To think logically – means to separate important from minor, to find interrelations and to draw conclusions, to provide proofs and denials, to be convincing and not to be credulous. And though during life everyone uses this ability more than once, most of people thinks shablonno as it does not seek to develop logical thinking. They do not stimulate it, seldom resorting to logic, and it needs to be trained and done it it is possible nearly from the cradle. It is only necessary to know how it is correct to develop logical thinking, and for a start – to understand how it works.
At each age – the laws and types of logical thinking
For small children it is not peculiar to consider something abstractly, in mind yet. The very first stages of formation of logical thinking at kids – evident and effective and evident and figurative. To comprehend – it is necessary to see and touch.
Then there is verbal thinking when it is not obligatory for child to have before itself(himself) any more what he speaks about and thinks. At adults such logical thinking will be transformed to ability to study an objective and to set the purposes, to develop the plan and ways of its achievement. Aerobatics of cogitative activity – ability to reflect creatively, not to use ready knowledge, and to create new, to think out and invent.
Logic in life
It is obvious that the last of the listed receptions of logical thinking are extremely useful to successful overcoming any difficulties. But many recede before them, sure that will not cope. What delusion! Even if the task is difficult, it is always possible to approach its decision creatively. And those to whom it is impossible will be helped by numerous means and exercises for development of logical thinking: trainings, exercises, puzzles, games.
But at first - fundamental laws of logical thinking:
- First, to be engaged in its development never happens sooner or later. It is not necessary to wait when the child grows up and will learn to argue "in mind" as well as adults do not need to refuse occupations because of the age.
- Secondly, each level of cogitative activity suits the exercises on logical thinking even if they seem too simple and primitive. Evident thinking of children - a step to logical, and it cannot be ignored, at once demanding from the child of abstract intellectual operations.
- Thirdly, the logic and imagination do not exclude and will not replace each other. The imagination and imagination help, but do not interfere with development of powers of thinking. Therefore except standard logical tasks is also such which at the same time stimulate intelligence, logic and imagination.
To develop – means to play
Children do not think how to develop the logical thinking, they just play. So let they profit and, and pleasure from easy and cheerful occupation.
First of all – riddles. Any, for example, remarkable riddles verses of Timofey Belozerov. The main thing is to let children think or to reflect with them together, but not to prompt!
One more example of exercise for development of logical thinking: in images and pictures – to take any children's picture and to cut it on several parts. The child is younger, the details are necessary less.
For children is more senior – logical games with words. It both search superfluous, and association of words in the general groups on certain signs, and guessing of the conceived objects through questions and answers. At the same time skills of generalization and classification, determination of properties of an object, creation of logical communications train.
Exercises of more difficult level – the analysis of sayings and proverbs, search of the general sense in them, search of regularities in numerical ranks.
But it is not obligatory to complicate everything. The psychology learns that logical thinking, as well as any skill, easily trains in unostentatious playful way. Therefore even adults should not neglect games. And them is thought up enough: chess, reversion (game where it is required to surround and appropriate the rival's counters), skrebbl (drawing up longer words) and similar to them. These entertainments stimulate strategic and tactical thinking, ability to expect a plan of the rival and a consequence of the actions. So it is useful to develop logical thinking not only, but also it is interesting.
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