At the end of the semester, the children are looking forward to relaxing during the holidays. However, throwing down the school bag, turning on the TV, and picking up the mobile phone may be the last thing parents want to see, and the good times will pass quietly in idleness. During the winter vacation, how to guide children to plan their lives reasonably? How to make winter vacation more fulfilling and meaningful? Let's take a look
At the end of a semester of intense and busy study life, the holidays are a good opportunity for children to relax and enrich themselves. How to make children's winter vacation time full and meaningful?
Fall in love with reading and learn to think in books
Children's writer Sergei Mikhalkov said: "No matter how interesting a child's home and school life is, if you don't read some good, interesting and precious books, you will lose the most precious treasure of your childhood, and the loss will be irreparable." ”
Reading can help lay a good foundation for language learning, accumulate materials, help children write good essays, and improve their ability to understand math problems in the reading process. Children who read regularly tend to be more capable of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Therefore, it is necessary to make good use of the winter vacation time to accompany children to read and study together.
Of course, the holidays are not school, we hope that children can enjoy reading more and advocate "stress-free reading". Only when children are immersed in books and read freely without aim, will they enjoy reading. So, choosing interesting books is a premise. Parents can have a general understanding of the subjects and curriculum content that their children will study in the next semester, and choose relevant books in a targeted manner. The holidays are a good time to cultivate interest and enhance fun, and it is better to use reading to match the content of the course. Reading is not only literary reading, popular science and humanities reading are equally important, and children must be encouraged to "read without being picky".
In addition, annotations are an important method of reading. Write down your thoughts and feelings at any time in the margins of the page to read the book to your heart. Methods such as copying good words and sentences, and writing feelings after reading can also be used during the winter vacation. Winter vacation reading is mostly extensive reading and skimming, and in the absence of teacher guidance, students are allowed to "not seek to understand" and even guess.
Reading is essentially a process of dialogue with the book and the author. Children can use the common 4F questioning method:
fact) What did I read from this book?
feeling) What did I feel after reading this book?
finding) What did I discover after reading this book?
future) How will reading this book affect me in the future?
When reading, don't limit yourself to retelling the plot of the story or memorizing the main content, but think beyond the content to a higher level.
Make a plan and learn to manage your time in an orderly manner
As the Dutch writer Bakas said, "The most important purpose of time management is to create more leisure time." ”We need to let children understand that the goal of time management is to get everything done and have fun.
During the winter vacation, life and rest should not be chaotic. After the child's winter vacation, parents should let the child realize that their time is not allowed to be squandered freely, and they must know how to arrange it reasonably.
It is recommended that parents work with their children every evening to make a schedule for the next day, as close as possible to the schedule at the beginning of the school day, so that there is no need to spend too much time readjusting at the end of the holiday. Write down a schedule every night and stick it on the wall, and follow it carefully the next day.
When creating a daily routine, it's a good idea to determine what is most important for the day. If a temporary situation arises that requires adjustments, make sure you do what matters most. Parents must fully consult with their children, and cannot impose their own ideas on their children, otherwise they will not play a role in helping children improve their time management skills.
When making winter vacation plans, prioritize completing winter vacation homework, such as allowing your child to spend two hours a day completing part of their winter vacation homework. Do not concentrate homework on a few days, this way is like swallowing dates, children can only learn a half-understanding, not solid enough.
Whether it is homework, entertainment time or visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, the time of each day should be calculated one by one and a reasonable plan should be made.
"Points exchange", there are rewards and punishments to develop good habits
It takes 21 days of persistence to form a good habit, and only one day of indulgence is required to develop a bad habit. "It's not easy to develop good habits, but children can be helped to do so through appropriate reward and punishment mechanisms.
For example, parents can give emotional or material feedback on the quality of a child's completion of a learning task. For example, you can use the "points for gifts" method, buy some small gifts that children like in advance and mark them with "points price", and when the children complete the tasks on the winter vacation schedule, they can get the corresponding points, and then let the children exchange the points for gifts.
This can greatly improve children's enthusiasm for independent and efficient learning; If the child fails to complete the task in time, the corresponding points can also be deducted for the child. In this way, children can gradually develop good habits in the "point exchange" with rewards and punishments.
Participate in the labor force and develop independent ability
Parents can arrange about an hour of exercise time every day to exercise scientifically and rest to keep their children healthy. You can also let your child share some housework, which can not only reduce the fatigue of parents, but also help to exercise children's labor ability and self-care ability.
Children are part of the family and are responsible for some of the housework, such as sorting garbage, drying quilts, tidying wardrobes, etc. This is also a necessary part of cultivating children's independent living ability and sense of responsibility. Use the vacation time to let children learn to cook and stir-fry, make cakes, make dumplings, repair household appliances, nail buttons, sew clothes, etc. Parents should be patient, do not substitute, but encourage. Parents give their children more opportunities, trust their children, and learn to let go. You can also work together as a family to have a thorough cleaning, clean the bed, bookcase, glass, kitchen, etc., clean up some things that you don't need decisively, raise a pot of flowers, add a few goldfish, and make the home full of vitality and vitality. In the fireworks ordinary, care about food and vegetables, and live up to every love and food. In the company of family, communicate moods, exchange life, and feel the harmony of family.
Every fulfilling holiday is a beautiful prelude to accumulating energy and starting a new stage. During the winter vacation, children's lives should also be relaxed, with a detailed plan and a clear implementation process and results. Let the children spend a pleasant and meaningful holiday in enjoying warmth and companionship, gaining confidence and growth.
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