Let the Children Play, It’s Good for Them!

When you enter kindergarten, a superhero of an infant fights against a fictitious monster. I think that it is natural that infants play, especially pretending. Why do they spend so much time in the fantasy world?

The game is suspected to help children learn, but until recently most studies have shown this or they explain why it might be true. Our laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley was trying to explain how young children can learn early and we developed a new scientific approach to help children learn did.

Where is the place to pretend? Just as Einstein wants to know what will happen if the train moves at the speed of light, it includes what philosophers call "antithetic" thinking.

In one study my student Daphna Buchsbaum introduced to monkeys and musical toys full of 3 and 4 years old children and said to them, "This is the monkey 's birthday Birthday Machine: Placing "a strange object" like this will play "Happy birthday to you", and another object will be generated, explaining that this is not Zand. Then she did some tricky anti-factual questions: "Does the machine play music if this zando is not zando?" What happens if zando is not zando? 3 years old About half of the children answered correctly.

Then, Daphna said that the ally took the toy, "Did you know that the box is a machine, this box is unbelievable, others can not do it zando plays music Pretend to pretend and non-zando to pretend not to do anything (well, even if you are over 3 years old, well, pretend nothing, this is also a good concept)

Children who are good at pretending can better infer counterfacts - they are good at thinking about different possibilities. Considering the possibilities plays an important role in the recent understanding of the way children learn. The idea is that playing kids are like little scientists testing theory. They imagine how the world works, predict the data patterns they follow, whether their theories are true, then compare their patterns with patterns they actually see. Even young children will be smarter than we think if we ask the right questions to them in the right way.

Parents and policy makers are trying to make kindergarten more like school, so the game is under pressure now. But I think that the game is not only important for children but also important elements to make everyone so smart

We do not understand this, but occasionally we restrict the creativity of our children. Do not interrupt it when you are playing by alone, or if you are interested in something or motivated. Let's join other activities by playing with other children. When someone feels that they are looking at them, their creative impulses disappear and freedom of experimentation is limited, so do not monitor all the small things they are doing. Parents need to understand that fine sleep is the basis for optimal performance and learning. When we sleep, we rest and restore ourselves and integrate what we have learned. The neural education strategy is not only sleeping amount (children should be between 9 and 10 hours) but also high quality sleep. Your child can sleep a lot, but I can not sleep well. Note the signs of indifference and hypersensitivity caused by sleep deprivation. How to overcome child insomnia, sleep disorders

When your child enters school, the game is important. The game can help children adapt to the school environment. It enhances children 's learning preparation and their cognitive development by allowing children to move from subjects and areas without worrying about failures. You can learn and practice basic social skills at school time such as break time. Children develop self-awareness, learn about the importance of role-playing, interacting with other children, making friends and role-playing. The school exploration game gives the children time to discover and operate the surrounding environment.

Children can also learn by studying with others. You provide an environment for your children to play with others. As the child grows, prepare toys, materials, exercise equipment so that you can play with others. The important thing is that children need to know that the game is important throughout life.

Children play to understand the world. In the past, many educators tended to ignore the mathematical experience of children taking their children to school. Instead, we assume that children do not have many mathematical experiences to enter the classroom. This view reinforces the mysterious and strange idea of ​​mathematics, the secret world where only teachers can enter children. However, since birth, children explore the world around them through the game and understand the shape, quantity and space.