Children have a strong desire to imitate. When they see what adults around them do and say, they will be curious and follow suit.
Recently, a video of an old woman taking her baby by subway became popular on the Internet. I saw her sitting straight like an old cadre, with her legs crossed, quite imposing.
And the little grandson around him has also learned the essence, crossing his legs like grandma, especially the posture of his little hand is exactly the same as grandma.
The grandparents and grandchildren must get along with each other often. Some netizens even said that this must be the grandson brought up by grandma, and their temperament is really similar.
After this scene was filmed and posted online, it also amused a group of netizens. Netizens all say that children's acting talent is good, don't delay. Some netizens said, don't underestimate children's imitation ability. In fact, they are very clever.
We often see videos of children imitating adults online, most of which are sent by parents, such as children imitating teachers to learn to dance square dance.
Looking at the villain doing what adults can do seriously, the serious little appearance is particularly cute. The reason is that children are at the age of imitation.
When parents find that children like to imitate what adults say and do more and more, it means that children have entered a sensitive period of imitation, usually around the age of three.
In this period, children's central nervous system is very powerful, and various brain structures are developing and maturing rapidly, so children will be very active and sensitive when accepting new knowledge or strange behaviors. This is what we call the imitation sensitive period.
The sensitive period of imitation belongs to physiological behavior and is a stage that every child will go through. In this way, parents can't ignore this special period.
Educator Montessori once pointed out that children's behaviors are often very creative, and once they begin to imitate, they often go beyond the objects they imitate.
In other words, if parents carefully observe their children during the imitation period, they will find their talents or areas of real interest, so as to further cultivate and educate their children, which is conducive to their growth.
In the process of imitation, children's imagination, creativity and thinking ability will be exercised and inspired, which can stimulate children's brain development.
We can't deny that children who love to imitate are usually smart, because only children who are good at observing will imitate more. Whether it is practical ability or language ability, children will be improved through imitation.
1. Help children study better.
If children want to imitate other people's behavior, they actually need a preparation stage, and when they are ready, they will make imitation actions.
In fact, this preparation stage is also a learning process. Children must first understand the behavior of the imitation object and observe it carefully before they can make their own satisfactory imitation.
In the process of children's imitation, children know the outside world, and they can gradually understand all aspects of the outside world. Over time, children will be more familiar with the world because of imitation, thus improving their learning ability in the future.
2. Make children's language skills more perfect.
Many parents will have a feeling that they don't know when their children will come up with words or syllables that they haven't said before, and only after finding out the reasons will they know that their children are imitating a role in the cartoons they watch.
This explains why parents don't deliberately teach their children to learn to speak, but after watching TV or often listening to their parents talk to him, some new words suddenly pop up because children are imitating other people's languages.
Parents must know how important language ability is, so if children like to imitate, it is very helpful to improve their language ability.
3. Help children form the correct three views.
A person's understanding of the world needs to be cultivated from an early age, and the imitation period is the best opportunity for children to know the world.
When children imitate, parents should guide them correctly, which behaviors can be imitated and which wrong behaviors cannot be imitated.
Through this process, children will understand right and wrong, thus establishing correct three views, which is also very helpful for children to establish healthy social relations in the future.
When parents find that their children like to learn from others, they should not rush to stop or indulge blindly, but should guide them correctly so that their children can get happiness from imitation and learn knowledge at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.