out a deck of playing cards, draw 4 cards at will, and gather 24 by addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
There are also classic board games, battle games and even mine clearance games, which are all good training methods.
Compared with the traditional make-up lessons, the form of games is more interesting, and it is easier to grasp children’s curiosity and attention, so that children are full of interest, learn while playing, and unconsciously improve their thinking ability.