In early childhood education, the development of language skills is an important cornerstone for shaping children's social, cognitive and emotional development. However, when encountering children who do not like to express themselves, parents need to avoid the bad mode of blindly preaching and adopt diversified and strategic guidance methods. The following are some tips to help parents develop their children's speech potential.
1.Understand and accept, and create a safe environment for expression.
Children's language is a mirror of their minds. —Maria Montessori, Italian educator. First of all, parents should respect and understand that each child has their own unique personality traits and pace of growth. To encourage children to speak up, parents should create a stress-free, loving and supportive family atmosphere where children feel valued and accepted for their feelings and ideas.
2.Imitation games and role-plays enhance oral interaction.
Psychologist Jean Piaget believed that play is a bridge for children to understand the world. Parents can use imitation games, role-playing, etc., to simulate conversations through life scenarios to stimulate children's interest in participating in oral communication. For example, play house together and ask your child to act as a store clerk or teacher and initiate a conversation.
3.Share reading time and develop language thinking.
The American writer Jim Trillis proposed: "The more you read to your child, the better he will do in school." "Parents can read picture book stories together to guide their children to retell the storyline, depict character characteristics or express personal opinions, so as to exercise their language organization skills and expression skills.
4.Set up a daily discussion session.
Set a specific "family chat time" each day to discuss easy-to-understand topics such as "What was the best thing about school today?" If you had a magic wand, what would you want to use it for? Promote children to form the habit of sharing daily life and expressing inner thoughts.
5.Encourage participation in group activities to boost social confidence.
Real-world examples have shown that children are more likely to open up conversations during team activities. Parents can arrange for their children to participate in drama performances, speech competitions or group learning activities, so that they can learn to listen to others and speak up in a group environment, so as to gradually improve their self-expression skills and confidence.
6.Wait patiently with positive feedback.
The British educator Henry Newman once said, "The task of education is to light the fire within, not to fill the barrel." "For children who don't like to express themselves, parents should be patient enough and give them enough time and space to gradually adapt to and enjoy the process of verbal expression. At the same time, when children try to express themselves, give timely affirmation and encouragement to reinforce their positive experience.
In short, in the face of the situation that first-grade children do not like to express themselves, parents need to gradually awaken their children's speech talents through diversified interactive methods and educational methods based on understanding and acceptance, and guide them to find fun in communication, so as to get out of silence and bloom the power of language.