So after all, who was a child prodigy? For example, in the dictionary read prodigy (German Wunderkind.) - Child having exceptional ability, talent. It is used ironically. He shows exceptional for his age or the development of giftedness.

We disagree. And not only because in the scientific literature the term »child prodigy» is not used as a science it has nothing to do. This formulation passes the usual view of the subject, there is issued the desired for the reality, emotions replace analysis, and as a result, it is not possible to evaluate the phenomenon properly.

What is the nature of the error?

Ребёнок рассматривается как «маленький взрослый». Представления о процессах восприятия и мышления, свойственные взрослым, механически переносятся на малыша, мол, разница только в массе тела, а мыслительные процессы — те же, разве не так?

No not like this! In preschool and primary school children thinking just formed, seeking itself. As he is working at full strength? Memory. Memory of a child is ten times more active adult memory.

Every child - a polyglot. In addition, he takes possession of the native language even for mediocre (though not offended adults) teachers, as some parents, it can easily learn foreign languages ​​and, if the family knows them all.

The literature describes the case (and the science experiments confirmed), when the family spoke in four languages ​​and turned to the baby: the father - one, the mother - in another, grandfather and Babushka - The third and fourth languages. For three and a half years a child is free to communicate with all their relatives.

It turns out that every child - a potential translator.

Remember how much effort you have to spend onlearning a foreign language, first at school, then in high school, on their own? And still as it should you do not know. Why? Yes, because you were forced. In schools and universities - need. Self - want. And never - free, of course, directly. Without realizing it, you study a foreign language only negative emotions.

But for a child such a doctrine is - a game. And the more hearsay accounts at the same time to absorb, the more interesting this game, the more fun and positive emotions it evokes.

It is clear that hard work is constantly going on. But energy costs are extremely small in comparison with the energy potential, which, by the way, every linguistic success increases.

Thus we have proved: children can both learn some foreign languages.

We see and hear what they have learned from it. Actually its the baby is still small, he will only learn how to create your own - thoughts, actions, objects.

What are we surprised? Why show a finger's prodigy? Who and on what basis any different?

Distinguishes those who most successfully manages to repeat us. The little creature, and the words and actions - as an adult. Here it is what is surprising. And it is in fact only shows just a good memory.

Can you imagine what an enormous (and unrecoverable)pedagogical error, we assume praising a child but did not cost him any effort? After the birth of the original thought is always incredibly heavy, original action and the idea was born to overcome the inertia of the usual norms and stereotypes that do not require us to thinking before you act.

That's where you need to praise, support. Even in case of failure. When we praise the other hand, it was given without effort, accustom the baby to the idea that things can accrue to him easily, simply fall from the sky. And so we undermines his ability to work. And it is impossible without overcoming.

Children's memory - bottomless. However, a ten, eleven (from geeks - before) it satisfies their appetite, become lazy. Now - Ido end of life - they will digest what »overeat» in childhood. Digested - thinking. Memory will be their only help. That is from what this turn of »sour» many geeks: thinking - is a new quality, a new tree that grows in the soil of memory. And it does not bear fruit in all conditions.

So prodigy, trained to take onlymemory, once is among the latter. That's why - took memory! - In the first classes of many honors; after the fourth or fifth almost all of them pass into the category of middle peasants; but there are new leaders - the former middle peasants. Life is accustomed to overcoming difficulties thinking, their independent thinking is developing successfully. And they will come in handy for a lifetime.

Anyone who comes into contact with the geeks(Parents, teachers), it would be necessary to remember this. Admiring gasp easiest. But it's dangerous. What is important is not even training (we see what this means). It is important to gradually prepare a small talent for self-reliance, to develop the ability to »swim against the current.» This builds personality.

Unfortunately, education in our schools is based on thememorizing. That is not on the mechanisms of talent development and quantitative growth: knowledge and skills. And all this becomes the content of the memory bins. And thinking (especially thinking self) is not something that does not develop, but, as a rule, is not encouraged. This is where so many indifferent people, who do not know their vocation, their place in the life of ...

Who is it that a child prodigy?

This is - a child who shows the ability as if it is not peculiar to the age and development of sharply distinguishing it from the ranks of the same age.

Why is »as if»? Because we do not agree. What has traditionally been the exception to the rule, we consider as normal. Geeks, in the normal state - the children with the development of individual abilities, and thus there is nothing unusual in them. There are only a bright personality.

We will try to prove it.

Ask anyone how appears a prodigy? And you will say, there is a child with a bright talent that immediately visible, it simply can not be overlooked. The kid is doing something much better than peers. And some like it, others - jealous. But all recognize - a child prodigy.

Thus, a talent that can not be ignored? Well no…

Because in this case, the main thing - not brilliant ability, but quite another: notice them or not.

After the musical gifted girl could growon a farm, where in addition to the TV, the radio and tape recorder are no other music sources and no prerequisite for presentation and talent development. And if the boy with a lovely and psychomotor coordination of movements was in a class of indifferent physical education teacher - who would have known that a potential competitor lives in it? And the boy with the golden hands so would never rose above the home and school products, if adults are not noted for its prizes.

So, a child prodigy - a social phenomenon. He opens his company, the people around them. And come up with for this special child, often unbearable for him role, too, they are.

If there is no one to see in the child prodigy, neither he nor the surrounding never about his special abilities and do not recognize.

We questioned many: they would like to be a child prodigies? And every one of them firmly said no. It is easy to understand. If we follow, how are the fates geeks, it is only a small part of them completed successfully. A happy - one out of a hundred.

And that's what surprises: no one wants to imagine such a fate; but when it comes to their own children, everyone wants to see their child prodigy. Rather, these parents only think about the consequences - the implementation of abilities and fortune of itself of course. In addition, the sad experience of other parents are not taken into account. They did not work - so what? I will be sure. After the training program (instead of) my child is impeccable, the road is open in front of him, everything favors him. So, everything will be fine.

The selfishness of some parents, they are not really bornfortune, breaks the fate of their own children. They made a bet on the result, rather than the development of skills that will eventually synthesized in the mechanism, the name of which - the talent.

Why is this happening: some children are prodigies, while others - not?

We believe that at the start - at birth - the chancesall identical. Except, of course, those who have inherited a defective genotype (among the reasons for this - the hereditary illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.). And then a lot depends on the parents. If they own tools such as kindness and wisdom, after some time it turns out that their child - a child prodigy. We repeat: if there is someone to consider it as a kid.