There are neither perfect parents nor perfect kindergartens in this world, but parents are often neither professional parenting experts nor have much parenting experience. However, through the joint efforts of countless generations of parenting experts and kindergarten teachers, kindergartens have designed a series of methods and means to enrich children's minds and strengthen their bodies.
Professional kindergartens should:
There is a systematic method to realize that children's growth is a combination of body, mind and thought; It is the common responsibility of children, families, communities and kindergartens. Kindergarten teachers should not only pay attention to children's physiological, individual, social, emotional and emotional needs, but also pay attention to children's learning ability and thinking mode;
Give back to every child actively. Recognize children's differences, challenge children's thinking, and provide opportunities and possibilities that can promote children to explore the world;
Learn while playing. For children, especially in kindergarten, play is everything. Playing with peers can stimulate children's imagination, creativity and expressiveness; You can learn to accept or challenge others' ideas, solve problems together, and learn to respect others' abilities. Kindergarten not only gathers children of similar age, but also needs to design specific activities to promote children's all-round growth through collective activities;
Purposeful teaching. Learning is not only a unilateral transmission of information, but also should not emphasize obedience and discipline; Learning is a challenge, and it is to gain practical knowledge through constant reflection, experiment, trial and error and interaction. For kindergarten children, teachers need to flexibly design a variety of activities for children to participate in, so that children can learn in participation and practice;
Have a learning environment. Plants, bibliographies, gardens, sand, stones, soil and water, these basic natural resources are the source of children's contact and perception of nature and the world; Multimedia classrooms can also help children acquire the basic perception and ability to solve problems in the information society. The learning environment will directly stimulate and challenge children, and professional kindergartens should have rich space and resources for children to use.
Respect differences. Tolerance and respect for different cultures and viewpoints are undoubtedly the qualities that China children need to learn most. These qualities need to be gradually passed on to children in kindergarten activity design, in ordinary words and deeds, and in children's interaction;
Continuous evaluation. Professional kindergartens need to constantly evaluate whether their environment, teachers and activities can make children play happily and effectively; Whether it can promote children's communication and learning ability; Whether children with special needs can be reasonably helped; Whether it conforms to the specific environment and cultural background.
The purpose of kindergarten is not to let children not lose at the starting line. The world has never had the same starting line. The purpose of kindergarten is to provide professional teachers and places for children to know themselves, make friends, explore the world, experience happiness, learn to learn and communicate.
Know yourself: Kindergarten children are all adults, and they begin to realize that they are independent individuals and express their needs and emotions, but these little angels (or Xiong Haizi) show curiosity and incomprehension about their needs and emotions from time to time. Kindergarten is to help children understand and accept their own needs and emotions, so that children feel accepted and recognized; I am not only a member of a big family, but also an independent member; I need others' understanding and care, and I also need others' understanding and care.
Know others and the world: 2.3-year-old children have gradually begun to distinguish between "you and me" and begin to realize that there is more than just their own family in this world. The older children are, the more they will feel that they belong to a certain (cultural, ethnic and regional) collective. The more complicated the relationship between people, the more they will realize that they have a looming relationship with the world. Kindergartens need to help children learn how to share their own culture, traditions and beliefs, and respect other people's different views and ideas; It is necessary to help children realize the importance of fairness, understanding and tolerance among people, and let them take responsibility for the collective, society and the world.
Experience happiness: children need to feel healthy, satisfied, happy and joyful in the process of growing up, so that they can face learning and challenges more confidently and optimistically. Kindergartens need to provide children with a warm, trusting and safe environment. Among them, children's physical, emotional, spiritual and conscious needs can be respected and understood, so that children can explore the world in a stable state.
Learn to learn: Nowadays, children are under great pressure to recite poems, learn arithmetic, play the piano, dance and love art, but many parents just forget that what children need to cultivate at this time is to fall in love with "learning" itself. Learning to learn and falling in love with learning can never rely on obedience and discipline, but only on children's spontaneous exploration, continuous experiments, learning and cooperation with others, making contributions to the collective, trying to solve problems independently or with others, and sharing the joy of success together. It is such a series of participation and experiences that make children fall in love with learning and learn to learn. Kindergartens undoubtedly need to provide children with a suitable learning environment, and at the same time provide spiritual support, encouragement and affirmation, so that children can concentrate on their studies.
Learn to communicate: communication is never only through language. When children learn to communicate and communicate, they will not only rely on abstract words that they are far from mastering to express their needs, feelings and understanding. Children will use all means to convey information, including gestures, movements, expressions, sounds and actions. They can't master reasonable communication methods, and children can't express themselves correctly, so they can't know themselves correctly. Kindergartens need to help children transform their meaning into expression and inner true understanding through interaction, play, stories, dance, music, animation, role-playing and multimedia with other children.
Having said that, someone must have discovered that although kindergartens can play a great role in children's growth, parents with enough energy and experience can provide their children with what professional kindergartens can provide. Moreover, the standard of children's growth does not have to be what I said above, and the standard of measurement can be different. So as long as parents are satisfied with their children's growth, there is no need to send them to kindergarten. However, if parents feel incapable, please hand over their children to a professional kindergarten. After all, kindergarten is a professional place specially set up for children's growth, and kindergarten teachers are also professionally trained occupations.
Mom and dad are always the most important people in children. Even if there are perfect kindergartens in the world, don't leave all the responsibilities to kindergartens. After all, for parents, children are unique, and for children, parents are unique.