Khuthaza iZakhono zokuCinga ngeMidlalo
Akukho mathandabuzo ngayo, ukusebenzisa imidlalo yekhompyuter yindlela entle yokukhuthaza abantwana ukuba bandise indawo yabo yokucinga. Izinketho zakho zokonwabisa umntwana wakho zinokubonakala ngathi zibaliwe. Abantu abaninzi bavumela abantwana babo ukuba bachithe ixesha elininzi phambi komabonwakude. Kodwa, yintoni elungileyo eyenzayo? Ukuba ufuna bafunde into ngelixa bekhutshelwe ngaphandle, ulahlekile ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa, ukuba ufaka kwikhompyuter, khuphela umdlalo omkhulu, unganakho ukubakhuthaza ukuba bafunde ngakumbi kwaye uya kubakhuthaza nezakhono zokucinga ezifanelekileyo.
Ukucinga akuyonto wonke umntu anokuyenza kakuhle. Ngoku, sibhekisa apha kwinkqubo yokucinga ehamba kunye nokusombulula iingxaki. Kubantwana abaninzi, le yinto abanengxaki nayo. Umama okanye uTata uhlala ejonga iingxaki. Ukuba kukho into engalunganga, biza umama okanye utata. Nokuba kumabonwakude, obuzele bubomi bokwenyani kunye ‘neengxaki’ zentelekelelo ezifuna ukusonjululwa, akukho khuthazo kubantwana bokuza nesisombululo. Kwenzeka ntoni ke? Bahlala nje babukele kwaye bavumele omnye umntu aphathe ingxaki.
Kodwa, kwenzeka ntoni xa sele bebadala okanye kwimeko apho kufuneka basombulule ingxaki abakuyo? Ngaba bayayazi indlela yokuhlalutya iingcinga zabo, izimvo zabo, kunye nokufumana isisombululo esifanelekileyo? Uninzi alwenzi njalo. Kodwa, ukuba ungathanda ukuba umntwana wakho abengoyena mntu owaziyo ukufaka iitshintshi ukusombulula ingxaki, cinga ngokubavumela ukuba bahlale phambi kwekhompyuter ngokuchasene nomabonakude.
Kulungile, ixesha elininzi phambi kwekhompyuter alikho bhetele kakhulu, kodwa kukho Iindlela zokwenza ixesha ovumela ukuba bahlale kwikhompyuter babe ngamaxesha amahle. Oku kufuneka ukuba ukwandise oko bakwenzayo. Kukho imidlalo emininzi elungileyo phaya enokusetyenziselwa ukukhuthaza ukucinga ebantwaneni. Kubantu abaninzi, le yindlela efanelekileyo yokukhuthaza abantwana ukuba bafunde ukusombulula iingxaki ngaphandle kokubangenisa kuyo! Ewe, kuba imidlalo iyonwabisa, umntwana akazukulwa nawe xa uyidlala. Ngokungafaniyo nesicwangciso sesifundo, ngale ndlela kubonakala ngathi kukhuthaza abantwana ukuba babuyele kumdlalo namaxesha kunye nexesha, ke ngoko ukufumana amava abawadingayo ukuze bafunde into okanye ezimbini.
Kodwa, yintoni le midlalo? Zeziphi izinto onokukhetha kuzo ezikhoyo ezenzelwe umntwana wakho? Mininzi imidlalo, kwaye nangona siza kuthetha nje ngeminye embalwa apha, fumana eza kusebenza kakuhle nomntwana wakho. Zintoni azithandayo nangazithandiyo? Imidlalo? abalinganiswa bakamabonwakude? Mhlawumbi bayayonwabela indawo okanye phantsi kohambo lwamanzi. khangela loo midlalo eya kubenza umdla kwaye ibakhuthaze ukuba bacinge.
Abanye ekufuneka beqwalasele kubandakanya i-Big Thinkers Kindergarten kunye noluhlu lweFreddi Fish Adventures kunye neminye imidlalo emininzi yabantwana. Oku ikakhulu kwenzelwe abantwana abancinci, kodwa uya kufumana uninzi ngakumbi kubantwana abadala ngakumbi. Ngapha koko, cinga ukunika abantwana bakho abadala ngakumbi imidlalo ehambelana nepuzzle ukubanceda kule khosi ngokunjalo.
Xa unika umntwana wakho isipho sokuba ngumsombululi weengxaki, baya kusebenza kwiimeko ezenzeka kubo, ezinkulu nezincinci, ngaphandle koloyiko lokungazi ukuba uza kubaphatha njani. Baya kuba nakho ukwenza kakuhle kwilizwe lokwenyani ngelo xesha. Ngaphezu koku unokuziva ulungile ngalo lonke ixesha abalichitha phambi kwetyhubhu (nangona iyikhompyuter hayi umabonwakude!)