The educator Sukhomlinsky once said: "Without labor, there can be no real education." In March 2020, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Labor Education in Colleges, Schools, and Primary Schools in the New Era, which made comprehensive arrangements for strengthening labor education in colleges, middle schools, and primary schools.
In July of the same year, the Ministry of Education issued the "Guiding Outline for Labor Education in Colleges, Schools, and Primary Schools (Trial Implementation)", which required colleges, middle schools, and primary schools to set up compulsory courses for labor education, which once again highlighted the important position of labor education.
Labor education is an important part of kindergarten education, it can not only promote the development of children's body skeletal muscles, improve children's self-care ability, but also affect their personality development, intellectual development, interpersonal skills and the development of skills... Labor Day is coming, in this holiday that belongs to workers, let's explore how to implement labor education in kindergartens.
01 Labor education for young children of different ages
The "Guide to learning and development of children aged 3-6 years" proposes to enable children to have basic self-care skills in life and encourage young children to do what they can. The focus of labor education should be different depending on the age of young children.
■ Small class
The self-care ability of small class children is poor, and the labor education of young children should be based on "for themselves", focusing on the various labor abilities of young children to solve their basic life needs.
■ Kindergarten
Kindergarten children's coordination and balance, finger dexterity and sophistication have improved, and they can put on and take off clothes, shoes and socks, and organize their belongings. Early childhood labor education can guide young children to participate in kindergarten labor and cultivate a sense of cooperation in serving others.
■ Kindergarten
Children have developed a certain degree of self-care, they begin to actively understand the basic rights of themselves and others, and like to follow and establish rules together. Children's labor education can "serve the society" and guide children to participate in labor experience activities such as public welfare labor and social practice.
02 How to better carry out labor education in kindergartens
Labor, like games and character education, runs through the daily life of young children, and is reflected in the bits and pieces of life and learning. Labor education in kindergartens can be carried out like this:
Labor Education in Thematic Activities:
Kindergartens can carry out activities such as "I will wear my own clothes", "I will fold my own clothes", "be a hard-working person from an early age" through the theme of "doing my own things", so as to promote the development of children's self-care ability and experience the joy brought by labor.
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Cultivate the ability to take care of yourself in life
Let the child first recognize their own ability, and then encourage the child to start from the small things within their ability, such as taking off the shirt, taking off the pullover, putting away the toys, etc.
Organize the dishes and clean up the table
In the dining session, instruct the children to take their own meal tableware, wash the dishes and spoons after eating, wipe the table, sweep the floor and mop the floor, etc.
Wash and arrange independently
In the toilet washing process, guide children to learn to pick up their own towels, wash their hands correctly, go to the toilet, etc., and constantly cultivate children's ability to live independently.
Fold the quilt and make the bed
During the nap session, encourage children to make their own beds, fold quilts, and make beds.
Pack up toys and organize them
In the outdoor play session, let the child take the toys and equipment by himself, and organize and arrange them after the game.
Extending labor education to the family:
Labor education is not only a kindergarten thing, teachers should extend labor education to the family, so that parents can take their children to clean the room, cook, wash clothes, etc., not only can let the children master simple basic housework skills, but also create a warm and interesting parent-child interaction atmosphere!