1. The origin of the theme "Fruits from Hometown"
One day, Fang Bin's father brought a large bag of plums to the teacher, and the children chatted around the teacher. Talked loudly. Fang Bin said: "We also have apricot trees and peach trees at home. The apricot trees are very tall." Li Mengting said: "We also have plum trees and peach trees at home." "We have loquat trees at home." "We have a cherry tree at home"..., the children's discussion made me realize that this is an excellent activity content-the fruits of my hometown. In order to carry out this theme activity, we also conducted some surveys. Among the 29 children in our class, 28 children have fruit trees planted in their homes or relatives. Most of the children have personal experience of picking fruits and have a basic understanding of fruit trees. Cognitive experience; The types of fruit trees grown at home include plums, apricots, loquats, peaches, cherries, watermelons, grapes, etc. In addition, from May to June, it is the time when these fruits are ripe and harvested, which also provides us with the opportunity to carry out theme activities. favorable conditions. We will start from the actual situation and interests of children, extract content with educational value, grasp the differences in children's development levels, and interact through various forms and channels to achieve children's independent participation, spontaneous generation, and their own understanding. Based on the structure, it will develop to a higher stage, promoting the smooth development of the "Fruit from Hometown" theme activity.
2. The preset theme activity goals of "Fruits from Hometown"
1. Use the surrounding environment to understand various fruits in hometown through various activities, and understand the growth process and The appearance characteristics inspire children to love labor and love their hometown.
2. Learn to collect effective information through multiple channels and be willing to communicate with peers.
3. Theme thinking network
4. Environmental creation
(1) Activity area
1. Science area
(1) Place common local fruits and dried fruits in the natural corner, such as plums, apricots, ginkgo, watermelon, etc.
(2) Collect various fruit cores, put them into plastic boxes or plates, and insert homemade labels into them.
2. Art Area
(1) Various colors of plasticine are provided to make fruits.
(2) Provide various fruit cores for pasting and modeling.
(3) Provide various waste cartons and wrapping paper for children to cut, paste, draw, and package fruits.
3. Reading area
Post wall charts of various fruits for children to create riddles and guesses for each other.
(2) Wall decorations
1. Post photos of children picking fruits.
2. Hold an exhibition of "Fruit Painting" works.
5. Theme Implementation
Activity 1: Picking Plums and Apricots
(1) Default Goal
1. Feel the plums and apricots The basic characteristics of apricots and explore the basic methods of judging the ripeness of the fruit.
2. Feel the fun of picking fruits and experience the joy of cooperation.
(2) Activity preparation
1. Contact parents who grow these two fruits nearby in advance, and choose a few low fruit trees that are easy for children to observe and pick.
2. Parents are asked to introduce to their children in advance how to identify the ripeness of plums and apricots. < /p>
(2) The fruit cannot be eaten immediately after being picked. It must be washed before eating.
2. Picking peaches and apricots
Young: Teacher, you see this apricot is ripe.
Teacher: How do you know?
Young: yellow and soft means ripe.
Young: Red plums are ripe and delicious.
Young: The green ones are sour, and the teeth are almost sore.
Teacher: What is the difference between apricots and plums?
Young: Plums are round and apricots are a bit flat.
Young: The colors are different.
Young: This plum doesn’t taste good. There are bugs inside. You see there are holes, so there must be bugs inside.
Young: Teacher, there are a lot of apricots on the tree over there. Come and take a look.
I walked over and saw that the tree was covered with yellow apricots, which looked so tempting, but this apricot tree was so tall that people couldn’t reach it.
I said: "How can we pick apricots?"
Wu Yinan said: "Take a stick to knock it."
Fang Bin said: " In this way, the apricots will rot if they fall. Teacher, I have a way. Find a very big piece of cloth and ask the children to catch it underneath. If you hit the apricots with a stick, the apricots will fall and land here. Put a piece of cloth on it so that the apricots will not rot. "
Pan Dongzhen said: "Teacher, I also have a way, just use a net bag. This is how my father picks apricots. "
Shao Hangyi said: "Take a ladder and climb up to pick it.
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Cancan said: "It would be great if the little monkey was here, and he would help us pick it.
