Why Soviet children didn't need a neuropsychologist

Why Soviet children didn't need a neuropsychologist

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Text: Katerina Timofeeva, @cns_neiro, survey and recommendations for the @naturalschool boarding school

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During the preschool period, Soviet children had time to perfectly “pump” all the parts of the brain necessary for study and a healthy nervous system.

Jumping complex circuits in a rubber band or playing "okay" at high speed, they did not even realize that they were developing the premotor parts of the brain, thus preparing for the easy formation of the skill of continuous writing.

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A wide variety of ball games prepared the visual system for the ability to quickly switch from teacher to blackboard, then to a notebook and back a hundred times, which is important for school learning, without losing concentration.

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In addition, in traditional games, in contrast to the spontaneous physical activity of a group of children, there is a large number of sometimes rather complicated rules, the observance of which children are involuntarily forced to follow so as not to lose themselves and prevent the "scam" of another) And this, by the way, about a very cool internal control.

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There are many subtleties, the advantages of games are undeniable.

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Even children who constantly and a lot play with their peers lack certain movements that are important for development. For balance, for rhythm, for coordination and dexterity, different channels of perception, etc. The main thing in these games is to turn off the intellectual functions of the frontal regions. They are already overheated. It is necessary to further develop other parts of the brain, which, with the loss of the children's preschool subculture and the imbalance in early development, were left without proper nutrition.

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Therefore, the Natural School decided to launch two-hour outdoor games with sticks, ropes, etc. and two-day weekend programs for teens.