Why do children need toys?

Toys are no stranger to anyone. They generally refer to things that can be played, usually related to children. In human society, playing with toys is usually regarded as a form of entertainment. Of course, toys can also be natural things, that is, sand, stones, dirt, branches and other non-artificial things. Chen Heqin, a famous educator and expert in children's education, said: "Toys should be understood in a broad sense. They are not limited to things sold on the street for children to play with. Everything that children can play, see, hear and touch can be called toys. " Toys are tools to open the skylight of wisdom and make people smart. Wang Su, director of the International Comparative Education Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, also believes that toys are a very broad concept, and teaching AIDS in schools can actually be regarded as a kind of toys, so people can't live without toys, especially children. Of course, toys don't have to be bought in the store. When Wang Su was a child, he often made toys with his friends. For example, the wheel of a car is engraved on a spool, the thread is wound on it, and a thread device is added at the back. How far can the car run when it is pulled. Later, when he had a child, Wang Su made and bought different toys for him to satisfy his curiosity. Now, due to the far-reaching influence of toys on children, Wang Su regards toys as a research direction of youth education. ? Wang Sudao: "Martin, a world-famous popular science writer? 6? 1 Gardner believes that children should have five future-oriented thinking abilities. These abilities can't be acquired simply by taking classes. Children's hands-on operation of toys will undoubtedly exercise their thinking ability to a great extent. " Gardner's five future-oriented thinking abilities include organizational thinking, comprehensive thinking, creative thinking, respectful thinking and moral thinking. Taking organizational thinking ability as an example, Gardner believes that the knowledge taught in schools is one knowledge point after another, rather than a connected system. In today's ever-changing digital age, it is most important and necessary for children to learn the ability to apply organizational thinking. Students with this kind of thinking ability will be able to distinguish which is the most important and exclude irrelevant knowledge from all kinds of complicated information. However, school education does not teach children to think with organized thinking. A teacher must make students understand the true meaning of the knowledge he teaches and ask them to practice it, because the human brain can't learn it intuitively. "Gardner's approach is related to toys in a broad sense," said Wang Su. "Children need to work together in a small area with some kind of toy to complete a hypothetical goal, determine what to complete first, then what to complete, and how each child can complete different parts in practice. This process can cultivate children's ability to think rationally. " The other four abilities can also be cultivated by playing with different toys, which is different from sitting in the classroom and listening to the teacher. When they finish making or playing a toy, their comprehensive thinking, creative thinking, respectful thinking and moral thinking are all cultivated. Although there is no authoritative survey to show that there is any difference in ability between children who play with toys and children who don't play with toys, actual cases seem to prove the role of toys in children. "In fact, toys themselves can't make children smart, but children play more certain kinds of toys and have a strong interest in such toys, which will really have a certain impact on his future development. For example, when a child is very young, he often comes into contact with animal and plant specimens, likes this kind of toy, and makes many field trips. And when I grow up, I will be more interested in biology. Interest is the best teacher to learn all the knowledge, "said Wang Su. How much does playing with toys affect the improvement of children's intelligence? Wang Su said: "At this point, there is no scientific experimental demonstration, but as far as practical ability is concerned, playing with toys can improve children's practical ability, but no one will refute it." . Wang Su's children liked to play with plug-in toys when they were young. When they grow up, they often receive gifts from their mothers-toolboxes, screwdrivers, electric drills and other very childish tools. He also likes to make different models with these tools. If his mother needs anything in life, he can always help her personally. Once, Wang Su wanted to get a hook to hang clothes on the wall. According to most people's ideas, he could buy a hook directly from the store and nail it on the wall, but the child didn't do it. He thought many ways and finally decided to stick an old toy and a small plastic brick on the wall for decoration. Hooked with iron wire, nailed to the wall below, and made a homemade dress after three or two times. What is a good toy? Wang Su said: "Good toys are divergent. Children need to comprehensively use the five senses in the process of playing, and there are new challenges every time. Generally speaking, divergent toys are much better than single toys in improving children's intelligence and hands-on ability. " Wang Su took his son as an example to illustrate. When he was young, he liked to play with plug-in toys. This kind of toys can be plugged into each other to form various shapes, which can stimulate children's spatial imagination and help develop their intelligence and practical ability. Once during the Spring Festival, adults were celebrating in various ways. Only children are studying a set of plug-in toys in the room. He was not infected by the lively atmosphere outside, but plunged into the room and stayed for nine hours. He didn't leave the room until he finished the splicing work and showed his work in front of adults. This may be the charm of plug-in toys. Children can get all kinds of interesting works by giving full play to their intelligence. Are divergent toys really suitable for all children? "This is not necessarily the case. For example, a single toy-a car, my son likes it to the point of obsession, "Wang Su said. Toy cars can't let children play their hands-on ability and creativity. It only has four wheels to turn, but children just like to look at it over and over again. Can you say it's not a good toy? Now Wang Su's home is full of all kinds of toy cars, which are children's favorites. "So, children's favorite toys are good toys, they just think it's fun. It's just that divergent toys are more conducive to cultivating children's practical ability and creative ability, "said Wang Su. In this respect, foreign parents have a more open understanding and attitude towards toys. They think that the toys that children like to play with are good toys, and it is better to play with middle school. Parents abroad encourage their children to learn some knowledge and skills by operating toys alone or playing with toys in groups. Comparatively speaking, the traditional culture of China is more focused on reading. Students have to sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. Parents are more willing to let them learn knowledge such as literacy and arithmetic. Many parents still stay at the level that children play with toys just for fun, which is not helpful for learning. More and more parents of intelligence classes have realized the importance of toys to children's growth, especially the role of divergent toys in developing children's intelligence. At the same time, sharing toys with other children and cooperating with them to complete a toy can also exercise their ability to get along with others. Expensive toys are not equal to good toys? Not all toys need money to get, and the intelligence of parents or children can also be used to make toys that make children feel interesting. Wang Su's children grew up in toys. She said, "the toys at home can be described as flooding." . When children are a few months old, they will focus on developing vision, hearing and control. At a certain stage, he may be interested in soft things. After this stage, he may be interested in things that can make sounds. When the child was young, Wang Su would make him some toys, such as soft balls made of wool or cloth, colorful pieces of paper pasted on the wall to stimulate the child's vision and so on. However, when children grow up and need to cultivate more abilities, it is difficult for parents to make toys to satisfy their curiosity. Toys made may not be liked by children because of unreasonable settings and other factors, so it is necessary to go to the store to buy some toys suitable for children's intelligence level. Sometimes parents can play with their children, which is more important than the toys themselves. When Wang Su's children were young, they were interested in selling things at one stage. He will divide his toys into different piles according to their size or color, and each pile will sell at different prices. He asked his mother to "buy" his toys and get the exact change. He thinks it's interesting. Wang Su said: "At that time, our family lived next to the No.335 bus stop. In the room, we can hear the conductor say, "Welcome to take bus No.335." . This bus is for ...', so children can study with dignity. "