In Horgos in April, the sky is so pure and clear, and the setting sun slants down the green poplars on both sides of the road. Looking at this vast blue sky and green, people forget the time in a trance. That's right, two teachers from Suzhou Preschool Education who came to Xinjiang traveled through the changes of the seasons. They didn't realize that time was fleeting, but they left behind bits and pieces in every day that passed quietly.
From the cold winter to the shady apricot trees, Qiu Jin, deputy director of Suzhou Liuyuan Kindergarten, and Wang Wenxian, deputy director of Red Apple Experimental Kindergarten, visited every direct kindergarten and center in Horgos City Gardens and village gardens. From the first day they enter the kindergarten, they enter an "immersive" working state. They work in a kindergarten every week, understand the children's daily schedule, observe large-scale activities in the kindergarten, guide the construction of outdoor venues, and participate in kindergarten-based activities. Teaching and research activities... They pay attention to discovering the advantages of each kindergarten, pointing out problems and deficiencies, and making suggestions for improvement.
The "Guidelines for Learning and Development of Children Aged 3-6" points out: "Children's learning is based on direct experience and is carried out in games and daily life. We must cherish the unique value of games and life, Create a rich educational environment and play environment. "Principal Qiu found that the placement of outdoor activity equipment in some kindergartens was not suitable for children, so he worked with all the teachers in the kindergarten to rearrange the shelves in the kindergarten and place the toys in categories. In this way, it not only facilitates children's play, but also gives full play to the role of game materials.
In a kindergarten, Director Qiu found that the kindergarten did not have a dedicated activity room, so he proposed to use the atrium, corridors, corners, etc. to create an open "art room" and "creative gallery" to satisfy children's play and learning needs. Director Wang found that a kindergarten had a large outdoor space, so he proposed to rearrange the outdoor environment, guiding the kindergarten to create outdoor game venues such as hillsides and caves, and guiding teachers to make full use of every plant, tree and brick in nature. Yiwa implements education. Some seemingly useless scrap materials became "alive" in the hands of the children. They gathered together in groups of three or five to play house, some cooking, some setting up tents, having a great time, against the backdrop of the green grass. With the children's happy smiles, they are highly interested and focused, truly becoming the masters of the game and acquiring life experience in the game.
Mr. Chen Heqin once said: "Nature and society are both living teaching materials." Children are naturally curious, inquiring, and exploratory. Various resources in nature are full of life and can easily arouse them. Infinite vitality. Principal Wang discovered that the rich natural resources in the garden had not been effectively used, so he led the teachers to reorganize and rationally utilize the natural resources in the garden. The garden suddenly became lively: children were sketching with paper and pen under the lilac tree, and the elm money tree The children look up at Yu Qianer, the child's adoption sign on the apple tree is swaying in the wind, and the children are busy sowing seeds in the planting field... Children's activities move from indoors to outdoors, and teachers satisfy and develop children's interests in the embrace of nature. Interest, let children use their hands and brains to pay attention to the phenomena of plant life, understand the characteristics of things through practical operations, and transform natural resources into learning resources that are beneficial to young children.
During the month-long kindergarten research activity, they saw the efforts of teachers in each kindergarten and gave them encouragement. At the same time, they also conducted "lookbacks" from time to time on improvement projects. They hope that in this way , truly promote the reform and development of kindergartens. From the end of winter to late spring, while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the northwest frontier of the motherland, they also gained comfort and happiness from the progress and changes in each garden.
(Edited by Qiu Jin, Wen Xianwen and Yuhua)