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recently, the reporter visited xiuyuan kindergarten in chaoyang district, beijing. there is still more than a month before the new batch of "xiubao" enters the kindergarten, and the kindergarten has been preparing intensively. "tomorrow is the new students' parents' meeting, and the teachers are preparing questionnaires for parents." gu jinshuang, the principal of xiuyuan kindergarten, told reporters that every year when new students enter the kindergarten, teachers will fight a "pre-war" and communicate with parents in depth to understand each child and ensure that they can adapt to kindergarten life smoothly.

"only when we keep parents in mind can we be more targeted when raising children together, and the pace of children's growth will be more steady." gu jinshuang said that in recent years, kindergartens have been exploring a full-process advanced accompanying home-school co-education mechanism, focusing on the two main lines of children's growth and parents' educational ability, and constructing an education model in which parents and children grow together, parents and kindergartens cultivate together, parents, children and teachers accompany each other, and home and community work together.

advanced presets:

from superficial communication to in-depth training

september of each year is the admission season for new small classes. in order to ease the anxiety of parents and children, xiuyuan kindergarten will carry out the "gradual admission" activity. according to the age characteristics of small class children and the daily routine of small classes, the kindergarten makes careful adjustments in admission time, activity form and activity content with months, weeks and days as key points. from the initial parent-child accompanying admission, to two hours of independent admission, to half-day admission, and finally to full-day admission, the children can make a smooth transition.

in addition to "gradual admission", in order to facilitate home-school collaboration, the kindergarten will also make assumptions based on parents' needs and carry out training in advance.

"children nowadays are the treasures of their families, and nurturing them well is our common goal." said ms. taozi, the head teacher of the small class (2). however, some parents do not understand their children's growth characteristics very well, and "fragmentary" and "shallow" communication can no longer meet the needs of parents. therefore, xiuyuan kindergarten has formed a theme-based parent course training system framework through researching the needs of all parents, and jointly constructed the course.

the reporter saw at the scene that the course content is very rich and practical, mainly focusing on the difficulties and pain points of parenting. for example, the small class course "are you ready for your child to enter kindergarten?", the medium class course "developing children's language and reading skills at home", and the large class course "be ready to let your child enter the gate of elementary school smoothly".

fully integrated:

from visitor to participant

walking into the middle class classroom, the reporter was quickly attracted by a whole wall of "small zongzi". on the wall were posted a big exploration of the shape of zongzi, the "dragon boat race" of zongzi from the north and south, and photos of children's smiling faces when eating zongzi. this was a traditional culture picture book theme activity held by the kindergarten during the dragon boat festival this year, hoping that children can understand china's traditional festival culture by recognizing, observing and making zongzi.

"your elders' hometowns may be scattered all over the country. what are the differences between zongzi in different places?" xiuyuan kindergarten teacher wang ting guided the children to explore with their parents with questions. they found that zongzi can be sweet or salty, and the fillings of zongzi in different places are also different. therefore, based on the survey results of children and parents, the teacher launched the "little zongzi, little zongzi" theme activity.

this is a small case in which parents fully and deeply participate in kindergarten management.

yang jingyue, director of education and care at xiuyuan kindergarten, told reporters that parents can not only come to the kindergarten to experience roles such as nutritionists, safety officers, and childcare workers, but can also deeply participate in the kindergarten's class management, curriculum research, and teaching and research activities.

"in the past, when parents came to the campus, they were just visitors, but now they have become participants and are fully involved in all the work of the kindergarten, which has greatly improved the quality of education of the kindergarten." said gu jinshuang.

in the kindergarten, you can see the traces of parents' deep involvement everywhere: the shells, pebbles and branches picked up by parents and children become materials for independent games; the "scarecrow" sewn together becomes the "guardian" of sunflowers; the audio of "journey to the west" recorded together becomes the children's favorite story...

accompanying growth:

from "sole proprietor" to "partner"

this year, the kindergarten organized the children to go to the olympic forest park for a spring outing. before the event, the kindergarten had an in-depth discussion with the parents, including the purpose of the spring outing and the items that need to be prepared in advance.

i thought it was just an ordinary spring outing, and the children were just going to see the flowers and eat delicious food. but unexpectedly, lezhi from the kindergarten's small (1) class brought a surprise to her mother - a snail made of clay. this gave lezhi's mother a lot of inspiration. "as a parent, you should take the initiative to change from a 'sole proprietor' to a 'partner', and support the teacher to accompany the child to further explore." so the mother also prepared a big snail for lezhi, and observed and explored the snail with the child.

wang fang, director of teaching and research at xiuyuan kindergarten, told reporters that in recent years, the kindergarten has fully tapped surrounding resources, leveraged the power of parents, expanded classroom boundaries, and explored a collaborative model between home and community. every semester, a series of activities are carried out in a targeted manner, and the olympic forest park's "'embrace nature, enjoy beauty' parent-child spring outing" is one of them.

the reporter looked through photos of other activities on the spot and saw that the kindergarten not only invited community workers and parents to come into the kindergarten to carry out health education, flag-raising ceremonies, legal education and other activities, but also let the children go into the community and visit nearby primary schools under the guidance of teachers and parents, and participate in garbage sorting, community early education activities, etc.

after the interview, the reporter walked out of the kindergarten gate and could still hear the laughter of the children inside...

china education news, september 22, 2024, page 01

author: our trainee reporter yu xing and liu miao