Wen/He Yunbo
Since last semester, parents' classes have been set up in the children's primary school where the baby is located, so that parents on the university campus can give classes to their children on their own topics.
Last semester, I went to Class 95, where my baby was, and gave an introductory lesson on Go. The effect was not bad. "Go Doctor Dad" entered the primary school, and the baby also felt special face. As soon as this semester started, the baby urged me to go to the parents' class again, and said that Class 94 next door also wanted me to give a lecture. Halfway through the semester, many classes in the university ended, and finally the baby's wish was fulfilled.
what are you talking about? Qinqi calligraphy and painting, last time I talked about "chess", this time I talked about "books" and "wonderful Chinese characters"!
make preparations first. Needless to say, preparing lessons and doing PPT (doctoral courses can be taught without preparation, which is no joke for children), and prizes and gifts should be prepared for children. On the way to the supermarket to buy gifts with the children, the baby said that a parent came to class without anything, and it was boring to have a good class. Another parent was late, and the teacher was unhappy, but we were very happy:
"Why?"
"Because he brought delicious jackfruit!"
haha, it turns out that "material" is more important than "knowledge"!
The baby reminded me again that when asking questions, I must remember not to leave her out, and let her answer the questions twice or three times. Think of the last parent class, the baby raised his hand again and again, and I deliberately turned a blind eye to give other children more opportunities, which made her very lost after class. At the parent-teacher meeting, the teacher said that Yi Xi listened carefully and answered questions enthusiastically. Why am I "eccentric" and can't let my children enjoy equal treatment? I said yes, but each child can only get a prize once, and no matter what, it can't be specialized. The baby said: good.
In the morning, I told the children of Class 94 about the generation of Chinese characters and asked them why they should learn to read and write. They all raised their hands and said that they would write well in the future, write beautiful words, and become writers and calligraphers. I said everything is fine, but now, the first thing is to learn to use words to record people and things around us. The ancestors of the Chinese nation recorded our lives from knotting ropes, recording pictures and creating words. Some children know the concepts of hieroglyphics and Oracle Bone Inscriptions before I speak, which is really great. The children are also very enthusiastic about answering questions (even more enthusiastic with the stimulation of small prizes), and the class teacher and Chinese teacher also participate in the classroom interaction all the time, and the classroom atmosphere is excellent. This also gives me great confidence. I have always felt that I am an excellent university teacher, but I may not be able to teach pupils well. It turns out that when I get to the primary school classroom, I can, I can!
With the bottom of the morning class, you will naturally feel more comfortable when you arrive at Class 95 in the afternoon. Chinese characters are really alive. Water, вода, whether in English or Russian, these letters are cold and insensitive. But as soon as I saw the appearance of "water", I immediately had a vivid feeling of flowing water. Look at this row of Oracle characters derived from "man":
Stand upright as "man", say "bi" in parallel, and "north" in the opposite direction. When a man opens his arms, he becomes "big". When you grow up, you will become a husband with a hair clasp on your head, the blue sky above your head will be the sky, your feet will stand on the ground, and the objects under your arms will be the clips. What are people doing under the tree, taking a rest? It's so vivid.
Also, going up from the ground means going up, and going down means going down, so you can't go up or down, just like Kafka, a foreign writer, got stuck. What words are like life!
If children are taught to read words in this way, words will no longer be dull and cold symbols, but have fresh vitality. The acquaintance with "words" is no longer a reluctant "match", but a beautiful encounter again and again.
Then tell the children about Lijiang and Naxi hieroglyphics, and let them guess. Speaking of the last word. The children answered with one voice: home.
the Chinese word for "home" means that there is a tapir (pig) in the house. In Naxi people's mind, a man and a woman stay together in the house, which means "home".
I said, if you understand the meaning of these words well and combine them, you are a "writer". At the same time, writing the words well is calligraphy, and it becomes art.
After class, on the way home, the baby said, Dad, your class is really interesting.
hehe, there is such an evaluation that the efforts these days are worth it.
(Author/He Yunbo, Professor, School of Literature and Journalism, Xiangtan University)
[Editor: Cao Yang]
[Source: Hunan Daily New Hunan Client]