Five-year-old Emil attends a forest kindergarten 8 kilometers away from home. Every morning, his father takes him and his 2-year-old brother to the park by bike. In the early morning, the air was fresh, and Emile playfully touched the tall weeds on the roadside with his feet, completely ignoring that his pants and feet would be wet by dew, because his attention was focused on the birds flying from time to time in the forest. When he squints at dawn to find the trace of birds, he will find that the sun shines through the leaves in the dense forest and there are colored apertures. Through the gap, he will see that other children have started playing games with wooden carriages, and Emile will join them.
This is the story of Emil, a 5-year-old boy from Germany. Like many German children, Emil goes to kindergarten in the forest every day. The most distinctive place of forest kindergarten is the open-air classroom, which is air-conditioned by the wind of nature, even in cold winter. When it rains, the children will run to the wooden house to hide from the rain. Children's toys are made by teachers and children with natural materials: wood carving or small crafts. You can learn painting, reading, dancing and music here, just like a city kindergarten, but more childlike and natural.
Forest kindergarten encourages children to make interesting exploration actions and dig animal caves like anteaters; Or push a cart to sweep a cart of leaves and pile them together as natural fertilizer. The child blushes and his eyes shine every day when he comes home. All kinds of interesting sports in the forest make them full of energy every day.
Emile gets sick sometimes. This is in our nature. However, outdoor activities in the forest kindergarten every day have strengthened his physique. When the weather is fine in winter, he and other children are wrapped up like Michelin figures by their parents and teachers, and lined up in an irregular line to take part in hiking on the edge of the forest. This is an activity that they enjoy, because if they go further, they will see a wider world.
The core idea of German Nature and Forest Kindergarten is: "Let education happen naturally", and children can move freely in the natural environment and take the initiative to experience. From the experience of education development in Germany, children who grew up in nature and forest kindergartens have performed well in sports skills, social skills, language ability and creativity after entering school life.
The earliest forest kindergartens originated in Denmark, but developed in Germany. At present, there are more than 1500 kindergartens with the theme of "nature and forest" in Germany. Not only in Germany, the concept and model of German forest kindergarten are being rapidly promoted all over the world, including our neighbors Japan and South Korea. The BBC has a documentary about an Englishman who went to Germany to experience the life of the local people. The parents of this family sent their two children to the local forest kindergarten for education. The British people are very appreciative of the educational methods of German forest kindergartens, and they also made a documentary to record this process.
The above is a joke circulating on the Internet, which reflects some problems of education in China. Many families in China now realize the importance of nature education. Research shows that pre-school natural education plays a key role in children's future ability growth. More and more parents began to seek scientific methods of nature education. How to learn from the concept of nature education to cultivate the baby's natural strength?
1, playing in the yard
Courtyard is a small cell of nature. They come into this world with their treasures, cards and picture books. A small piece of goose soft stone, a twig and a big tree are all their exploration goals and even become important props for their team games.
Step 2 play in the rain
On rainy days, don't worry that going out will make your child catch a cold. Dress your child and take him for a walk around the block with an umbrella. Ask him if the air is different after the rain.
Has the bird become quiet? The sound of pouring rain. Want to eat French fries? This is a rare opportunity to blend in with nature.
Step 3 go hiking
Hiking is not as daunting and sturdy as imagined. A family trip can be realized with simple equipment, such as a backpack filled with water, snacks to replenish physical strength, sunscreen and insect repellent.
4. Visit the Nature Exhibition
The natural history museum is a good place for children to get in touch with and feel nature. There are often activities that children can participate in, and knowledge that children can easily understand such as endangered animals, rescue animals and various animals and plants will be displayed.
Whether it is the extinction of dinosaurs or the moving of small ants, vivid audio-visual effects can always satisfy children's desire to understand nature, and the mystery of nature begins here.
5. Home gardening
You can give your child a small shovel, dig out a small bucket and pour it into a flowerpot, or plant a seed or move a seedling and water it with your child regularly, or you can reflect the germination and growth of each leaf and share the fragrance and color of each flower.
As a generation of greenhouse flowers, how capable are we to adapt to the changing environment? Nature education is the cultivation of children and national strength, which is not only related to parents, but also worth thinking about.
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