I said: "The methods you are thinking of are all very good. Let's ask Fang Bin's father to help." "So I invited the parents to help. The parent brought a large piece of cloth and a long stick. The children and I pulled the cloth with our hands and put it under the tree. The parent used the stick to Knock the apricots, and the apricots fall from the tree one by one. The children are very excited to see: "The apricots are coming down, the apricots are coming down." "It's raining apricots." ”
3. Organize and return to kindergarten.
4. Ask children to boldly talk about their feelings about picking plums and apricots.
(4) Reflection on activities
Going out can always arouse children’s interest and enthusiasm. Plums and apricots are two very common fruits in Wanshi. Almost every household has them. This is also confirmed by the feedback form from parents. We Most of the children in the class have experience in picking apricots and plums. They know what kind of apricots are ripe and what kind of plums are ripe and edible. They convey these experiences in communication with their peers. It was given to the other party, so that other children also gained perceptual knowledge.
The tall apricot tree was not our preset content. It was just what the children discovered accidentally during the activity, but they seemed to know it. They were more interested in picking apricots from tall trees, so when they couldn’t pick apricots, the children used their existing experience and came up with various ways. When the apricots fell from the tall apricot trees, the children They were extremely excited, "It's raining apricots." "On the way back, the children were still thinking about it, "Teacher, is the solution I thought of today good? "Teacher, I thought of another way. I took a leather gun and shot it down." "...
In response to the children's enthusiasm in how to pick apricots from the tall apricot tree, we created a language creation activity "The Tall Apricot Tree".
< p> In addition, we washed the picked apricots and plums and opened a tasting area for children to taste freely (note: there are mature apricots and plums, and some immature ones.) Let the children interact with each other while tasting the real things. During the communication, gain more perceptual experience.Activity 2: Continuation of the story "The Tall Apricot Tree"
(1) Activity Objectives
1 , Understand the content of the story, boldly imagine, and continue the story
2. Be able to boldly express your ideas among peers
(2) Activity preparation
Story pictures
(3) Activity process and activity records
1. Appreciate the story and understand the plot
2. The teacher guides the children to boldly imagine and continue the story. Story.
"Later, Sun Wukong was asked to help. His golden hoop could become longer or shorter. Sun Wukong said: 'Long', and the golden hoop would become longer. Use the long golden hoop. You can beat the apricots with a stick. "
"There was a child who had a leather gun. He pointed the leather gun at Xingzi and hit Xingzi, and Xingzi would come down. "
"Ask the giraffe to help, his neck is very long..."
"Ask Grandpa Feng to help. The apricots will fall when the wind blows. Last time our family's Apricots were also blown down by the wind..."
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3. Encourage children to express their ideas in the form of paintings
Extended activities: Posting Children's paintings, children exchange their works with their peers
(4) Reflection on activities
When children continue to write stories, some children use their existing experiences. He knows how to use effective methods to pick apricots, so the sequel's plot is in line with children's life experience, such as beating them with sticks, using net bags, using ladders, etc. Some children have wings of imagination, such as Sun Wukong. , giraffes, elephants, Grandpa Feng, etc. all appear in the storyline. Although the storyline of the sequel is not long and the children's ideas are a bit naive, it is of interest to children, as long as every child can imagine boldly. , the bold statement, whether it is real or fictional, has been affirmed by the teacher
Activity 3: "There are so many fruits in my hometown"
(1) Activity goals
1. Know the fruits in your hometown and know their names.
2. Compare their appearance characteristics through various senses and be willing to express your findings in words.
3. Further stimulate children’s love for their hometown.
4. Experience the joy of communicating with peers.
(2) Activity preparation
1. Oranges and watermelons. Pictures of common fruits in my hometown.
2. Seasonal fruits, such as watermelons, bayberries, peaches, plums, apricots, etc.
3. "My Fruit Trees" questionnaire and Small pictures of various fruits.
(3) Activity process and event records
1. Show pictures of common fruits in your hometown.
Question, what kind of fruit is this?
Yu Qian said: "Oranges, grapes, pears, loquats, pomegranates,..."
Question, where have you seen these fruits in Wanshi?
Fang Bin said: "My grandma's house has grape trees."
Li Mengting said: "There are orange trees on the mountain next to my house. It’s not delicious.”
Lu Hongyuan: “We have pomegranate trees and cherry trees at home.”
