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My children and I have been in Zhengzhou for sixty days.
To be honest, these sixty days have been the most stressful and anxious days since I became a mother.
In order to follow Nanming education, I brought my child from my hometown of Shaanxi to Shanxi when he was three and a half years old, where he enjoyed three years of holistic beauty course education. In September of this year, in order to continue pursuing my educational dream and that of my children, I followed my team to Zhengzhou, thousands of miles away, to the beautiful Butterfly Lake Primary School. The child here has become a little star in Xinghan Classroom, and I have naturally become the parent of Xinghan Classroom.
Diehu Primary School is a newly opened school in Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone. It may start a week later than other schools. During the days when he was waiting for school to start, my son would lie at the window of his sister’s house every day, looking across the street at the new school he was about to attend, muttering a few words back and forth, “I want to go to school, I want to go to school, I want to go to school.” Go."
In such a long-awaited wait, we finally ushered in the day of September 6th, the first opening ceremony for the child to become an official primary school student. That day, he and I were very excited. The child was dressed up early and happily carried the new schoolbag I had prepared for him. He was jumping along the way. His joy was indescribable. When we jumped to the opposite side of the school, the little guy's pace slowed down. I saw that he was a little timid. After all, it was a new environment. However, he still looked at the new school in front of him as he walked, and even the mask on his small face could not hide the joy in his heart.
I took his little hand and walked a few steps quickly, crossed the road, and came to the school gate. Under the enthusiastic guidance of the reception teacher, the little guy was still a little nervous when he followed other parents and children and walked into the campus on the new red carpet. With my encouragement, he finally found his class teacher, unable to conceal his shyness and joy.
Although there are already many parents and children on campus, the sentence "When you transform into a butterfly" on the big purple plaque in the center of the campus is still very conspicuous, and it immediately attracted my attention. Out of professional sensitivity, I suddenly felt inexplicably moved. This seemingly simple sentence contained so much expectations and blessings from the school for the children. Because of this sentence, how much hard work the teachers will have to put in in the next six years and countless years to come, and what changes will happen to our children in this expectation... I am thinking a lot, While using your mobile phone to record these beautiful moments for your children.
In order to celebrate the children officially becoming primary school students, the school carefully prepared the opening ceremony for the children. In the center of the campus, a fairy tale world is designed for the children using scenes from "Cinderella" and "The Little Prince". Let the children freely move around and take photos. The meaning of this is obvious. Our children are all little princesses and little princes. They will receive training in this fairy tale kingdom, tame each other with their teachers and classmates, weave each other's lives together, and finally break out of their cocoons and become butterflies, dancing out their own lives. wonderful.
There is also a special activity where the children print their little handprints on the handprint wall, each child's handprint. Yes, here, every life is important, what is important is every one, every child's life is valued, cultivating independent and free people, not uniform exam machines with blurred faces, this is our idea.
When my child timidly pressed down his little hand under the guidance of the teacher, I knew that my little caterpillar would embark on his journey of transformation alone from now on, opening up the story of his life. A new chapter. I will also greet him at the gate of this beautiful campus. The small blue handprint is the best witness. I hope that what I send into the classroom today is a little boy, and what I will welcome in a few years will be an outstanding young man.
All schools under Nanming have an important event on the first day of school, and that is the class opening ceremony.
The teacher led the children into the long-awaited new classroom, and all the parents followed behind with smiles on their faces. Everyone walked through the long corridor and looked at the classrooms with all kinds of warm and expectant names written on them, and their hearts couldn't help but become brighter. These class names are the teachers’ expectations for the children.
My child is in Class 1 and 4, and the class name is "Xinghan". Everyone who walks into this classroom now is a shining little star. I believe that in a few years, each one of them will become very bright.
In the classroom, Teacher V·K was at the front, calling the children to sit down, and the other two teachers were smiling and guiding the parents to sit in the seats they had prepared. After everyone was seated, the teachers were busy taking photos to record this special moment for the children.
The opening ceremony of the new semester officially started with the passionate opening speech of the head teacher V·K and the warm applause of the parents. Teacher V·K explained the vision for the class with a smile, told stories to the children affectionately, and interacted with the children in various ways... In this brand-new campus, a new learning life for a group of children began.
The opening ceremony of the Holistic Beauty Course is always beautiful no matter where it goes.
