What is the significance and function of stick figure in preschool education?

Stick figure is an intuitive teaching aid. In the process of teaching, the picture quickly drawn with simple lines is called teaching stick figure, which is an image symbol used to express teaching ideas, an aid and supplement to teaching language, a combination of science and art, and a product of intuitive teaching.

The role of stick figure teaching

Teachers can draw stick figures quickly and accurately in teaching, which can make teaching activities lively, stimulate students' interest and make students pay full attention to the problems guided by teachers. Teachers can make students acquire rich perceptual knowledge by using teaching stick figures, thus deepening their understanding and memory of problems.

The teaching of stick figure is an intuitive teaching method. The application of intuitive teaching method is recognized as an effective teaching method. Modern psychological research shows that the human brain has a certain division of labor, the left hemisphere is responsible for logical thinking and the right hemisphere is responsible for image thinking. The application of stick figure in teaching activities can mobilize people's thinking ability in images and make full use of the brain to play the role of potential factors, which is of great significance to improve teaching quality.

1, which is beneficial to cultivate the imagination of primary school students.

Aristotle once said: "Imagination is the source of all creative activities such as discovery and invention." Because primary school students mainly think in images, without a certain intuitive image perception, thinking often stops or shifts. Teachers can give full play to the advantages of simple and easy operation of stick figure. Draw only some or approximate pictures of things on the blackboard and let the students guess. It can improve students' learning enthusiasm and arouse their imagination.

2. The stick figure helps to cultivate pupils' observation ability and memory.

Observation is the basis of understanding things. Memory is an individual's cognitive process of objective things, from maintenance to recognition. Memory affects students' mastery of things. Psychological research shows that when vision and hearing are used at the same time, the retention rate of memory is 65%. "The intuitive means of painting is a force to develop children's observation and thinking." Because vision, hearing and feeling are carried out at the same time, something called emotional memory is formed in children's consciousness psychologically. The following is a test of students' understanding ability. Therefore, the use of pictures plays a very positive role in students' understanding. The stick figure can mobilize the coordinated activities of children's various senses, thus improving children's memory.

Advantages of stick figure-simple and clear, vivid, enriching the connotation of classroom teaching.

As a teaching tool, the stick figure is drawn directly on the blackboard with chalk, which is as fast as writing, even faster than writing. It is the simplest drawing tool and the fastest drawing method. Its advantage is that it doesn't take up too much teaching time, and it is convenient to finish teaching tasks within the specified time, making students more lively and interesting in art games. Because stick figure painting is a kind of image painting between concrete and abstract, the image is concise and exaggerated, so that students can see it at a glance. It is more intuitive than wall charts, and the teaching is more continuous. It has its unique teaching advantages in foreign language teaching. These features and advantages can be briefly summarized as follows:

1, the painting method is simple, and it can be done with painting.

A stick figure is a picture that combines simple geometric figures such as points, lines and circles. The teacher can finish it in a few seconds. In class, teachers don't have to bring any teaching AIDS into the classroom. Draw the required teaching pictures on the blackboard with chalk according to your own needs. Therefore, the teaching stick figure must be used with the painting. This feature is the concrete embodiment of the advantages of stick figure teaching. For example:

This feature makes the stick figure easy to learn and universal.

2. Illustrated pictures and texts

If the stick figure is matched with characters, the teaching purpose can be achieved through different descriptions. Example: Teachers can draw two stick figures to teach the word "clock". The first one is just "clock", and the second one can be marked with "three points" according to the time on the clock.

3. Attract students' attention

"The most perfect and enjoyable of all our senses is vision. It is the most diverse concept that enriches the mind, and it is in contact with the outside world with the greatest distance. It can also exercise continuously for a long time without feeling tired. " Therefore, in English learning, we generally use a variety of ways, such as watching, speaking, reading, writing and listening, to fully mobilize the eyes, mouth, hands, ears and other organs to strengthen memory ability. Fisterozzi, a Swiss educator, regards shape as the basic teaching method and thinks intuition is the basis of understanding. Because in all organs, the role of vision is the most sensitive. Pictures play an important role in children's intellectual development. Research shows that children's understanding of literary works will fluctuate with or without illustrations, and the younger they are, the greater their dependence on images. In English teaching, it is impossible to ask a group of lovely and lively children to sit quietly in a classroom. However, there is a small animal on the blackboard. A small flower can attract their attention to a great extent. Turn children's interest in pictures into the classroom, so as to promote the atmosphere of English classroom and let children master what they have learned unconsciously.

Second, the purpose and principle of stick figure teaching.

(A), the teaching purpose of stick figure

1, combined with the content, improve learning efficiency.

The requirement of language is to understand the image of language. Language abstracts images in teaching, linking abstract images with concrete images, which is convenient for children to understand and remember. For example, when teaching the word duck, you can draw a stick figure and let the students say duck while drawing. Let them practice repeatedly.

Through such intuitive stick figure teaching, the door of students' intellectual activities is opened. Learning words, let them draw a stick figure contest, stimulate their interest in learning English, effectively promote the improvement of students' thinking ability and intelligence level, and thus achieve remarkable learning benefits.

2. Stabilize your interest in learning and develop good habits.

The starting point of quality education is to face all students and let every student develop in an all-round way. In English class, teachers can use stick figure to assist teaching, carry out various English teaching activities, stimulate students' interest in learning, and stabilize students' interest in learning through various forms of praise, so as to form good study habits.

