China's calligraphy is profound and has a long history. It is an advanced art with statutes and has always been a traditional art for Chinese people to cultivate their minds and cultivate their nature. Learning calligraphy can cultivate children's good habit of doing things seriously, carefully and practically, cultivate children's sentiment, enhance their aesthetic quality, and cultivate strong perseverance and tenacious willpower. Therefore, parents have sent their children to attend calligraphy training, ranging from small classes, middle classes and large classes in kindergartens, from grade one to grade six in primary schools and junior high schools. So, how old is a child suitable for practicing calligraphy?
since ancient times, there has been a saying that "words are like people" and "books are like character", that is to say, a person's moral character, knowledge, cultivation, personality, etc. may be embodied in words. It can be seen that calligraphy practice has a far-reaching impact on children.
First, it is not appropriate before the big class
Many parents are eager to learn calligraphy for children in small and middle classes in kindergartens. However, early education is not as early as possible. Calligraphy is different from the art of cultivating thinking in images. Because of its artistry and practicality, children can't learn by imagination at will because of the structure of Chinese characters. They should not only know the characters, but also understand the structure of the characters. Judging from the characteristics of children's physical and psychological development, the younger children are, the more active they are, the easier their attention is to be distracted, their self-care ability is poor, and their understanding is relatively shallow. These are quite difficult for children before the big class.
Children before big classes are not suitable for learning calligraphy, because learning calligraphy pays attention to rules and regulations. Besides, the tools involved in learning calligraphy are more complicated, and the knowledge of words involved is more complicated. Children before big classes are not fully mature in nervous system development, and the development of small muscles in their hands is slow, and the energy reserves in their bodies are not much, which is not only poor in flexibility, but also easy to fatigue. For them, it is difficult to hold a pen, and besides the strength of hand muscles, they also need fingers and arms.
They are too young to sit for a long time, and sitting for an hour and a half in class is also an overload for the children's physiological and psychological endurance before the big class. However, it takes only 2 minutes for children in small classes and middle classes to practice in kindergartens, and one and a half hours of classes should be held in large classes to learn calligraphy in a proper manner, which seems to be very cruel and contrary to the laws of children's physical and psychological development.
If a child insists on learning calligraphy before a big class, there are two situations: First, because the child is young and allowed to doodle, teachers and parents will not be strict with him, and the child will forgive himself, so he will learn casually, and once he becomes accustomed to it, it will be difficult to make progress; Second, because I can't learn at once when I study with the children in the big class and grade one or two, I think that I am always inferior to others, which causes psychological obstacles in children's learning, so I am afraid of learning calligraphy and then give up halfway, which has a negative impact on children's future learning. This not only causes serious damage to children's physical and mental health, but also makes them feel afraid and tired of learning, which has a psychological shadow on their future study, which is very unfavorable. When it is time to practice calligraphy, they often flinch from it.
However, this is not absolute. If parents are willing to tutor, and the teachers can teach students in accordance with their aptitude, adjust the progress and time according to the children's personality characteristics, and adopt individual small classes to learn, it is not bad.
Second, the best calligraphy in large classes
Calligraphy is a highly skilled art. Before the big class, children lack a certain understanding of calligraphy. Learning calligraphy is often the wishful thinking of parents, and it is difficult to get started. Some parents think that it doesn't matter if their children are one year younger. In fact, the differences in children's physical and psychological development are quite large in a year. When they are in a large class, their attention is much more stable and their understanding is much stronger. At this time, it is most appropriate and effective to start learning calligraphy, because children have acquired a certain degree of self-control and understanding ability during this period. They are like a blank sheet of paper, without any frame and background, and it is most appropriate to fill in the sketches and have no bad writing habits, so it is the best time for calligraphy enlightenment. They have more free time, which is most suitable for them to start practicing calligraphy. Children in large classes can basically keep up with the learning progress of older children, and learning step by step and for a long time is conducive to the formation of interests and specialties.
It is best for children in large classes to learn calligraphy with their parents and under the guidance of teachers. Before writing, we must learn the correct method of writing, hold the pen firmly and flexibly, and write steadily and slowly. Children of this age can learn calligraphy, which can enhance their hands-on ability and develop the habit of concentration and methodical study. Parents should encourage more and participate together. If children like calligraphy, parents should like it first, so that children can be influenced by a good learning atmosphere.
After one year's training, the children in large classes can fully prepare for primary school. They not only have a certain writing ability, but also exercise good patience. For kindergarten and primary school learning to transition scientifically, to help children successfully through the difficult adaptation period. The first is the transition in time, from twenty minutes to forty minutes, or even longer; Secondly, the transition from content, from short-term study and activities to long-term study of main subjects; Then there is the transition of study habits, from the lax sitting posture in class to the strict and standardized sitting and writing posture training; Then there is the transition of self-care ability, from not carrying schoolbags, using simple learning tools to placing, using and sorting out many Chinese calligraphy tools; Finally, the transition of writing skills, from simple literacy to understanding the structure and writing methods of words, laid a solid foundation for the standardization and neatness of first-year writing. As soon as these children start school, they will be praised by teachers, become good students in the eyes of teachers and role models in the eyes of classmates, and win at the starting line smoothly.
