If children don't learn to write in kindergarten, will primary schools fail to keep up?
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These problems are the anxiety of many parents. At present, the child has entered the countdown. Many parents begin to worry about their children's writing and spelling, and there are many differences on whether kindergartens should teach their children to write. Some parents are looking for training courses to help their children enter the ideal primary school smoothly.
Faced with this situation, Wutongyuan Kindergarten, the cooperative park of Yitong preschool education institution, launched a debate contest with the theme of "Should children in middle and large classes in kindergartens write Chinese characters" in time, and invited parents' representatives and teachers to participate.
First, teachers are divided into positive teams and negative teams by drawing lots. Parents form positive and negative think tanks, which can provide arguments and supplements for teachers and debate freely at any time. The school director served as the chairman of the debate, and three parents served as judges. The activity was "full of topics" from the beginning, which was very intense. Now, Bian Xiao will show you the different styles of preschool teachers and parents!
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"Children in middle and large classes should not learn to write Chinese characters." The teacher mainly pays attention to the following two points:
First of all, the Guide to Learning and Development for Children Aged 3-6 clearly stipulates that preschool children are not allowed to learn to write Chinese characters. This is an authoritative document on children's learning and development in China, and it is also a programmatic document and reference standard followed by many educators and families.
Secondly, education should follow the laws of children's physical and mental development. According to the characteristics of children's physical and mental development at this stage, several objective conditions for writing Chinese characters are not yet mature:
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First, because the motor function of children's fingers and wrist muscles is not perfect, they can't control the movements of fingers and wrist muscles accurately and effectively, and they can't write correctly horizontally, horizontally, vertically and vertically. To write a word well, the most important thing is the way of holding the pen and sitting posture. Premature exercise will have an impact on children's bone development.
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Second, children's visual discrimination ability is incomplete, easy to confuse, and can not accurately distinguish the subtle differences between similar words. In addition, children's understanding of the concept of spatial location is not accurate. They don't know the relative positions of up and down, left and right, front and back, and can't correctly understand the strokes, stroke order, proportion and structure of Chinese characters.
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Third, in early childhood, children's nerve inhibition function is still very weak, so they can't restrain their behavior for too long or engage in too detailed homework activities. Writing is a delicate activity, and it is a very difficult action for children. In addition, sedentary is overloaded with children's psychological and physical endurance.
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Thirdly, children's learning tasks are phased and should be gradual. The main learning content in kindergarten stage is to cultivate children's sound personality and lay the foundation for good study and living habits.
Education in kindergartens and primary schools has its own emphasis. The basic learning form of kindergarten children is games, mainly to cultivate children's interest in learning and good behavior habits, which is completely different from the educational goal of primary schools. Therefore, kindergartens should leave time for them to develop physically and mentally healthily and form good habits.
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In view of the positive point of view, the opposing party also raised many questions and arguments, mainly focusing on the following points:
Regarding the concept of "writing", the opposing side has made a detailed analysis and interpretation: does learning to write refer to writing pinyin symbols and Chinese characters? If adults don't teach, won't children start writing? Nowadays, characters are widely used in children's lives, such as advertisements, toys, billboards, books and boxes ... Children will spontaneously look for writing rules, sometimes writing may not be standard, but they can learn from the simplest Chinese characters that are closely related to life. Otherwise, other children of the same age can write Chinese characters, but their own children can't. So, when children are together, will he have pressure and inferiority?
The climax of the scene was a speech by the parents of a 60-year-old grandmother from an anti-pro think tank. She is also the oldest representative of the parents' team. She said excitedly that at that time, she didn't go to kindergarten and entered primary school. The first thing my husband wants to ask is "Can you write your name?" At that time, children had to write their own names as soon as they entered school. Today's children are smarter and their writing skills should be advanced. Let children experience the charm of Chinese characters and the charm of China's story in advance, and let children feel that Chinese characters are the most beautiful writing art in the world. The old people's enthusiasm for educating their children and their sense of mission in writing Chinese characters won many applause from the scene.
The nearly two-hour debate made everyone's spirit highly concentrated and excited, while listening, thinking and taking notes. In addition to the war of words, it will also build an efficient communication bridge between the garden and parents, as the director said in the final summary: In this activity, I felt the enthusiasm and concern of teachers and parents for children and education. Two views are like two circles that keep rolling forward, and finally have the same intersection area. The two sides have different positions and principles, but the initial heart is for the children's better future. The key words mentioned all include "children's interests", "individual differences in children's development" and "all-round development of children"-children are the focus of our common interests no matter where we are.
With the end of this activity, everyone's thinking has also reached a new level: is it from parents' anxiety or from the needs of children's healthy growth? Does it depend on the needs of future study or the development law of children's own growth? This question mark rings heavily in everyone's heart in this debate.
Topic extension
Why do some parents say that kindergarten children have learned nothing?
In fact, if you look at the children's works, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that in each of his works, you can see him actively exploring the traces of Chinese characters. There are a large number of writing tools in the activity area, such as paper and pens, so that children can explore the relationship between tools and symbols and encourage them to draw, which is the most important basis for indirect preparation for writing.
A day's life in kindergarten looks like children are playing, but it is actually helping children acquire knowledge and cultivate habits. For example, during regional activities, the building area establishes the understanding of space and structure for children; In the field of science, children learned to analyze, observe and discover; In the art area, children have a feeling of holding a pen and writing through painting and graffiti; In the reading area, children also know Chinese characters through some labels and illustrated displays, and so on. These cognitions are gradually accumulated in children's life, isn't it just to prepare for writing?
While worrying about children's "losing at the starting line", we should also deeply realize that there should not be only one standard for children's "success". Academic success is a kind of success, so is health and happiness. Whether a child can succeed in the future depends on his all-round development and healthy physical and mental growth.