Eidetic, memory, figurative thinking

In Greek, "eidos" means "image." Hence the eidetics - the ability to remember bright images and easily reproduce them. Eidetism in most children is very developed - when they represent an object, they clearly "see" it in front of themselves, determine the color, smell.

Conducted in Germany in the 30s of the XX century experiments showed that 100% of students in schools of children - eidetics (of which 40% - explicit, and 60% - hidden). After 50 years, this percentage was almost close to zero ... The development of science and technology has deprived children of the ability to image thinking, so natural to them. Tales that require imagination have replaced cartoons and computer games, and schooling is built on cramming, which deprives the child of the ability to fantasize. But the imagery of thinking is not just a creative component. It contributes to the harmonious development of crumbs, thereby increasing the ability to concentrate memory and rememberability. Eidetika - memory, imaginative thinking - the subject of the article.

Memory with a hole?

If you teach children to read and count children's psychologists and teachers advise from 5-6 years, then for 2-3-year-old crumbs it is important to expand the range of their direct experience. And since children initially perceive the world through images, the most important thing at this age is the development of imagination, fantasy, in other words, eideticism. To understand how things are with memorization, it is possible to conduct a simple test with a baby (one of them is given at the end of the article). By its results, it is easy to say how much the child has developed concentration, as well as auditory, visual and motor memory. Often, the kid only copes with the task halfway only because he does not know how to remember. But in the future (in school, institute, at work) the child is waiting for a huge amount of information necessary for memorization, and the only way to master it will be cramming.

Playing in the association

Eidetika offers simple and interesting methods for the development of memory for the baby, which are effective and do not give boredom even to the most restless children.

• Remember the words

The simplest thing for a child is to compose an unusual story from them, in which the words follow each other. For example, words are given: eyelashes, goose, sea, chair, bicycle. Ask the kid to think up a fantastic story, which for sure he will be perfectly remembered. For example: "While flapping his eyelashes, the goose was standing and looking at the sea on which the chair floated, and on the shore, thrown away by the wave, a bicycle was lying." This method can be fixed with a list of things that must be worn before going out (jumpsuit, sweater , a hat, a scarf, mittens, socks, boots.) Another option: try to come up with a carapace rhyme.Reporting it, the child must present a picture and (preferably) a sequence of objects.

• Remember movements

Here you will help your favorite fairy-tale characters of the baby. For example, you need to remember the movements of the dance - step to the right, step to the left, jump in place, clap your hands, turn in place. Let it be Spider-Man, who dodges from the blows of the enemy, retreating to the right, to the left, then jumps over the cornice, claps his hands in a cobweb and, turning on the spot, runs away. First, you will have to come up with these stories, but soon the child himself will begin to show initiative.

• Remember pictures or images

Teach the kid to turn it into a story. Prepare cards with images of animals, household items, nature. To every 5-10 pictures you need to come up with a story on the topic of travel, sports, study or friendship. The development of memory and attention in the future will help the child quickly learn the letters and syllables, add words from them and memorize them. Using associations, the kid develops the ability to quickly find original solutions and generate original ideas. The eidetic system teaches children to memorize without memorizing, stress, taking as a basis associations and memorable features of objects. For example, you need to remember the word boy (boy). You can think of a rhyme "comes with you" and draw a walking boy - this picture and phrase will be accurately reflected in the child's memory.

Children generally remember well what is painted. It's not invented, but real (albeit on paper) image. Therefore, so often the method of associative drawing is used in the memorization of poems. Of course, all children like to listen to poetry, but not everyone can repeat them. And even burning with a desire to speak at a New Year's party, many kids are not able to learn the simplest poem. Words are not remembered, the lines are confused, and failure forever deprives the child of the desire to perform. Hence, the poem must ... draw - consistently and understandably. Some words can not be portrayed, but it's not scary. Looking at the picture, the crumb will be able to repeat the poem, and when she does this several times, it will firmly sit in his memory.

Volumetric perception

You can introduce the concept of the form to any child, showing a "round" ball or a "square" cube, for him it will be a boring and uninteresting occupation. But after connecting his imagination and attention, the game can achieve results much faster and, of course, more fun.

• Developing game

"What has changed?" Put a few objects on the table, among which are balls, cubes, an open book, a pencil, a doll. Ask the child to name every thing and try to memorize them, then move the toys and cover with a sheet or a towel.The task of the kid is to guess, where to find the object, and to remember what was on the table, it is again necessary to turn to the method of the story - believe me, the child's imagination knows no boundaries, you just need to give it the opportunity to use it.

Discoveries every day

The eidetics system is a game through which a child quickly and easily memorizes words, numbers, verses, and later - dates, complex definitions, foreign languages. It is important to constantly return to this game - walking, paying attention to the fact that the tree is like a seven, in the window hid the four, and the butterfly, folded wings, resembles a triplet. How to remember which buses go from metro to home? It's very simple: 73 - a tree on which a butterfly sits, and 28 - a swan with glasses.