For the first time, the little footman "came into close contact" with the grass, "Ah..." The toes of the toes were unconsciously cocked, and they could not take a step out. Holding the teacher's big hand, tentatively flattening the little foot, "Uh..." Take a slow step, and then step on it, "Hmm... No teeth. "Who doesn't have teeth?" "Grass has no teeth, (is) soft." Taking off her shoes and socks and stepping on the grass barefoot for the first time, the teacher of Shanghai Putuo Jinbao Kindergarten recorded the outdoor activities of the nursery children.
Picture: What was it like to step on the grass barefoot for the first time? Teachers carefully record the children's mood Source/Jinbao Kindergarten Courtesy photo (the same below)
Recently, the Ministry of Education issued the "Guidelines for the Evaluation of the Quality of Kindergarten Childcare Education", which mentions that children should be guaranteed to spend no less than 2 hours outdoors every day. How to play out of the classroom, what to play? How to create a safe, fun and beneficial outdoor activity environment for young children, and how to use outdoor space to carry out a variety of activities?
Instead of a traditional playground, Kampar's campus is replaced by rolling grass slopes, "good-tasting" terraces and fruit trees, sand pools where treasure can always be dug, suspension bridge tree houses that require courage to conquer, and mysterious cement pipe "caves"... This kindergarten creates an outdoor environment for children "as close as possible to the natural essence", providing the greatest opportunity and respect for children's independent exploration, hoping that children can establish their own cognition with the world and create a pleasant connection.
Pictured: Playground without traditional meaning, replaced by a "forest"
From "You can" to "I can"
"How will our children grow up facing an unpredictable future? Creativity, imagination, problem-solving, critical thinking and self-learning skills are essential, and these abilities require children to feel and accumulate from life, so it is crucial to create an environment and opportunities for children", Wu Jiahao, Head of Teaching, shared the educational philosophy of Kampar Kindergarten.
Courage, self-confidence and ability are not the urging of "you can", but the real experience of "I can" again and again, and the world outside the cement brick wall is not just the vastness of the sea and the sky for children.
Picture said: The first time I entered the "cave", the children were excited and nervous
Once firmly clutching the fence, his body swayed with the suspension bridge, like a string of cautious little crabs, and even a small step would cause a cry of surprise. And now, the kindergarten children "like the wind" ran over the suspension bridge, easily reached the tree house, "I like the suspension bridge the most, shaking is very fun."
The access to the outdoor second floor platform seems too impersonal. The stairs do not have a "contour height", the nursery children are less than 1 meter tall, and some steps are even higher than the child's knees, and the "little short legs" have to be used together with their hands and feet, and climb up with difficulty. The ramp trail on the other side is also wide and uneven, and the little ones have come up with a safe and secure way to move it down little by little by sitting with their little butts. However, it will not be long before caution will become a thing of the past, and the "little short legs" will become agile and athletic parkour runners, and no matter how steep the stairs and the rough trails, they will become fun in the chase and play.
The picture says: "There is no inappropriate weather, only inappropriate clothing", and outdoor activities on rainy days are also fun
Establish a connection with nature
At Kampar, outdoor activities not only bring valuable opportunities for children to grow, but more importantly, to create a connection between children and nature. "Only connections will bring love and respect, and in the future they will be able to make more informed decisions to protect nature." Wu Jiahao said. The teachers leaned down, squatted down, and re-looked at the campus from the child's point of view, and the grove seemed to become a "big forest", flowers and grasses came to the surface, the slide seemed to be steeper, and the sound of water gurgling by the canal was clear. Adults find that everything they usually take for granted suddenly adds a strange sense of mystery, and the curiosity in their hearts begins to stir. Teachers come to the outdoors, adults find a long-lost childhood fun, special teacher training helps everyone get more empathy from the perspective of children, teachers are more and more willing to take children out to play, but also found more value and fun.
Pictured: The story triggered by the toad "robbing the daughter-in-law" ...
There is a shallow pond paved with rough stone and cement on the campus, which is a clearing for children to throw sandbags and fight water fights on sunny days, and a "lake" where leaf boats stay on rainy days. A group of children stumble upon the "magic" in the pond on a spring day – several male toads start a fierce "daughter-in-law" battle, and finally the "strongest" and "smartest" toad can give birth with the female toad. The children remembered the follow-up of the story of "robbing the daughter-in-law", ran to the pond every day to look out, and it did not take long to usher in a happy plot - the baby toad was born!
So a natural plan for "frog life" was born, the pond became an outdoor corner, and considering the safety of the children, the teacher created a corner in the classroom and released frog eggs for the children to observe further. "It turns out that the toad's eggs are long lines, and the frog's eggs are a clump" "The toad mother lays her eggs on the aquatic weeds, it is not easy to drift away" "The eggs have become larger, a bit like flowers" "The transparent membrane on the baby's body has fallen off, they feel very relaxed, but they can't move yet" "Turned into a tadpole, black and black" "The boss is sleeping, the second is sweating, the third is urinating, the fourth is inhaling, the fifth is peeing, the family is really fun" "Four legs have grown, the tail is gone, and now you can call the toad"" It turned out that it liked to stay on the shady branches", "so it was an amphibian", and the children had a long and lively discussion...
Pictured: The children in the senior class take turns to be responsible for the construction of the balance beam
The sting has arrived, and the spring mood on the campus is getting stronger and stronger. The responsibility field has a new planting plan, the mud kitchen is about to be completed and waiting for the little chef, and the treasure is secretly buried in the sand pond waiting for the treasure hunter... On another new Monday, the children on duty carried the balance beam and wooden ladder out of the equipment room, creatively built it, and waited for the children in the whole kindergarten to rejoice together.
Xinmin Evening News reporter Yi Rong