Chapter 19 4. Create a natural and vivid environment for children

I hate books.It teaches us things that we cannot understand, and there is no one that can connect and synthesize the knowledge scattered in the vast sea of ​​books, so that they can be more organized and clear, easier to understand, and thus stimulate children's interest in learning method? If we can create such a natural, vivid environment in which we can unearth the needs of children and teach them how to meet them, then we can begin to train children's imaginations up. You ardent philosophers, stop your imaginations.We've already found this environment, so don't bother you.Someone has already described to us what this environment looks like, and his language is concise and simple, which is a hundred times better than your description.

If you must read, I happen to have one here, which is a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the natural education method.This is the first and only book I let Emile read, and it is an irreplaceable book.It can be read as a textbook, all treatises on the natural sciences.It's just a comment on it. It can be used as a measure of the strength of a person's judgment, and if your tastes don't get worse, you won't lose interest in this book. This book is so wonderful, so who wrote it?Is it Aristotle or Pliny?No, the book is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. On that deserted island, Robinson was alone, without anyone to accompany him, and without any tools, but he miraculously survived and lived very comfortably.No matter for a person of any age, his life experience is a topic worth discussing, and we can use some methods to arouse children's interest in this topic.

I used to make a metaphor about a desert island, and now it's about to become a reality.As described in the novel, this deserted island is different from the social environment of human beings, and also different from the environment in which Emile lived.However, it can trigger our thinking about other types of environments. We should abandon all kinds of secular or personal prejudices, and make our own judgments on the basis of fully grasping the true colors of things.The best way is to be like Robinson Robinson, interrupt your connection with the outside world, grasp the real use of things, and make your own evaluation.

In addition to those narrative texts, the novel begins with Robinson being shipwrecked and falls to a desert island, and ends with Robinson leaving the desert island in a boat.For Emile at this age, this story can not only pass the time, but also can be educated. I hope that he will not be idle all day long, and put his heart into arranging his castle, tending his flock, and tending his crops; I hope that all his experience comes from practice instead of books; He benefits. I hope he can imagine himself as Robinson Crusoe, with a piece of animal skin on his body, a big knife in his waist, a big hat on his head, strange ornaments all over his body, and that Bring a broken umbrella with you even on sunny days.

I hope that he will not panic when he can't find something urgently needed, but calm down and find a way to solve the problem; I hope he can concentrate on thinking about what Robinson did not do carefully, Or how to make things better. You can imagine that by then he had built himself a house just like Robinson's.For him, this is simply a castle in the air, and all his happiness comes from there.For a child of his age, freedom and the necessities of life are the greatest happiness. If you are a caring person and know how to awaken the child's heart and stimulate the child's imagination, then you can dig out many educational methods from this story.It is every child's wish to have a deserted island dedicated to himself to store his gadgets. His desire to learn is even stronger than the teacher's desire to teach them.

He wants to learn any knowledge that will help him achieve his desire as soon as possible. At this time, instead of urging him, you have to find a way to curb his desire. While he is still longing for this deserted island, you have to let him settle down there quickly, because maybe one day he will suddenly get tired of the loneliness there, even if he has "Friday" by his side, Still can't meet his needs.