Grade three, grade one and grade two are suitable for
Grade one and grade two children are more suitable for learning calligraphy, because at this time, children already have a perceptual knowledge of school classes, they have already experienced the rules and regulations of the school, know some behavior routines, and are willing to work hard to abide by them. In class, listening to lectures, completing homework, observing public order, respecting teachers, and simple self-service labor, they have a certain foundation, and they have begun to have the ability of self-control, so as to express themselves, develop their sense of competition and self-motivation, and set their immediate goals. Everyone wants to strive to be a good student. Curious, active, easy to imitate, intuitive, concrete and vivid thinking are still the same characteristics. The motivation teaching method is the easiest way to stimulate their learning enthusiasm.
They have already learned the basic structure of Chinese characters and the writing order of strokes in Chinese class. Therefore, when learning calligraphy, their basic knowledge and understanding ability are better than those of large class children, and they can learn quickly. However, there may be some bad reading and writing postures and some deviations in habits, and teachers should pay attention to correcting them in teaching. Let them master the correct posture of writing and sitting, and form the habit of standardized writing.
Fill in the blanks above grade four or three
Calligraphy classes are divided into classes according to the level of calligraphy, regardless of age, so students from grades three to six and junior high schools often come to take calligraphy classes.
1. Increase quality
Some middle and senior students who have a wide range of interests and hobbies and have no time to study calligraphy for a long time have excellent academic performance, but they lack writing skills. They want to practice calligraphy for one or two years in order to practice standardized and neat handwriting, thus promoting the improvement of learning quality.
This type of children can learn regular script well, master basic knowledge of shelf structure, know some writing skills and have a good writing foundation.
2. Better late than never
Better late than never is suitable for middle-aged and senior children with poor writing skills. Because of the heavy study tasks and tight study time, it is impossible to concentrate on learning one by one. In the long run, the handwriting is getting worse. This kind of children's homework often gives teachers a headache, and their handwriting is vague and illegible. Teachers' accusations, repeated from time to time, have dampened children's enthusiasm for learning and seriously affected their academic performance. Parents are even more worried, and sometimes they tear up their children's homework very violently and even beat and scold their children. Because these children have developed bad habits because of their inaccurate posture and incorrect writing attitude since childhood, they regard writing as a task and can't meet the requirements of beautiful, correct, correct and neat writing at all.
The best way to make these children interested in learning calligraphy is to improve their self-confidence, let them have a perceptual knowledge of calligraphy and understand the advantages of learning calligraphy, so as to stimulate their interest in learning calligraphy and make them learn from me. Although it is very difficult to get rid of bad habits, as long as teachers repeatedly emphasize in class, be strict with implementation and make good use of incentive teaching methods, children can still master good writing posture and develop good study habits.
What these children lack most is tenacity and endurance, which can also be obtained through writing practice with one stroke and one drawing, so as to correct the problems of carelessness, carelessness and carelessness, and thus form a good habit of perseverance, concentration, patience and meticulousness, and not being afraid of difficulties. In class, the teacher pays attention to regulating the psychological quality of these children, standardizing their behavior, cultivating them to enter a relatively static state, and teaching them that they must be calm, correct posture, and persevere, and over time they can develop good habits of rigor and seriousness.
Calligraphy is a subtle art of time, and it is impossible to achieve much in a short time. Generally speaking, practicing calligraphy takes as little as 2-3 years, and as much as longer. It is a process of gradually forming special skills, and we must make steady progress step by step. If you blindly seek speed, haste makes waste, just as you must learn to stand before you learn to walk, and you must learn to walk before you learn to run. Through several years' study, I have mastered the basic strokes, radicals, shelf structure, composition layout and works creation completely. Practice has proved that calligraphy learning can completely nourish children's feelings, improve their moral quality, and cultivate their innovative ability and aesthetic ability. After several years of calligraphy practice, many students have not only learned their specialties, but also become student cadres.
To sum up, it is suitable for children to learn calligraphy from big classes to junior high schools. Early learning mainly depends on imitation, and it is easy to form specialties when they start early. Later learning mainly depends on understanding. Older children learn books with little difficulty and fast progress, but they don't have enough study time, so it is difficult to form their special skills, and they can only improve their writing quality. It's just that it's most suitable to start in a large class. You can develop good learning quality from the beginning, which lays a good foundation for the long study life in the future. Calligraphy skills will definitely become the dominant quality of sustainable development in the process of children's growth.