There are always many sensitive periods in a child’s development, and once missed, it will take more effort to cultivate them in the future. If you help your baby establish order during this period, you will have a highly effective baby who will be able to manage himself more effectively and stimulate interest and enthusiasm in the process of learning and living in the future. What is order sensitive period Order sensitive period refers to a very important and mysterious period in which young children are extremely sensitive to order (the harmonious and unified movement of things or elements expressed through space and time, with specific expressions such as balance, proportion, symmetry, rhythm, rhyme, etc.). During this period, young children have a strong need for the order of things and gradually acquire and develop an adaptation to the space in which objects are placed or to the chronological order of their habits of living, i.e., a sense of order. According to Montessori, children have a twofold sense of order, an internal sense of order and an external sense of order. The internal sense of order makes children aware of the different parts of their bodies and their relative positions, while the external sense of order points to the child’s perception and understanding of the laws and relationships that exist in the external world. The manifestations of the sense of order include a sense of security, a sense of belonging, a sense of time and space, a sense of pattern, and a sense of rules. They have a strong desire to pursue the order of external things and have almost demanding requirements on the position of objects, the order of actions, the presentation of characters, and the ownership of objects, etc. If they are challenged, they will feel uneasy and anxious, and even show extreme and violent reactions. This can be called the obsessive-compulsive sensitive period. 2.3-4 years old After the obstinate sensitive period, in 3-4 years old, there will be a critical period of the pursuit of perfect order (sometimes at the same time), can be called the perfect sensitive period. During this period, babies always treat things with near-perfection, for example, no spots on the apples they eat, no cutting apples in half, refusing to accept eggs that their mother has just peeled but taken a small bite out of, etc. Then, children’s sensitivity to order rises to the demand for rules: no matter where they are, I follow the rules and you must follow the rules, and everyone must follow the rules. And gradually, they move from obeying the rules to internalizing some of the routines of life. 3.After the age of 5, as children’s feelings about the relationship of order become clearer and deeper, they will pay special attention to the sense of spatial and temporal order and the sense of order with aesthetic value, that is, the sense of order and beauty. When they draw, they will pay attention to whether the structural proportions are reasonable, such as near big and far small; when they build blocks they will also pay attention to the beauty of spatial structure, and so on. Therefore, this stage can also be called the sensitive period of aesthetics. Before 6 years old to seize the order sensitive period 1, the establishment of a reasonable work and rest system The establishment of a reasonable work and rest system with a regular life is an important prerequisite for the development of children’s organization. Mom and dad can be based on the child’s age and family conditions, he woke up every day, sleep, play games, watch cartoons …… time are relatively fixed, and then act in strict accordance with the schedule, so that the baby on the organization of time to establish a basic concept of rationality. 2, let the baby organize things on their own Let the baby clean up things on their own, especially toys, so that he develops the habit of organizing their own things. From the time your baby is able to walk and has some grasping ability, you can train your baby to organize his or her own things. First you can tell your child: “Books and toys are your own things, you should let them listen to your command, but also be responsible for them. If you are a good commander, that you have the skills, mom and dad can buy you new books and toys; if you can not even manage these now, that you are too incompetent, of course, mom and dad will no longer add new books and toys for you.” After such an agreement, you have to do what you say, do not break the rules because the child cries a little. If you have time, you can also work with your child to establish an orderly home environment, so that he can do things more and more organized. 3, by dressing, undressing to learn the sequence In the baby is very young, mom and dad can help him distinguish what is first, what is after the game, so that the baby to find a sense of self-order. For example, the whole process of dressing and undressing the baby is recorded in the form of photos and posted in a conspicuous place, and the order of dressing and undressing can be made into a children’s song and recorded into a repeater, so that when the baby does the role play, he can listen to the song while helping the little doll dress and undress step by step according to the steps in the photos. In this way, not only can you teach your baby how to dress and undress in the game, but also cultivate the organization of doing things, and also let your baby get a successful experience in a free environment. 4, let the baby together to choose the sofa cushion The baby before 3 years old is quite observant, can constantly interact with the environment and clearly remember where the items are placed. A slight change breaks the baby’s inner sense of order, and he will throw a tantrum and cry. Therefore, when mom and dad move things or adjust items, they can let their babies participate together so that they do not hurt their inner sense of order. And encouraging your baby to participate in home decorating is also a way to stimulate your baby to take the initiative to develop a sense of order. However, in grasping the sense of order, it is also necessary to distinguish between the “beauty of order” and “stereotypical rules”. For example, the baby will be square sofa cushions neatly placed on the sofa, mom and dad on the one hand to praise the baby’s action, on the other hand, you can try with the baby again square and round cushions are placed on the sofa is beautiful. Encouraging your baby’s creativity is just as important as developing an orderly lifestyle. 5, set up a small bookshelf, post photos In the order-sensitive period, babies like to find items in an “orderly position”, so it is worth putting a small bookshelf at home with the same height as the baby, so that he can freely choose the books of interest. In the bookshelf were pasted on the photos of dad, mom, baby, baby in imitation of easy to distinguish which are dad’s books, which are mom’s books, which are baby’s books …… slowly, baby will be able to learn to distinguish the size and sorting. In addition, mom and dad can also use the sense of order to establish a regular and orderly learning atmosphere. For example, every night, regularly with the baby “reading”, teaching the baby to “read” in order line by line, page by page, you can also read aloud to the baby, children’s songs, fairy tales, let the baby experience the rhythm, rhyme, etc., these are helpful to develop the baby These can help to develop the baby’s interest in reading books and a sense of order in learning. 6, with a shopping book to the supermarket baby a little older, mom and dad can let the baby free to look through the supermarket food posters, and discuss the need to buy food, and then the baby can be to buy food pictures cut with scissors, paste in the homemade shopping book, and in the purchase of neatly to buy things on their own cart. This way if the baby sees something in the supermarket temporarily and insists on buying it, mommy and daddy can tell him, “You didn’t paste this item in the shopping book, so we can’t buy it this time, but next time you can include it in your shopping plan beforehand.”