In American kindergartens, there are few group activities. Teachers always arrange activities according to children's different personalities and abilities and encourage children to choose their favorite games and activities. Teachers also encourage children to engage in a variety of activities in a short time, so that children can develop and create freely, so as to cultivate their flexibility and creativity.
For example, drawing, teachers do not pay attention to the content, form and skills of children's drawing, but let children play freely and imagine freely, so American children often paint all over their faces. Their masterpieces are everywhere on the walls, doors and floors at home, although these? Works? Very rude, adults often don't know what it is, but mom and dad won't get angry, let alone obstruct and forbid it. Instead, they will smile at the children's performances and let them give full play to their creativity and imagination.
Respect children and affirm children.
In early childhood education in the United States, adults believe that children should receive the same equality and respect as adults. If children can call their elders by their first names, adults will also address them with great respect. Through these simple details, children can feel this equality. In addition, when going out to be a guest, if the host gives something to the children to eat, adults won't decide for the children like China's parents, will they? Want it? Or? No? Children will not be reprimanded when they express their desire to eat, and everything will make them independent.
In carrying out various game activities, teachers respect children's choice of game materials and operation methods, pay attention to creating a relaxed and pleasant game atmosphere for children, protect children's enthusiasm for games, appreciate children's different views and ideas, not only fully accept them, but also praise children's reasonable imagination and unique design. In America, parents will never be stingy with their children's praise. As long as their children get a little achievement, parents will praise them greatly.
What do American parents say to their children the most? You're amazing! ? And this kind of praise will be implemented. What did they do to their children? Creation? They all gave great affirmation and praise and gave the children the greatest confidence. After being praised, children pay more attention to their own reputation, so they will be more careful to maintain their own reputation and leave others' praise to themselves.
Pay attention to children's independence
In public places in the United States, you can often witness such a scene: a child tripped and cried on the ground, while the mother standing not far away was in no hurry. They didn't go up to help the baby up like China's parents, and then wiped his tears while hugging him. Sometimes they even said exaggerated words and made some false moves. American parents just watch their children get up quietly.
Compared with preschool education in China, preschool education in the United States pays more attention to the cultivation of children's independent personality. In the United States, children are regarded as an independent individual, and children will always encounter difficulties and setbacks in the process of growing up. Parents can't always be with their children to take care of them, so Americans attach great importance to cultivating their children's independent personality from an early age and solving their own problems.
Attach importance to children's vertical development
American education pays attention to the cultivation of process and ability, especially to the cultivation of children's imagination and creativity. They believe that everything is participation, and the knowledge, feelings and development ability that children learn in various activities are the most important.
Preschool teachers in the United States will try to avoid evaluating children, neither praising nor criticizing them, because they know that criticizing one child will stimulate him, and praising one child will stimulate other children. Therefore, kindergartens in the United States don't have any report cards or report cards, but there will be study reports. The main purpose is to let parents know their children's learning progress in kindergartens and see what needs to be strengthened and what needs attention after attending primary school.
Diversified education in kindergartens
Multicultural education originated in the United States and is a basic concept of modern education in the United States. In American kindergartens, there are many children from different countries and nationalities, so the American preschool education circle emphasizes that children should not only learn their own traditional culture, but also accept other cultures. In curriculum design, American children think that the object of multicultural education is all children, and the curriculum should consider each child's interests and experiences, and reflect each child's family background and language and culture.
The content of the course is not centered on a certain culture, but embraces various cultures and appears in the form of thematic activities. A number of small theme activities constitute a complete theme system, and each theme activity will involve the physical geography, cultural landscape and traditional culture of different countries and races, so as to guide children to achieve mutual understanding, acceptance and respect in the process of understanding these different cultures.