The children's "Mother Ann" wants to take them out of the mountains

Cover news reporter Zhou Yi

She is a kindergarten teacher, the "An Mama" in the children's mouth, and the winner of the 25th "Sichuan Youth May Fourth Medal" Jigu Jiji.

Jigu Jimo, who was born in 1995, spent 19 years to give himself the opportunity to go out of Daliangshan, but chose to stay in the depths of Daliangshan, leaving this opportunity to more children.

On May 5, Jigu Jimo, who returned to work after the "May Day" holiday, was interviewed by the cover reporter and told us a story of "teaching children to talk".

Gigu Jimo was with the children

Go back, go back

Zhengxi Village is a remote small village located in the northernmost part of Haitang Town, Ganluo County, Liangshan Prefecture. At the beginning of October 2015, there was finally a preschool education point in the village.

Jigu Jimo, who graduated from Xichang College in 2014 with a major in preschool education, was the first batch of "one village, one child" counselor in Ganluo County, and was the first teacher to come to this preschool education site.

Jigu Jimo, who was born in the preschool education major "Keban", could have chosen to go out of the mountains, go out to work, find a preschool education job in a big city, or find a music and dance job that he likes. Stepping out of the mountains, for her to grow up in the mountains, is a dream that has been precipitated for many years.

However, JiguJiji finally chose to return to his hometown and be with the children. Only she knows that the truest voice in her heart is telling her: Go back, go back, there are many children like you when you were a child waiting for you.

"When this preschool education center was first established, it was very simple." Jigu Jiji recalled the kindergarten education point at the beginning of its establishment, "At that time, it was a low tile house. ”

But in any case, there is a preschool education point in the village, which is a groundbreaking thing in Zhengxi Village, and for the children, it may be an opportunity to change their destiny.

"I've suffered like this!" Jigu Jimo said, "Every day you have to walk a long, long way to Haitang Town to read, but in the first and second grades, the teacher can't understand anything, because I can't understand Mandarin." ”

Jigu Ji Ji Mo and Bu Xinyi children

Thank you, Mom Ann

When the kindergarten in Zhengxi Village opened, there were only 21 children. Now, the tile house of the preschool education point has become an open building, the playground has been widened a lot, and the security barrier has also been established.

In the pilot project of "Preschool Learning Mandarin" initiated by the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council and the Ministry of Education, Jigu Jijiji will teach Mandarin through teaching activities, and use physical objects, gestures, fun games and other auxiliary teaching, which is well received by children.

In Jiguji's class, there was a little girl named Bu Xinyi. When she first entered the kindergarten, she was always the one who cried the hardest, crying every day and looking for her mother to hug.

Jigu Ji knew that in order to let Bu Xinyi "walk" out of her mother's arms and integrate into the kindergarten family, she needed the teacher to bring her enough "security", and the language barrier was the first problem.

So, Jigu Jimo took her from her mother's arms every morning, comforted her in Yi and Chinese bilingualisms, and took her to the kindergarten to look around and divert the child's attention. "It's a tough process." Jigu Ji Ji Mo said.

At first, Bu Xinyi did not listen to her words at all, Jigu Ji Ji Mo used Yi language to set up a child almost, amusing her, playing with her toys, Bu Xinyi began to slowly accept her, sometimes crying and crying, and also said hello to Ji Gu Ji Ji Ji Mo. Jigu Ji knew that the situation was getting better step by step.

Gradually fell in love with Bu Xinyi, who was in kindergarten, and became a little translator, after entering the middle class, she often translated daily Mandarin to her younger siblings in the small class.

Because Jigu Jiji's Han surname is "An", the children in the preschool education point call her "An Mama".

A "Ann Mom, thank you" became the warmest words Jigu Ji mo had ever heard.

Gigu Jimo was with the children

Gigu Jimo was with the children

A new beginning, another departure

The Yi preschool teachers who came out of the mountains knew better what their children needed.

Jigu Ji Ji Mo every day as soon as he stepped into the teaching point, began to use bilingual teaching, in Mandarin to communicate with the children, she corrected the pronunciation of the children word by word, explained its meaning in Yi, the children from a word to a word, and then to a sentence, a coherent paragraph to speak twice, a mother tongue, a Mandarin.

From the beginning of the awkward mouth to the interactive communication, the children can respond positively in simple Mandarin.

A word, a word, a complete sentence, Gigu Ji Ji Mo was very excited, she knew, this is the progress of the children.

In May 2020, Jigu Ji jimo was admitted to Ganluo County Experimental Kindergarten with the first place in the county.

"What has changed is only the place of work, what has not changed is the original intention." In the eyes of Jigu Ji, she has always been the "Ann Mother" in the children's mouth, the "Ann Mother" who wants to take the children out of the mountain.

She wrote in her diary: "Maybe you don't know how much the teacher loves you, you also occupy all of the teacher, the teacher is not only the teacher, just like you said I am still your mother, the daily joys and sorrows are tied to you, the teacher's heart is full of you; sometimes it is also very tired, but your smile is the teacher's greatest motivation and support!" ”

The scene of the award receiving

Jigu Jimo has won the honors of "Excellent Student" of the 2017-2018 National Training Program of the China Teacher Training Program, the "Excellent Student" of the 2020 Care and Enlightenment Mobile Classroom of the China Next Generation Education Foundation, and the 25th "Sichuan Youth May Fourth Medal". (Courtesy of the interviewee)