The teacher of Ji Meng Online wants to point out that many parents equate mathematics with calculation, and calculation is only a part of mathematical knowledge, and thinking is the most important thing. Similarly, in an interview video of CCTV, a professor also pointed out: "Thinking is more important than calculation in children's math school preparation." Here is to share with you how to train children aged 5-9 in daily life.
First, mathematical thinking in the kitchen.
When cooking, I believe everyone will often experience these things: pouring water, weighing flour, estimating time, reading recipes, oven temperature, washing vegetables, choosing vegetables and so on. Why not involve children? When looking at the temperature scale, the child will know the numbers; When estimating time, children will form the concept of time; Cooking steps to exercise children's logical thinking; Choose dishes or divide dishes, and exercise children's classified thinking ... In the kitchen, parents only need to tell their children what they want to do and guide them to think about why, which can not only exercise their thinking ability, but also exercise their thinking ability.
Second, know your own mathematical thinking.
For children, they are very interested in knowing themselves, and they will be proud that they can remember their height, weight and telephone number, so let children know themselves from many angles, such as height, weight, age, address, telephone number, clothes size and so on. Parents should also take their children to think, how to get their own data, such as height and weight, let them learn the concept of measurement, and learn how to compare with others, such as letting them choose the right size, which can exercise their children's spatial thinking ... Of course, it is also important to emphasize that parents should take their children to think, such as getting their height and guiding them to think, instead of telling them the answer directly. The process of thinking is the most important, but the result is not important.
Third, mathematical thinking in daily life
In daily life, there are many things, including mathematical thinking. For example, when buying curtains, it is necessary to determine the width and height of the curtains to be bought, so that children and parents can think about how to buy the right ones together, and guide children to think about how to determine the size of the curtains to be bought. For another example, when a child has a birthday, let the child give everyone a cake, guide the child to think about how to divide it reasonably, and teach the child the concept of scores; For another example, when packing clothes, the classification of spring clothes and summer clothes, and the separation of cotton thread and fiber can exercise children's classified thinking … ..
Fourth, use games to exercise children's mathematical thinking.
Playing is a child's nature, and now it has been advocated to liberate the child's nature. Here, children are also encouraged to learn in games and improve their mathematical thinking, but it is emphasized that children must be guided to think, otherwise it is of little significance. For example, taking children to play building block games can exercise their thinking in graphic space, but parents should start with simple things, such as building a square with building blocks first, and then playing difficult graphics step by step. In this process, they should guide children to think, such as what shape a complex figure is made of, what shape to build first, and then what shape to build, so that children can train logical thinking while recognizing graphics and space.
Fifth, the mathematical thinking in financial management.
One way to emphasize children's participation in managing money is to let them establish a correct view of money, such as letting them learn to work to make money; The other is to let children learn mathematical thinking in contact with money, such as coin conversion, how to pay for shopping, how to buy hot items and so on. In these processes, they can exercise children's different mathematical thinking such as number sense, calculation and classification, and also emphasize guiding children to think for themselves, rather than parents telling them the answers directly.
Sixth, mathematical thinking in going out to play
In life, mathematical thinking is everywhere. When you take your children out to play, ask them to estimate the speed and how long it will take according to the road signs. Read the license plate number you see; Calculate the required oil quantity according to the fuel consumption, etc.
It can be seen that mathematical thinking is everywhere in our lives. Parents should seize every opportunity to exercise their children, especially to guide them to think. Just like the teachers in Ji Meng Online, every class will design a gradual thinking track to guide children to improve their thinking while mastering knowledge.