游戏,也就是通常意义上的玩。但儿童的游戏却不同于成人的玩,它有其独特的意义和价值。通过游戏,儿童锻炼了肢体,提高了智力,训练了思维,丰富了情感,也学会了如何与人交往。可以说,儿童就是在游戏中成长的。然而值得注意的是,随着社会发展速度的加快和社会竞争的加剧,在我国早期教育的现实中,受成人意志及功利意识的驱使,忽视儿童需要、违背儿童天性、剥夺儿童游戏权利的现象十分严重。越来越多的父母被卷入早期教育的热潮,形形色色的号称能够使一两岁的孩子认字多少、数数多少、背多少唐诗的“神童方案”剥夺着儿童游戏的权利;各种各样的知识技能训练比如钢琴、绘画、计算机等等,挤占着孩子的游戏时间。家长们指望通过各种提前开始的知识技能训练,使孩子在将来的社会竞争中占据优势,出人头地。然而,家长们有没有想过,这样做有可能导致“拔苗助长”、“南辕北辙”的结果呢?教育与心理学的研究与实践表明,由儿童自定前进步伐、自我控制的游戏是他们学习与发展的最佳途径,缺少游戏机会与经验,将影响儿童各方面的发展。本期的“特别关注”推出《让孩子在游戏中成长》,旨在提醒广大家长和教育工作者,仅仅从消遣娱乐的角度来认识和理解儿童游戏的意义是不够的。游戏对于儿童身心发展的重要意义使我们必须把保障儿童的游戏权利,看作是对他们的学习与发展权利的保障。家长、教师和社会都应当把保障儿童游戏权利的实现看作是自己的责任,还给儿童游戏的时间,为他们创造游戏的环境和机会,让孩子们在游戏中快乐健康地成长。 Games, that is, play in the usual sense. But children’s games are different from adult play, it has its own unique significance and value. Through the game, children exercise their limbs, improve their intelligence, train their thinking, enrich their emotions, and learn how to deal with people. It can be said that children are growing up in the game. However, it is noteworthy that with the acceleration of social development and social competition, in the reality of early education in our country, driven by the will of adults and utilitarianism, the phenomenon of neglecting the needs of children, violating the nature of children and depriving children of their rights to play games Very serious. More and more parents are involved in the early education boom, all kinds of claims can make a 12 year old child how many literacy, the number of how many back the “prodigy program” of the Tang Dynasty deprived children of the game rights; Such kind of knowledge and skills training such as piano, painting, computer and so on, squeeze the child’s game time. Parents hope that through a variety of early start of knowledge and skills training, so that children in the future social domination, take the lead. However, have parents ever thought that doing so may result in the result of “desalination and growth” and “diametrically opposed”? Studies and practices in education and psychology show that children’s self-paced and self-controlled games are essential for their learning and The best way to develop, the lack of game opportunities and experience, will affect the development of children in all aspects. In this issue of “Special Concern”, “Let Children Grow Up in the Game,” aims to remind parents and educators that it is not enough to understand and understand the meaning of children’s games solely from the perspective of entertainment. The importance of games for the physical and mental development of children makes it imperative that we treat the rights to children’s play as a guarantee of their right to learning and development. Parents, teachers and society should regard the realization of the rights of children’s games as their responsibility, return the time of children’s games, create the environment and opportunities for them to grow up happily and healthily in the games.