How to cultivate children's scientific and technological literacy
Children often ask questions of one kind or another, such as "How is the grass green?" "Why is it raining?" "How were people born?" "Can I paint the sun blue?" Wait a minute. Protecting children's curiosity and stimulating their interest in exploring problems are very important in family education. No matter what occupation parents are engaged in, they can form the habit of listening carefully to their children's questions, protect their curiosity, cultivate their spirit of exploration, let them experience the process and fun of studying questions and finding answers, and let them learn to think and gradually acquire good scientific literacy. Key words: curiosity, exploration spirit, thinking, scientific literacy 1. Be a caring person who supports children to explore science. Sometimes we may think that science is profound and professional, but in fact, science is everywhere in our lives. It depends on whether we are good at guiding children to understand and explore these scientific phenomena. The children thought it was fun and put a spoonful of sugar in the cup. What will parents do at this time? Please look at the following three choices: a, tell your child that sugar will dissolve in water, and then quickly put away the sugar and tell your child not to waste it. B. Let the child observe the change of sugar by himself. When he finds that he has lost interest or patience, stir in the cup with chopsticks to remind the child to observe the change of sugar, taste the taste of water, and tell the child that sugar will dissolve in water, so the water will become sweet. C, take this opportunity to give him some glasses of water and various items, such as washing powder, salt, flour, sesame paste, etc. Guide children to try to observe what can be dissolved in water and what changes have taken place in water, and finally discuss and summarize together. Let's analyze: A is a parent who is not very good at guiding children to do scientific exploration. He didn't realize that it was a good opportunity to guide children to explore scientific knowledge and cultivate their scientific literacy. Although he told the children that sugar can be dissolved in water, he didn't let them understand the process of "dissolution", but just gave them a concept stiffly. We believe that in the process of guiding children to carry out scientific exploration, it is far more important to let children feel the exploration process than to remember a concept. B is a parent who can support children's scientific exploration. He knows how to let children try and experience, and let children find answers through their own experiments, which is much more valuable than simply telling them an answer. C is a conscientious person who is good at guiding children to carry out scientific exploration. He realized that it was a good opportunity to cultivate children's interest in science and teach them how to do research. He opened the question in time and provided all kinds of materials that could help children "experiment". After many attempts and discussions, the children come to the conclusion that this not only makes them gain a lot, but also helps to cultivate their exploration ability and scientific attitude. In family life, it is not necessary to instill a lot of ready-made scientific knowledge into children when guiding them to carry out scientific exploration. It is important to make children feel that science is very interesting, and a good life can not be separated from science everywhere, to promote children to actively pay attention to scientific phenomena in life, and on this basis, to give children a reasonable explanation in line with their cognitive level, and to create conditions for children to participate in the process of scientific exploration as much as possible. Second, take children into nature, flowers and trees, insects, birds and animals, mountains and rivers, wind, frost, rain and snow. They all call for children's curiosity and exploration spirit. Often taking children to nature to observe and understand life can subtly cultivate children's observation and ability to find problems, ask questions and explore independently, and cultivate children's feelings of loving nature and cherishing life. Continuous observation activities also help to cultivate children's attention and concentration. 1, observe the plants. Children like plants, brightly colored fruits and colorful flowers to attract their attention. You can also try to let children plant one or two plants, let them observe the characteristics of seeds such as morphology and color, and record the changes that occur during plant growth. After sprouting and growing leaves, guide them to further observe the stems and leaves, and find some books or materials about the growth law of plants, so that they can understand the influence of light, water and air on plant growth. 2. Observe animals. Children have a soft spot for small animals. We can make full use of children's nature to observe and understand small animals, such as observing how ants communicate with each other, observing what snails like to eat, and raising some small animals, such as turtles, rabbits, small fish and chickens. Children can not only learn about the living habits, living environment and classification of small animals, but also learn how to take care of them and know how to love them and live in harmony with them. 3. Observe natural phenomena.