"The science of right thinking" - this is how the word logic is translated from the ancient Greek language. And who among us would not want to think right? The value of formed logical thinking is undeniable.
Logic allows us to:
- Analyze the surrounding reality;
- Find the main and secondary in the flow of information, which helps to quickly and permanently memorize information without overloading the memory;
- Understand the cause-and-effect relationships of phenomena and events.
Just at this time, the child begins to form logical and abstract thinking. And if this “sprout” is not helped to grow stronger, then many of the child’s educational endeavors will not lead to success. Especially when it comes to mathematics and other exact sciences. Also read about the benefits of logical thinking.
Here are 5 exercises to help improve your child's logical thinking.
Exercise 1: Finding the Most Significant Words
Tell your child six words. One of them is of the most general order, for example, the word "city". And the other five words will be somehow connected with it. It is necessary that two words be more significant for the word "city" than the rest. For example, "streets, cars, houses, trees, cafes".
The task of the child is to find the two most significant words out of five, and then explain their choice. And your task is to reason with the child and come to a logically correct solution. There are two options for complicating the exercise. You can limit your search for words to a specific time (for example, 20 seconds). Or use more complex words for the exercise.
Exercise 2
Choose two objects and ask your child to find as much as possible in common between them. Start with simple pairs like "apple and pear", but gradually complicate the task. For example, you can ask a child what a book and a computer, dad and mom, him and his best friend have in common.
If suddenly the child's answers began to go beyond logic, do not scold him. The abundance of non-standard options will be a clear sign of the formed creative thinking of the child!
Exercise 3. Name the reason
Name the child any event and ask them to name its probable causes. Start with simple options like "runny nose", "sunburn", "deuce". And then gradually move on to more complex ones, for example, "mistake", "friendship", "ice".
Exercise 4. Name the consequence
In this exercise, you need to name the event to the child and ask him what consequences it may entail. For example, you can name the following simple and complex events: "overeating", "warming", "hit" and "danger", "care", "lateness".
Exercise 5
A logic game that got its name due to the condition: when guessing a word, you can only answer the questions of the second player with “yes” or “no”. And the task of the second player is to select questions that will bring him closer to unraveling the word.
The game also trains imagination, attention and the ability to remember, since keeping all the conditions in memory is not an easy task. And what else contributes to the development of the logical thinking of the child?
However, often their study is not given to the child because of unformed logical thinking, a vicious circle is obtained. Then interest comes to the rescue. And programming. Playfully, the child will be able to master it (as early as 7 years old!).
Read more about computer courses at Unium. Programming is a solid foundation that from an early age will help make a child's thinking more structured, systematic and logical.
