I never thought the children's starting line was very important until I saw on TV that Wang Hengyi, 5, could recite 580 poems and know 3,000 Chinese characters. For the first time, I realized how the gap between children of the same age widened!
I was circled by Wang Hengyi, a young player, at the Chinese Poetry Conference, and a group of "flying surnames" surprised the audience. His sentence: "the water is bright and sunny, the mountains are rainy", which makes me feel ashamed in an instant. I don't even know which poem it is.
I thought at that time, how did people raise this child, and what kind of family can teach such an excellent baby! Only by understanding this, can we find that the hero behind Wang Hengyi's education is his grandmother.
Because his parents are going to work in Shanghai, Wang Hengyi Jr. grew up with his grandparents in Qingdao, so his grandmother contributed a lot to raising such a "child prodigy". What is the greatness of this grandmother's family education? Let's reveal the secret together.
First, the enlightenment of Chinese studies and the recitation of ancient poems
If this retired grandmother has any advantages, she should mention her hobbies. Wang Hengyi's grandmother likes reading ancient poems very much, and she likes listening to them at ordinary times.
I didn't expect Wang Hengyi, who is over one year old, to be very interested in poetry and hum along with it. So Wang Hengyi's grandmother found some classics of the enlightenment of Chinese studies, such as San Zi Jing and Hundred Family Names, for Wang Hengyi to listen to.
Unexpectedly, it was not long before Wang Hengyi recited it. I think this is the difference between ordinary children and him. Our children listen to children's songs and others listen to Chinese studies. I can feel the charm of Chinese studies since I was a child, and I have a more sense of language for ancient poetry.
After listening to these basics, Wang Hengyi's grandmother began to teach him thousands of words and ancient poems. In order to make Wang Hengyi remember more poems, her grandmother will also use games to consolidate poems.
For example, Wang Hengyi and I usually give questions to each other, and two people compare, who picks up more poems and answers correctly! It was this day-to-day training that enabled Wang Hengyi to recite 500 poems at the age of five.
Parents will ask, "Is it a waste of time to recite poems so small?" ? According to research, before the age of 6, the brain is in its golden age and the memory efficiency is the highest. Even Ye Jiaying, the goddess of poetry, thinks that it is in line with the law of children's development to let children recite before the age of 6.
Second, insist on reading every day.
So how does Wang Hengyi read? What method did grandma use? When grandma Wang Hengyi shared her experience, she particularly emphasized that human memory is regular. Even if a child has a good memory, he can't escape forgetting.
Therefore, if you want your child to really remember, you must persist in learning every day. Sometimes a poem has to be read three or four times, especially the words in the poem, and grandma needs to explain it one word at a time.
Wang Hengyi's grandmother believes that only on the basis of understanding can children remember more deeply and firmly. Think again. How many of our parents really have the patience to tell their children the meaning of a word
What is our most common way? Don't you just read it repeatedly with a literacy card? Every time the child is not sleepy, he has already started yawning. How can he achieve literacy?
Moreover, children aged 3-6 are thinking figuratively and are not interested in abstract numbers and words. Parents will feel bored, and it is difficult to know hundreds of words, let alone thousands.
However, if children are not allowed to study, many primary schools require their children to have a literacy foundation before entering school, which must reach 700 words, which makes many parents very nervous.
It is suggested that children can read through hieroglyphics from the perspective of figurative thinking, which not only increases their interest in literacy, but also enables them to better understand the meaning of a word.
Through the story of Wang Hengyi, I realized that, in fact, no matter whether the elderly take care of their children or take care of their own children, they can raise an "extraordinary" child as long as they pay attention to methods.