Every mom and dad wants a successful future for their children. But what qualities should be developed in children? Foresight: The quality you don’t hear much about, but what every child needs most! First of all, we must try to understand what forecasting is and why it is so important.

We are going to tell you how to find the key to this skill, and how to teach children to have foresight.

A forward-thinking person thinks about what he is doing now and what consequences this behavior will have. He is able to analyze any situation and live it in his head. This is a very special ability. People who have it can achieve anything in life.

For very young school-age children, the thought process is often disorganized. They think about what comes into their heads. His thoughts jump, like rabbits. If this disorganization continues throughout their lives, it will create a host of problems throughout adulthood.

Is it possible to teach children to think about the future? Of course; It is both possible and necessary. Everyone has a choice about what to think about, and it’s important to teach children to approach that choice mindfully, from an early age.

Above all, children need to be taught to think about what they are doing in the present moment. Tell the children as often as possible, “Let’s think of the best way to do it.” Discuss everything with your children; toys, homework, washing dishes, doing laundry.

Ask your child: “I have to wash these clothes, what should I think about?” Give the child a chance to respond, then explain in his or her own words: “I must not forget to wash light clothes separately from dark ones. Also, clothes made of wool should not be mixed with other textures.”

Play the following game as often as you can: WHAT SHOULD YOU THINK ABOUT?

When you wake up in the morning, what should you think about? When you want something to eat, what should you think about? When you go for a walk, what should you think about? For example, when I go for a walk I should think about:

The weather and what clothing would be suitable; what toys am I going to play with outside, so I can take them with me; Thinking which of my friends to invite. The most important part of this process is giving the child the opportunity to respond and praising her response. This will encourage them to think about what they are doing. You can give the child a colored chip for each answer. Tell the child that they must receive at least 3 tokens to become a far-sighted person.

When the child learns to think in this way, he will be able to play alone and concentrate for long periods of time. When the child grows up, she will be able to approach any task with due concentration and tackle her homework alone.

But foresight does not only imply concentrating on the task at hand, it also requires the ability to think about the future, TO IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. The first time a young child is introduced to the concept of consequence is when they are told not to touch a hot flame. But children cannot live through all the thousands of situations they may encounter during their lives. So this is where a magic word comes in handy: “IMAGINE”.

When reading a story to a child, end with a discussion, starting with the word “Imagine.” “Imagine that a chicken gives you a golden egg. What would you do with it?”

When you play or walk with the child, use the magic word “Imagine” as often as possible. “Imagine you see a ferocious dog. What would you do? Imagine you have to cross the street on your own without traffic lights. What would you do?”

And the stories, as usual, will help to stimulate the child’s mind: “A bear cub was on his way to the shops. He had to cross the street. The intersection was far away, and the bear cub was in a hurry to buy.” ice cream, so he decided to run across the street. The bear cub looked to the right; there was a car in the distance, so he began to run. Imagine what happened next…”

Example of a story to develop foresight in children from 3 to 5 years old.

What should the young hare have thought? Mother hare planted some cabbages in the garden. Her little son helped her mother and watered the cabbages every day, while papa hare built a fence around the garden. He put strong, smooth planks on the ground to prevent intruders from getting in and eating the cabbages.

Everyone was delighted when the cabbages grew, and mother hare said to her son:

“You have worked very hard; now you can relax and play for a while.”

The young hare jumped into the meadow behind the orchard. There was a tree stump by the side of the meadow, and the little hare began to play a happy tune with its paws. Suddenly, a young goat appeared from the forest. She jumped for joy and shouted:

“Hey, you’re really good at it. Drum music is great for jumping around. But it’s kind of quiet. You need drumsticks to make it louder.”

The young hare looked around. The forest was on one side of the meadow and the orchard on the other. And the fence around the orchard was made of wonderful straight planks… The young hare ran to the fence and pulled out one of the sticks, but it was too fat, so she pulled out another, but that one was too heavy. . In the end, the hare sews two strong and light sticks.

He tried drumming with them, and it was wonderful! The sound of the drums was so attractive that the kid began to dance. The little hare was ecstatic and she jumped into the forest to show her friends how she could play the drum. Everyone praised the drummer and told him that he was a fantastic talent.

The young hare did not come home until evening.

Mom! she yelled at her from the door. “I can play drums better than anyone, shall I show you?”

“No, I am very upset. There is a disaster! Someone destroyed the fence of our orchard,” the father-hare replied angrily.

“Yeah, loads of thieves snuck through the hole in the fence to steal our cabbages. We lost half our crop before daddy fixed the hole in the fence,” Mama Hare said with a sob.

The young hare turned red and hid his sticks behind his back.

“Mom always told me: think first and act later,” recalled the young hare.

Questions and tasks:

What should the young hare have thought? Any other ideas where I might have gotten a couple of good drumsticks? Imagine there is a little girl who is worried that her doll will get cold in winter. She doesn’t have any warm clothes for the doll, so she cuts a piece of mom’s coat to keep her warm. Do you think the girl behaved correctly? How should she have behaved herself? Imagine that you and Mom have planted some seeds in the flower bed next to the house. They have blossomed and everyone is happy. Then imagine that a child comes and picks them up as a gift for her mother. Is this the correct way to behave? What should the boy have done?

When a child learns to think about what will happen before it happens, he will behave with consideration. This ability protects children from disappointment in childhood and plays a very important role in their lives when they grow up.