The best ideas of education and training do not arise from the theory. From practice. There was my mother in the way of any "pitfall" - and here ready idea that will help the young "rodent science" is not cool to learn and happy to learn the basics of interesting science. Unfortunately, few modern school has grown expert in the ability to instill a love of learning - a feeling that the school "is very different mission."
By the way, "the method of green pen" to our teachers, especially in the lower grades, would be very useful. Moreover, the very author of the method, mom and host your blog on parenting Tatyana Ivanko, does not hide his know-how. On the contrary, the truth openly divided on how the selected child's mistakes affect the further perception of the world.
What is the method?
When the daughter Tatyana Ivanko, the method of the author, was preparing to enroll in school, she trained a hand to the letter, and a notebook of the future first-graders looked like this.
Tatiana did not emphasize red paste "bad" hooks and rods, but on the contrary, highlighted in green, those that have turned the daughter best. Future schoolgirl after each line asked: "Mom, what has turned out better than anyone else?" And so happy when my mother contours better letter with the words: "Perfect!"
What is the difference between the approaches?
In a school notebook or podgotovishki graders teacher underline / obvedet red paste error or koryavenko hooks sticks. That is - the child concentrate on his mistakes. That postponed his photomemory? Correctly. Letters written clumsily. And the most successful characters, it turns out to have been written in vain? They no one paid attention.
Whether we like it or not, but subconsciously we remember what is allocated.
In the case of "green" method of the child focuses on what has been done right, nice. And then - he gets very different emotions quite differently perceive the learning process routine. Whether we like it or not, but subconsciously we seek to repeat what was perfect! That is the way our brain, which develops, if we encourage, praise, support. So there is a need intrinsic motivation: the desire not to avoid errors, and the desire to do well.
As highlighted errors affect your life?
We have become accustomed from childhood to focus on the negatives, on what is wrong, on what seems bad. The most regrettable that this habit to emphasize the "red box", could not erase from our minds in adulthood. Paradoxically, we, as adults, have themselves Scribbles plans "metaphysical" red paste, searching for "imperfect" desires, aspirations, dreams, ideas.
So maybe it's time to hide the red paste and get it green? Especially in relation to their children. If you do not specify the errors they gradually leave themselves (!), Because the child seeks to make himself perfectly, by their own free will. Let's try?
