Praise inspires the baby, and criticism often destroys the initiative. But, on the other hand, excessive praise loses its significance, and there is especially nothing to praise for. How to strike a balance between praise and criticism, and most importantly, is there such a balance?
Many teachers use in their work the rules of competent criticism, which combine both praise and evaluation of activities, and a call for continuous self-improvement. The essence of this technique is that in the evaluation of any activity we go through three stages: praise, criticism and praise again. Let's analyze this technique using a simple example: the kid brought you his drawing.
▪️Stage 1. praise child
Thank your child for bringing their work to you! Consider it carefully. Find at least three things to praise the drawing for: “Your green roof and tree are especially good. I also love how you mixed the colors when you painted the meadow. What do you like most about drawing? Please note that it is the drawing that needs to be praised, and not the child!
▪️Stage 2. Criticism of a child
Note a couple of details of the drawing that still need to be worked on: "I think it would be better to make the crown of the tree lush and add flowers in the meadow." Do not talk about what turned out badly and how not to do it, but once prompt how it will be better. If the child explains why he did this, for example: “all the flowers hid from the rain” - you should not argue and force them to redo it, it’s up to you to show the path to improvement, and the child himself should decide whether to follow it or not.
▪️Stage 3. praise child
In order to smooth out the sediment from critical remarks and support the desire to create, it is necessary to return to praise again: “Your sun is very beautiful and bright, from it all the sunflowers in the meadow have blossomed and are smiling.”
According to this scheme, you can evaluate the results of any activity: lessons learned, past match, written project or report. The rules of good criticism can be applied not only to children, they work very well in the adult world as well. And most importantly, such a combination of criticism and praise helps to believe in their abilities and unfold the wings of creativity.
Yours, Natalya Barlozhetskaya
Psychologist
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