"hatched hundreds of snails!" this little girl demonstrated a life education lesson | quick review
2024-09-15
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▲on august 12, 2024, the children of the early childhood education department of hangzhou youth activity center, led by their teachers, went to hangzhou yucai jinghang primary school to carry out the theme activity of "exploring the secrets of snails and drawing the dream of growing primary schools together". photo/ic photo
"a kid in our class raised a snail. after a few months of raising it, it hatched hundreds of snails!"
according to reports, recently, luo yichen, a second-grade student at hangzhou yucai jinghang primary school, brought her snails to school, and all the classmates immediately surrounded her. a white jade snail huddled in a box to eat vegetable leaves, and the movement of its tentacles or its body could make the children scream in surprise. what made everyone even happier was that luo yichen also brought 90 small snails as gifts for her classmates.
"the purpose of education should be to convey the breath of life to mankind." with the development of the times, the importance of life education has been increasingly recognized by the public. due to various restrictions, life education in schools is often still verbal, which is somewhat pale and powerless. how to make life education lively and vivid and deeply rooted in people's minds is a top priority. in this sense, a second-grade girl who raised snails for 5 months and gave birth to hundreds of babies can be regarded as a vivid demonstration of life education.
luo yichen started raising snails because of a reward from her science teacher. in may this year, the science teacher assigned homework to the children, asking them to make a "home" for the snails. whoever made the best "home" would be rewarded with a white jade snail.
after luo yichen won the award, she went to see snails as soon as she got home from school every day, and asked experts for tips on how to raise snails. after a few months, she became a little expert in raising snails. "in the process of raising snails, my daughter has become more and more responsible and has gained a lot." the teacher derived the knowledge points in the textbook into an exploration of life, which also won the recognition of parents.
some people say that life education is to use one life to awaken another life. this awakening is neither abstract nor grand, but is contained in the careful care day after day. through personal care, children can more intuitively understand the existence and growth of life, cultivate their love for small animals, and also let them understand the preciousness and uniqueness of life.
it is not easy to take care of snails, and it is even more difficult to hatch their eggs. the experience of raising snails is also a journey of cultivating and achieving a responsible and loving life. luo yichen gave the baby snail to her classmates out of her love for life and her desire to share.
the children who have attracted attention for raising snails are not isolated cases. a few years ago, the media reported that hangzhou primary school student sun youxiang raised snails for "four generations living under one roof", which also caused heated discussions. after more than a year of breeding, he fell in love with snails and his life became very interesting. he wrote some observation notes, and snails often became the protagonists of his weekly diary. the love and patience, sense of responsibility and mission he showed were also praised by science teachers as the best life education.
respecting life is both the starting point and the destination of education. carrying out life education can revitalize life in various forms. raising children with one's own hands and witnessing the reproduction of life can indeed help cultivate children's sense of responsibility and love.
we hope that more schools and families can carry out more life education similar to "raising snails" so that every young individual can gain more growth experience. to make meaningful things more interesting, life education can also be put into practice.
written by hu xinhong (teacher)
editor/ chi daohua
proofreading/ zhang yanjun