This kind of beauty is not formal beauty, it is not just the result of careful preparation by schools and teachers. It is a group of people’s heartfelt love for education. They love children and truly weave their children’s lives and their own lives together. A manifestation together. I have experienced this kind of beauty many times. And I have participated as a performer many times, but this time I am truly an enjoyer of this beauty. Two identities, two feelings, two different, both beautiful.
I can say without humility that among the parents of Butterfly Lake Primary School, I have the deepest feelings about the beauty of the whole person course.
And my child is truly growing up healthily and happily day by day under the protection of the tree of holistic beauty curriculum. He is the real little seed of Nanming education.
Today, this little seed has begun its own journey in the beautiful Butterfly Lake Primary School and in this warm Xinghan classroom.
Reminds me of the poet Whitman's poem:
A child walks forward every day,
The first thing he sees, he becomes that thing ,
That thing becomes a part of him,
On that day, or part of that day,
Or several years, or many consecutive years .
Dear child, the best gift I can give you is to give you a good school.
May your encounter with Diehu Primary School make you have the beauty of a butterfly from now on; may your meeting with Xinghan Classroom make you a brilliant star from now on.
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In the first week of school, the children go to school happily and go home happily every day. He likes the new school, the new teachers, and the new classmates. He doesn't want to be out of school every day, and even doesn't want the teacher to take half a day off on Teacher's Day. He can't wait to be with his teachers and classmates all the time. Every day when I come back, I always talk about how good the school is. Every time I send it to the school gate, I say goodbye without haste and run into the campus.
Yes, the children under Nanming Education love teachers and school so much.
I am not familiar with the teachers at Butterfly Lake School. But I know that the teachers who can teach at Diehu School must be very passionate about education and children. The teachers in every classroom are excellent.
The head teacher of Xinghan Classroom is Teacher V·K. She is the children's English teacher. Teacher V·K also has a very nice name, "Qing Ling". When I first heard her name, I fell in love with her. Although Teacher Wang is very young, she works neatly, clearly and rigorously, and has strong execution ability. And he loves children very much. It can be said that he is a very talented class teacher.
The time I saw her the most was of course every time I picked up the children after school. I watched from a distance as a group of children tightly surrounded her and shouted goodbye. Teacher Wang’s head was like a cheerful rattle. Just keep turning around, happily saying goodbye to every little star. My heart also became happy. If a teacher loves education, sometimes you don’t need to attend her classes, you just need to see her smiling faces with the children.
The Chinese teacher in Xinghan Classroom is Teacher Yang Yang. Teacher Yang Yang’s surname is Zhao, and I often call her Teacher Zhao. Every time my children hear me say this, they have to correct me, "It's Teacher Yang Yang." It shows how much he likes Teacher Yang Yang. "Mom, Teacher Yang Yang is very gentle, has a very pleasant voice, and is very good at telling stories. She is very kind to the children. She never loses her temper..." My son often praises me in this way. I believe that the child's feelings are more accurate than mine, and that he has more say than I do. Teacher Yang Yang is indeed a good teacher who is gentle and smart.
Xinghan’s math teacher is Teacher Kangkang. Teacher Kangkang doesn’t speak much, but the few times we communicated, I was convinced. She always speaks concisely and to the point of the matter. This once again confirms my judgment of mathematics teachers since I was a child: clear thinking, matter-of-fact discussion, and crisp and clear thinking. Not long after school started, my son happily told me that Teacher Zhang was different from the previous teachers in that he would ask questions in class regardless of whether he raised his hand or not. I know what the child means. He has always been the child who wants to answer questions but does not have the courage to raise his hand. In fact, he hopes that the teacher will call him to answer the question. Now the teacher finally calls him to answer the question when he does not raise his hand. He is very happy. happy. It seems that Teacher Zhang still understands the child's little thoughts and will push the child at critical moments. He is really professional.
Her homework corrections are also very detailed. Her feedback may seem like a few simple sentences, but it contains encouragement, requirements and expectations for the children. Every time I read Teacher Zhang’s comments to my children to let them know their strengths and weaknesses. Children are also very eager to hear the teacher’s comments. Every time they hand in their homework, they begin to look forward to the teacher’s comments.
Although I was not familiar with the three teachers, I only nodded and said hello from afar when sending my children to and from school. But for them, I have a kind of trust that I feel like old friends at first sight. I feel very relieved to leave my child to them.
Three
The changes in the little stars are amazing.
The little stars we saw at the opening ceremony were really completely different from the little stars we saw during class activities during the National Day holiday.
During the opening ceremony, the children may be too excited to hide their true nature as little monsters.