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The children talked about it carefully, obviously. The children are very familiar with these fruits. I said: "These fruits are grown in Wanshi. These are fruits from our hometown. What other fruits from our hometown do you know?"
"Peach, plum, apricot, strawberry..." The children said a lot at once. I posted the pictures of the fruits the children mentioned on the blackboard. Finally, I said: "We have so many fruits in Wanshi. There are so many fruits in my hometown!”
The children looked very excited after hearing my words, and said, “Why are there so many!”
3. Show the fruits. , guide children to compare the appearance characteristics of peaches, bayberries, loquats, watermelons, and plums, and talk about the different ways to eat several fruits.
4. Let the children taste the fruits, communicate with their peers about the different flavors of the fruits, and know that there are fruit pits inside, and remind the children to collect the fruit pits.
While eating fruit, the children exchanged with their peers about the deliciousness of various fruits, such as "watermelon is very sweet" and "bayberry is sour"...
Extended activities
Children fill out the “Fruit Trees in My Home” questionnaire. Provide small pictures of various fruits, paste the fruit trees you own in the form of pictures, and communicate with your peers.
(4) Reflection after class
The children are really familiar with the fruits around them, which is beyond my expectation, which shows that these fruits have a profound impact on children. Because it is something that children are very familiar with, every child can tell a lot. The child's words: "Why are there so many?" spontaneously gave rise to love for his hometown.
When the children were talking about other fruits in their hometown, some children actually mentioned ginkgo and torreya, which are other specialties of Longyang. The children did not know that these two belong to the category of dried fruits and had no idea about fruits and dried fruits. . Therefore, we placed ginkgo, pistachio and other dried fruits in the activity area and explained the difference between fruits and dried fruits to the children.
Children can name many fruits, but they don’t know much about the relationship between fruits and seasons. I leave this question to them to go home and find the answer by themselves.
In the activity area, we also brought ginkgo, pistachio and other dried fruits, and explained the difference between fruits and dried fruits.
Activity 5: Various nuclei
Activity description: When children taste fruits, teachers always consciously ask children to observe the appearance of fruits, because we preset activity: painting "Colorful Fruits", but the children became interested in the core of the fruit. They found that the core of each fruit is different, some are big, some are small, some are round, and some are flat. ..., so we generated the activity "Various Cores".
(1) Activity goals
1. By observing various fruit cores, let children perceive the different appearance characteristics of various cores.
2. Know that each fruit has a different core.
3. Stimulate children’s cognitive interests and experience the joy of discovery.
(2) Activity preparation
1. Various fruit cores
2. Worksheets (connecting fruit and matching cores).
3. Crafts carved from peach stones.
(3) Activity process
1. Children observe various fruit cores and boldly describe the appearance characteristics (color, shape) of various fruit cores. The teacher asks: Do you know what these are? The core of what fruit? How are they different?
Lu Hongyuan: "The core of the watermelon is black, like watermelon seeds."
Fang Zhao: "This is the core of the loquat, which is round and yellow." < /p>
Lin Jiale: “This is a peach core with patterns on it.”
2. Show physical fruits: bayberry, loquat, peach and other fruits to verify the observation results, and guide the children to observe each The number of fruit cores.
Feng Yuxin: "Yangmei has only one core."
Wang Xinran: "Watermelon has many cores, loquat has 2 cores, and other fruits have only one core.
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3. Guide children to use their existing experience and talk about the cores of other fruits.
The teacher asked: Do you know which fruits have cores and what their cores look like?
4. Children's operations
Extended activities: Hang the crafts made with peach stones in the classroom for children to appreciate.
(4) Reflection on the activity
The whole activity deepened the children’s understanding of the appearance characteristics of the fruit core through observation, verification, and practical operation. The children saw the appearance of various fruits. In addition to different appearance characteristics, we were also surprised to find that the cores of fruits are also different in color, shape, and quantity. This is undoubtedly a major discovery for children, stimulating their interest in knowledge and desire to explore, and experiencing the fun of discovery. .
Activity 6: Fruit Products
Activity Description
We invested in food processed from fruits in the activity area, such as dried bayberries, raisins, almonds, etc. Mei waited, and the children looked at these things and started a new round of discussion.
"This is made of bayberry, with sugar on it."
