幼儿应认多少字？

婴幼儿的识字量以多少为好？

专家回复：：　　

婴幼儿的识字量以多少为好，不能有一个硬性的规定。教孩子识字的目的，主要是培养他对学习汉字的兴趣和热情，帮助孩子早一点学会阅读。一般来讲孩子能识七、八百个字，就可以读儿童初级读物了，然后在阅读中学习新的汉字。

当然，孩子有兴趣，能识一、两千个字或者更多，也是值得称赞的。　　但父母一定要认识到：

孩子特点各有不同，识字敏感的程度也不一样，所以识字的多少，阅读的迟早，


自 然各不一样。因而识字多少不是衡量孩子优劣的主要标准，


早期识字决不能排 名次，比高低，要知道对待生活和识字阅读的兴趣，比识字数量更重要。　　

How to boost Children Self confidence

Five Biggest Mistakes Parents Make With Confidence-Boosting
By Michael Grose

Parents always have the right intentions when they boost their children's confidence but sometimes their esteem-boosting efforts backfire and have the reverse effect.

Here are five mistakes parents commonly make when they try to give their children self-esteem a boost:

1. Over-praise

It is easy to become a praise junkie so that kids are praised for standing up straight. "Wow! You are standing up. What a guy!" Go easy on the praise. Too much of it and it means nothing. Also praise boys in private rather than public as they can become easily embarrassed.

2. Fail to link comment with effort

Make sure the things you praise really deserve it. Sometimes we lower the bar with children and we do them a disservice when we accept second and third rate efforts.

3. Use a sibling or friend as a model

Sometimes in our efforts to inspire kids we use friends or siblings as role models. Comments such as "Look how hard your elder sister works?" actually discourage kids rather than encourage them. Compare kids only with themselves not others.'

4. Mix praise with criticism

There is nothing like bursting a child's bubble by praising them up for good work followed by a "but ...you could do better" or something equally deflating. Keep feedback and criticism for another time and let kids enjoy a bit of praise.

5. Lack of sincerity

If you encourage or praise a child you have to mean it. I mean really mean it otherwise kids see through it a mile off.

We all have the best of intentions when we try to boost the self-confidence of children and young people however if we are to do something we may as well do it well.

So to be effective at self-esteem boosting it helps if we:

1. Be realistic with the amount of praise we give and don't over do it.

2. Make sure we link our positive comments with real effort and improvement from children.

3. Never compare a child to a sibling or friend, even out of frustration.

4. Avoid mixing praise with criticism or sarcasm. Don't expect kids to do a perfect job so approximations are okay. Poor effort isn't always okay though.

5. Only encourage or praise a child when we really mean it.