Soviet teacher Simon Soloveichik: “There are 4 rules to fix nothing in a child.”

Kindness, honesty, freedom and moral values, supported by inner convictions, and not imposed from outside, are the main principles of human education. It is hard to believe, but this method of education existed in the Soviet Union – it was so fervently promoted by the teacher. Simon Lvovich Soloveychik.

And although these principles were sharply different from the then norms imposed by strict Soviet teachers with their endless eradication of bad nature in the child, the “parallel reality” of Soloveichik education has no value to this day.





Here in Asia, studying is still similar to preparing for the Olympic Games, and the children there, it would seem, are incredibly intelligent and obedient. "Site" He believes that there is nothing more right and stronger than love and respect for his own child! A happy, kind and free child is one who is raised in love.

The childhood years of Simon Lvovich Soloveychik are war and evacuation. Then he worked as a pioneer counselor, and then years of teaching Russian language and literature in a library college in a small town. The young teacher was not pleased with the principles on which the education system was built. The harsh, almost violent indoctrination of collectivism, camaraderie, steadfastness, and total disregard for one’s own feelings did not coincide with the ideals that Soloveichik advocated.

Love and conscience are the oxygen of the moral atmosphere into which each of us is immersed with the first breath, with the first cry. Not all of us believe in the power of love and conscience, even doubt their existence, but any weakening of them makes life unbearable. For each individual and for all together, wrote Simon Lvovich in his book Pedagogy for All.





Simon Soloveichik, a father of three children, became the author of several books in which he generously shared his views on education. It is amazing how modern his thoughts are! It would seem that today it is taught only somewhere in Scandinavian schools. But no! Such marvelous principles of education They were offered by the Soviet teacher Soloveichik.

1. Freedom
   Internal freedom is the basis of development and a key concept in the works of Soloveichik. According to Simon Lvovich, freedom cannot be taught, it can only be nurtured. Freedom is by no means liberation from discipline or chaos. Freedom in school is the child’s precious right to think outside the box, to ask questions, to feel like a person. This can only be taught by a free teacher. “Children reach out to free people, trust them, admire them, thank them,” Soloveichik writes.
   
   
   
   
   
   Condescending attitude, jerking, humiliation - pathologicalAnd cramming and boring material completely discourage any desire to learn. The tasks that school gives a child should be difficult and at the same time inspiring: the child should feel that he is really developing. And loading up to the throat with lessons and circles is not an indicator of this.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Adult-child relations
   A small, breastfed child still screams in his crib, calls his mother, she is in the kitchen, she hears, she feels by her voice that nothing terrible has happened, and she ... is in no hurry. She finishes her business, then goes to her son, but without reproach - what, they say, shout, hear! - No, she goes guilty: "You call me, but I'm not coming?" My mother is bad, she didn’t come right away! As Soloveichik explains, a young child needs not only unquestioning recognition of his desires, but also a firm belief that the world around him is basically kind and just. Such idealism is a kind of protection for children, without it a little person will be afraid to live and grow.
   
   
   
   
   
   However, the child grows and gradually needs to learn about other aspects of life. The world is not so fabulous and perfect, and a parent sometimes needs to acknowledge this fact. Was the teacher at school unfair? It's okay, it happens. Pity the child, help acknowledge the difficulty and express hope for the best. He will certainly be able to do it because he has you.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Autonomy as a goal of education
   Another important aspect of Soloveichik education is the preparation of a small person for adulthood. Modern psychotherapists and liberal teachers constantly repeat this, and Simon Lvovich wrote about this in his works so long ago. “The helpless infant born to us must be raised and put on his feet so that he is healthy enough, sufficiently developed and trained, strong in spirit, so that he does not hang on people and does not depend on them,” the teacher said.
   
   
   
   
   
   Parents should understand that children do not always behave perfectly, but they should not. Inevitable deuces, bruises and disapproval of grandmothers in the yard. “Teached by my own bitter experience, I tell everyone: do not be ashamed of your children in front of strangers, normal children in front of strangers always behave worse than usual, they thus come into contact with strangers, this is good, not bad.” Don't be ashamed!
   
   
   
   
   
4. The main value is the opportunity to develop
   “Driving dogs in the yard is also a development,” Soloveichik jokes. The child must develop both physically and mentally. And often this very development is accompanied by noise, running and screaming, which parents do not tolerate. But you can not suppress the child just because it causes discomfort! And, by the way, all sorts of circles and sections that are supposedly designed for the development of the child are not always such. The parent probably does not know, giving his child, for example, to swim, whether it will help the child develop or, conversely, the baby will be depressed and lose interest in everything. The parent should become an attentive observer, assistant, friend.
   
   
   
   
   

Unlimited interest in everything around is the main indicator of the inner vitality of the child, and it is much more important than school grades and exemplary behavior. Pedagogy for All by Simon Soloveichik It is a book that we recommend to all responsible parents, because it was written by a kind and sensitive teacher from God.

How do you raise your children? They will definitely share with us in the comments.