The childhood of the post-80s and post-90s is simple and simple, and the toys are not as varied as they are now, full of science and technology.
At that time, toys were mostly made by hand, such as gyroscopes, iron rings, sandbags and ropes.
There was no money to buy toys at that time. Skills learned from older children, handmade, full of sense of accomplishment.
Adults often think that children should read more books and should not waste time on such "useless" things, thus limiting their play behavior.
However, a foreign parent does not think so. His son actually found value in playing, and his child's experience of changing his life because of his interest in origami taught all parents a lesson.
The child's name is Robert Lang, and his life experience is as legendary as a movie. When he was a child, his teacher had a headache because he was naughty. One day, the teacher had a whim and asked him to try origami. This contact with his life has an indissoluble bond with origami.
He spent a lot of energy studying the meaning of origami, consulting relevant materials and mastering learning experience. His most exquisite is this cuckoo clock. It took him three months to study and design it before folding it. When the time comes, the cuckoo will pop up automatically!
However, his unreliable interest didn't affect his studies at all. He was successfully admitted to Stanford University, one of the top universities in America. After graduation, he successfully joined NASA. /kloc-published more than 80 professional papers in 0/3 years and obtained 46 national patents.
At the age of 40, he gave up everything others envied and resigned directly. After resigning, he devoted himself to studying origami. His origami is not ordinary origami, but full of scientific and technological content.
First of all, Robert Lang combined origami with mathematics to create, breaking through the traditional skills. He creatively put forward the origami theory of "round river packaging", which is a revolutionary origami technology and makes the folded insects more realistic.
He also developed a set of origami software for complex design-Tree Make. He used this software to design a demonstration of folding solar panels, which solved the problem of carrying NASA solar panels.
He also said that his origami theory can also be applied to a wider range of levels, such as robots, vascular stents and so on.
After reading his experience, we can't help sighing that interest is the best teacher. When a child has great interest in something, he can devote endless energy to it without external coercion.
This reminds us of Zhang Heng, a famous astronomer in ancient China. Since he was a child, he likes to sit in the yard with his grandparents and count the stars, raising the question of planetary motion. While studying the astronomical calendar himself, he saw the changes in the movement of stars and began to study astronomical phenomena. He realized the infinity of the universe and the relationship between the speed of planetary motion and the distance from the earth, and founded the "Huntian Theory".
We can see that interest is the motive force of children's potential. Once children find interest, they may spend their whole lives pursuing and exploring it.
So how do parents cultivate their children's interest?
1, let children play with some educational toys.
Toys can enlighten talents and develop intelligence. Playing with toys can cultivate children's practical ability, spatial imagination and creativity. Parents had better buy some beneficial toys suitable for their age and gender, and don't let their children touch dangerous toys.
2. Show children a colorful world.
If a child's vision is narrow, then his world is narrow. How can he find his interest?
Parents should take their children to experience more new things, such as participating in some scientific exhibitions, visiting history museums and taking them to travel, which can not only help their children accumulate rich knowledge, but also help them find their lifelong "interests" in a rich world.
3. Encourage and support children's interests.
It is not easy for children to find their own interests. As long as they are positive and harmless parents, they should support them. Often, some parents, when their children have some interests, not only do not support them, but instead say in the image of "Wei": "Don't fix those useless things all day, it is important to get good grades", which may stifle their dreams.
4. Don't force yourself to choose your interest.
Some parents regard their children as carriers to realize their interests. Choosing interest classes for children is not based on children's interests at all, but what classes they like, which forces them to learn. However, children are not interested in these "interest classes" at all, and even go against their own temperament to complete their parents' tasks, and will not really realize the value of interest.
Parents should pay attention to their children's daily life, often communicate with their children's hearts, find out their real interests and cultivate them.