"The raisins must be dried in the sun."
I said: " These are fruit products processed from fruits. Do you know what other fruit products are? What are they made of? Children are full of curiosity about fruit products. The activity "Fruit Products" was launched.
(1) Activity Objectives
1. Let children further understand fruits and understand that fruits can be processed into fruit products.
2. . Learn to obtain effective information from adults and express the information you obtain in simple words.
3. Be willing to communicate with peers and develop the habit of listening to others.
(2) Activities. Preparation
1. Various fruit products
2. Children learn from adults about some fruit products processed from fruits
3. Parent work: parents introduce to children Children can actually observe some fruit products and bring a fruit product to the kindergarten.
(3) Activity process
1. Talk to introduce the topic
Teacher. : “Kids, you know what these are made of. ”
Children: “Use fruit. ”
Teacher: “Yes, these are fruit products processed from fruits. ”
2. Tell us about your fruit products
Children bring so many fruit products, including dried bananas, red dates, raisins, almonds, coconut juice, orange juice, and apple juice. , various kinds of preserves, etc., and some children brought wine.
Wang Xinran: "Teacher, what I brought is coconut juice, which is made from coconut juice. There are coconuts in Hainan. "
Bao Qian: "This is the jam used by Dad to make cakes. "
Shi Liaozhen said: Mine is CiCi jelly, and it tastes like pineapple. My mother told me that there is pineapple juice in it, and this one is apple-flavored, and this one is mango. It’s delicious and contains fruits.
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3. Communicate among peers and talk about the fruit products they brought
4. Teachers and students* **Enjoy
Taste each other’s fruit products and tell each other what they taste like and what fruits they are made from.
Extended activities: throw leftover fruit products into the community. Corners for children to observe and taste
(4) Reflection on activities
There are so many fruit products that the children bring, and it is impossible for every child to have them in group activities. There is no opportunity to speak, so I used group mathematics to allow children to communicate with their peers. This not only gives each child the opportunity to speak, but also cultivates the habit of listening.
In the early stage of the activity, the children They are just full of curiosity about fruit products and know very little about fruit products. Very few children can name some fruit products. However, through the knowledge gained from parents and physical observation, each child brings different experiences. Fruit products, the children gained knowledge and expanded their knowledge.
Activity 7: Making almonds
Activity description: Since there are more fruit products in the activity area, the children are more interested in them. She became interested in making fruit products. One day, Li Mengting brought a pack of bayberries and said, “Teacher, I want to use these bayberries to make dried bayberries. "The teacher also searched some information based on the children's interests and found that the making process of some candied fruits is very complicated and our conditions are limited, so we chose making relatively simple almonds as the main activity, and generated the activity "Making Almonds". < /p>
(1) Activity objectives
1. Encourage children to try different methods to open apricot kernels. 2. Experience the joy of success. > (2) Activity process and record
The first stage: Talk about how to open the amygdala
Children: Teacher, I can’t bite my mouth.
Teacher: Then try using another tool.
Children: I’ll break it if I hit it with a hammer.
Children: Hit it gently. Look. .
Children: Teacher, I have found another good way.
Phase 2: Collect tools to open the amygdala.
Phase 3: Children try. Open up the amygdala in different ways.
Children: "Teacher, my mouth can't move."
Teacher: "Then try using another tool."
Children: " Lu Hongyuan, I will break it if I hit it with the hammer."
Children: "Keep it soft, look."
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The fourth stage. : Fried almonds, tasting almonds
We took the almonds to the kitchen and fried them. Although the taste was not very good, the children ate them with gusto.
(3) Reflection on activities
The children have thought of many ways to open the amygdala. If they bite, use a hammer, use walnut clamps, step on them, But when they really tried to use these aspects to open the amygdala, they encountered a lot of difficulties. They couldn't bite it with their mouths and smashed it with a hammer. Through repeated attempts, the children gained effective skills from constant success and failure. experience, and finally succeeded. In this process, the teacher was just a guide, and the children experienced the joy and pride of success.
Activity 8: Make gifts for the brothers and sisters in the top class He came to our classroom, sang for us, and told the children that he was leaving kindergarten to study in elementary school. I also often mentioned to the children intentionally or unintentionally that my brother and sister in the top class had graduated and were leaving kindergarten. One day, Shao Hangyi said: "Teacher, let's also give a gift to the brothers and sisters in the senior class." I thought this suggestion was good, so this activity was born.