(B), the principle of simple painting teaching in primary schools

1, interesting

Comenius said: Interest is one of the main ways to create a happy and bright teaching environment. Students are only interested in interesting teaching activities and attractive teaching methods. In English teaching, we can use the stick figure to carry out teaching activities such as "See who draws the best", "Draw the stick figure the most in one minute", "See who finishes painting first", "Listen, draw and speak". Integrate learning with games. Their attention will be highly focused and full of interest. So as to enter the best learning state.

Example: When reviewing words such as pen and ruler, students can have a stick figure contest. When the teacher reads a word, the students draw a stick figure. After the students draw, let them read the stick figures together. Then compare who draws the stick figure best. This can enhance the interest of the class and let students learn knowledge in the game.

2. The principle of activity and variability

Children are active by nature and regard games as a kind of fun. In English teaching, teachers must adjust teaching methods from many aspects and angles. In the process of using stick figure to assist teaching, you can draw before you learn, and learn before you draw. You can compete with the stick figure. In teaching methods, students can be quiet before moving, and students can draw stick figures first and read the contents of stick figures first. Then listen to the teacher and read after it to correct the wrong pronunciation.

Example: When teaching a word book, the teacher can ask first and then answer: "What is this?" "It's a book." Ask the students again what is this? Guide the students to answer that this is a book. After the students say the word book, let them draw a stick figure of the book to deepen their impression.

3. Linguistic principles

The stick figure is not the purpose of English teaching, but a teaching method and tool. Finally, students should be taught to learn English. In teaching, all kinds of stick figures are used to assist teaching and improve students' learning enthusiasm. Through various teaching activities, the purpose of learning a language is finally achieved.

Example: When reviewing the words of last class, please ask some students to draw stick figures in front of the blackboard. The teacher reads an English word and the students take turns to draw stick figures. Finally, let the class read the stick figure together. Although only two or three students can be invited to draw at a time. However, due to the enthusiastic input of students, their thinking is also active. So I learned knowledge in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

Third, the specific implementation of stick figure in all aspects of teaching

(A) in terms of vocabulary teaching

In the process of English teaching, many words are complicated to explain in English, especially it is difficult for students to remember words, especially for children aged seven or eight, and it is even more difficult to remember a few words in a class. If you draw a stick figure according to the Chinese meaning of a word, students can see the meaning of the word at a glance. For example, when I was teaching fruit words. I draw stick figures of apples, peaches, pears and other fruits on the blackboard.

In this way, students can learn English words in this intuitive English atmosphere. And directly perceive the meaning of the words, so as to quickly write down the words.

(B) different words to distinguish similar things

For similar confusing things, if the teacher preaches mechanically, the students are not interested at all; If you show it to students with actions, you don't agree; If we take the characteristics of things as the starting point, make the finishing point, mark their similarities and differences, supplemented by action descriptions, it will be intuitive, vivid, interesting and easy for students to remember. For example, a hat and a cap draw a stick figure hat. Students can use Hat and cap semantically through careful observation and teacher's explanation, so they are no longer vague. Another example is to teach the words cup and glass. You can draw two different cups. Such a simple stick figure is easy for students to understand.

It not only makes it easy for students to distinguish similar things from microscopic things, but also impresses them. More importantly, cultivate students' ability of observation, analysis, imagination and thinking from a macro perspective.

(C) in sentence pattern teaching

Students' mechanical imitation of memory to learn sentence patterns is often boring and the teaching effect is not ideal. The application of stick figure combined with sentence pattern practice can make abstract sentences vivid, concrete, vivid and interesting, and students love learning and are easy to accept. So as to fully stimulate students' interest in learning.

Simple strokes can often be used to teach sentence patterns. For example, when teaching time, teachers can draw pictures of clocks and watches at different time periods on the blackboard. If a teacher asks a student, "What time is it?" Students can answer according to the pictures drawn by the teacher. As shown in the figure below:

In this way, the original boring sentence pattern practice becomes vivid, vivid and lively. Not only greatly stimulated students' interest in learning. Active classroom atmosphere makes it easy for students to master knowledge. It can also exercise and cultivate students' resilience.

(4) Teaching in texts or dialogues.

The stick figure can be used in different types of text teaching. The application of stick figure in situational teaching can highlight the key points and difficulties and make the teaching content more coherent. Students learn texts just like reading comic books and watching TV, and they master what they have learned unconsciously. The teacher drew it with a stick figure first, and then explained it in sentences. It can not only help students understand and master the text, but also improve their abilities of seeing, listening and speaking. For example, Jim and his brother's day. The teacher can draw six stick figures. (1) is a picture of getting up at half past six in the morning; (2) The school map is at seven o'clock in the morning; (3) Playing basketball at school at 3: 35 pm; (4) It is a picture of coming home from school at five o'clock in the afternoon; (5) Make an operation chart at 6: 30 pm; (6) It is a picture of going to bed at nine o'clock in the evening. After students finish learning this text, we can help them deepen their understanding and retell the text according to the hints given in these six pictures. This not only breaks through the difficulties in teaching, but also exercises students' language ability.

In short, the stick figure input rich image information for children, and the left and right brains are used together to enhance memory and improve learning effect. At the same time, stick figure is also a basic teaching skill that every teacher must possess. If used properly, it will certainly enrich the active atmosphere in the classroom, inspire students' thinking and help them to know and remember, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort.