Observation is very important in a child's development. A child with strong observation skills tends to be more committed to life and learning, accumulates big and small things in his heart, and expresses and communicates more smoothly with the outside world.
Observation is generally formed after the age of three, and keen observation is an important basis for children to explore the world and learn knowledge, which greatly affects children's future thinking.
Children aged 3-6 years are in the ** period of observation formation and should pay attention to:
1) Parents should be the first teacher and guide their children to observe more.
As parents, while accompanying our children, we should insist on guiding our children to observe more things around them. For example, when my wife takes her children to the park, she will guide them to observe by asking relaxed questions, such as when she sees a butterfly, she can ask what color the butterfly's wings are, and when she sees a flower, she can ask if there are multiple petals.
2) Encourage children to think more and put forward their own ideas.
Thinking and observing go hand in hand, and children who are diligent in thinking tend to be observant, and children who are good at observation tend to think positively.
Encourage your child to ask questions while observing, and use more open conversations to allow your child to express their own thoughts first, for example, if your child wants to know why butterfly wings are red, you can say, "Let me think about it first, what do you think is the reason?" Don't underestimate your child, your child's strange answers will surprise you.
3) Enrich the sense of observation and increase the interest of children's observation.
Observation is not only with the eyes, but also with the hands, nose, ears are also a good helper for observation, touch the leaves of different shapes with your hands, ask the nose about the flowers of different flowers, and listen to different bird calls with your ears, so that children can experience different touches, so as to better enrich the interest of observation, and can also experience observation more profoundly.
4) Guide children to recall more and deepen their observations.
After returning home from playing, you can let your child recall the things he observed today, and use drawing, chatting, playing games, etc., to let him talk about his "observation diary" and deepen the impression of observation.
As long as we are parents with the heart, the things that can be observed are everywhere, and slowly children will form their own habits.
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