During the National Day class activities, the sight of them in front of me simply made my eyes light up. The little stars sat upright one by one, with bright and energetic eyes. Their expressions really made them look like young gentlemen. A dignified feeling.
There are less than twenty days between these two scenes! Good education really has magical power! What kind of magic did the teachers cast? In just ten days, the child changed so much. There are dozens of little monsters in a class, and they have to take care of their food, drink, sleep, and study. How much patience and love do these young teachers have to use to make the children change so quickly?
The growth of the children is obvious, whether in the classroom, in the bridge performance, at the sports meeting, or when they go to and from school every day, they are becoming more and more shining. I have had the experience of being a teacher before, and I really feel for the effort behind it. I understand that the first few weeks of school are the hardest for teachers. The younger the children, the harder it is for teachers. The children are not used to the new school, the parents are worried, the school has new requirements, etc. The pressure on teachers is really high. Very big. I have experienced all this as a teacher before, but now as a parent, I am really full of respect and gratitude for teachers.
Teacher Wang’s execution ability helped the children quickly establish a sense of order. Teacher Yang Yang's gentleness makes the children feel very relaxed physically and mentally, and they feel as safe as home at school. Teacher Kangkang quickly captured the hearts of the children with his charisma and professionalism. And their common love made Xinghan Classroom quickly become the children's home, a home oriented towards training, with a warm sense of security and training for growth. The three teachers are a perfect match.
"Xinghan is the most beautiful, Xinghan is the most beautiful." This is the slogan often shouted by the children in Xinghan's classroom, and it is also their goal. This group of little stars, led by several attentive big stars, celebrate every day The primary school shining in Butterfly Lake with its most beautiful appearance.
Four
Before my son’s preschool ended, teacher Ye Zi from the previous school reminded me: “We must strengthen literacy and pinyin learning for our children during the summer vacation, otherwise they will not be able to go to first grade and Compared with children in kindergartens outside, they cannot keep up at first. Our preschool education focuses on telling stories, reading, writing and drawing, but does not pay attention to writing training. This teaching method is good for children in the long run, but in the real situation, the first grade and those in the first grade are different. Comparing children who have learned to write in kindergarten, there will be obvious differences at first. If the child has high self-esteem and is super sensitive, the child will definitely not be able to bear it psychologically. "I felt nervous after hearing this, and followed her method. Provided some corresponding tutoring training for the children. But after all, not much was done. In the first grade, what Teacher Ye Zi said came true. The children were not used to it in various ways: although they listened to many stories, they did not recognize many words; in addition, they had difficulties in writing. At the beginning, he cried whenever he was asked to write and read Pinyin. When asked why he cried, he replied, "Afraid of not being able to write well." In the first two weeks, whether it was Chinese pinyin or numbers, he wrote very big, and he didn't want to write, he wanted to draw. He said he could draw and it was fast, so why let him write slowly. As he spoke, his big eyes filled with tears.
I thought I knew a lot about children, but when I saw my son like this, I felt distressed, anxious, and confused. Fortunately, several teachers are more patient than me. They have never criticized the child for his poor handwriting or pinyin reading. Instead, they have given him a lot of encouragement. Now a month has passed. Although the child's handwriting and pinyin may still lag behind those of the outstanding children in the class, they are already very good compared to before. The most important thing is that the child is not afraid of writing now and can write every time. I wrote very seriously, and I gradually let go of my anxiety. These changes are all due to the patient guidance of several teachers.
Everyone says that the Butterfly Lake here is beautiful. I think the teachers in Butterfly Lake Primary School who care and guide the children are even more beautiful.
In them, dedication and love are condensed. And this dedication and love give the children happiness and completeness in the present, and also make each family have more sweetness every day, and think of the future full of infinite longing.
Speaking of which, I have to praise the parent committee and parents of our Xinghan Classroom. They are really awesome. They did a lot of things for the class and solved a lot of trouble for everyone. I feel ashamed that I have not been able to help with class matters for so many days since I was introverted and because I was not familiar with the place. Thanks to all the family members, I am willing to cook this pot of stone soup together with you, so that our children can grow better and our stars can be more beautiful.
Every encounter is a destined fate in the previous life, and Xinghan Classroom is the link of our fate. I will cherish this hard-won relationship, fully support the teacher's work, and accompany my little caterpillar to transform into a butterfly.
There is still a long way to go, and I firmly believe that the future is promising.
"The most beautiful star tide, Xinghan is the most beautiful." Meeting Butterfly Lake and Xinghan is really a blessing.