(1) Activity objectives
1. Use a variety of materials to package fruits.
2. Cultivate children’s love for each other.
(2) Activity process and records
1. The conversation leads to the topic.
Teacher: My brother and sister from the top class are about to leave the kindergarten and go to elementary school to study. Last time, my brother and sister gave us gifts.
Children: Teacher, let’s also give a gift to our brother and sister.
Teacher: What gift should I give you?
Children: Give them candy;
Send them a flower...
Teacher: We are now studying the theme of fruits, how about we give them Brother, sister, fruit, okay?
Children: OK.
The teacher shows a group of items with simple packaging.
Teacher: Are these small gifts good-looking? Why does it look good?
Children: There are beautiful papers and flowers outside. They look good when placed in a box, wrapped in a layer of plastic paper...
Teacher: These things are beautiful. clothes, they are all packaged, others will definitely be happy to receive these gifts.
Children: Then let’s wrap the gifts too. My brother and sister will be happy.
2. Children discuss what materials to use for packaging.
3. Collect packaging materials.
4. Make packaging boxes.
5. Give gifts to your brother and sister.
(3) Reflection on the activity
The children said: "Brothers and sisters must like beautiful gifts." Make the children actively participate in the whole activity. , not only the children in this class feel the care among their peers, but also the children in the top class who are about to leave the kindergarten also feel this care. The children collected their own materials and made their own packaging. Although they are all very simple packaging, they have their own characteristics. Some children use small boxes for happy food to put a few plums in; some use leftover mineral water bottles to put in various fruits, red and green. They are also very beautiful; some use plastic bags with a bow on them...
We also received support from parents during the activity, and every parent actively helped their children collect materials and bring fruits from home.
6. Theme Reflection
The activity has ended, but there are still many areas worth reflecting on, such as the organic combination of teacher presets and children's generation, the design of children's recording forms and There are still many problems to be solved and worth exploring in terms of application, environment creation, home interaction, etc. However, this activity also gave me a better understanding of generative activities.
1. Give full play to the advantages of local resources.
Rural areas have unique environmental advantages. The "Outline" proposes to make full use of resources to guide children to actually experience the richness and excellence of the motherland's culture and inspire children to love their hometown.
Looking back at the creation and implementation of this theme activity, we have a deep understanding of the importance of utilizing and tapping local resources. Because the children's enthusiasm, commitment and ability surprised our teachers. The children were so happy when seeing familiar materials and meeting long-lost friends, and they were highly motivated to participate in activities.
2. Give full play to children’s initiative in activities and enrich the forms of educational activities.
The "Outline" points out: "The development of young children has individual initiative.
"We realize that knowledge can be obtained through teaching, but the emotions and attitudes of young children cannot be obtained through direct education. They should be obtained by children through visual learning under the appropriate guidance of teachers during activities. Therefore, we use collective Educational activities, group and individual education activities, corner activities, play activities, outdoor activities, home cooperation and other forms, try to actively create an environment and provide materials for children to participate in activities.
3. Curriculum content. The choice should be based on the actual experience of young children.
For young children, practicality "is the highest value, because only practical and perceptual experience can truly have the meaning of promoting children's development."
During the children’s activities, we saw that they were not interested in the colors and shapes of the fruits, because the children were very familiar with these fruits. Therefore, we adjusted the content of the activities in a timely manner and brought the children to their Activities that really interest you.
4. Teachers can improve their understanding, update their concepts, and enhance their ability to organize activities during activities.
Teachers are role models for children. On the basis of affirming children’s exploration, teachers are also working hard to establish interactive relationships with children as collaborators, supporters, and participants, and adjust activity organization plans in a timely manner. Adjust strategies, deeply understand the spirit of the "Outline", and enhance activity organization and planning capabilities. The generative theme activity is our trial stage, and there are still many areas that need improvement.
7. Related forms
Table 1 Fruit tree questionnaire
Do you have a fruit tree at home or in your family? ? Yes ? No
Types of fruit trees
How many fruit trees of each type are there? (1, 2, 3 or more)
Parent’s name:
Table 2 Our fruits (picture pasted)