Jinhua News Client May 7 News Reporter He Xiaofeng
In HesiLu Village, Chengxi Street, Yiwu City, there is a group of kindergarten children who sprinkle joy in the fields and "move" the classroom into nature. And their "post-80s" director, in order to make the children more affectionate about the land and closer to nature, recently contracted 90 acres of farmland as a "new farmer" to be a veritable "nature school".
Get close to nature
The head of the park transforms into a "new farmer"
"Sunflowers are planted here, and these 20 acres of land are restored to paddy fields to grow rice, and these ponds are used for irrigation..." On the morning of May 7, in the fields of Hesi Road Village, Wang Qunyi, the director of a kindergarten, was talking freely with Gong Zhan, secretary of the Heli Co-construction Committee, about planning for the newly contracted farmland.
In recent years, the streets of Chengxi have carried out "non-grain" rectification, and Hesi Road Village has freed up more than 200 mu of farmland. Taking advantage of the opportunity of land circulation in the village, Wang Qunyi contracted 90 mu of farmland and expanded the scale of his "teaching aids" that were originally only 2 mu.
The children harvest potatoes
How much do children love planting? Wang Qunyi said that on January 5 this year, the children planted potatoes on a small farm, sang good songs to the potatoes, told moving stories, and looked forward to their germination and growth. Accompanied by 121 days of observation, the children finally harvested the fruits on the day of Lixia, and the joy of the harvest was written on every smiling face.
"The new 'teaching aids' are being renovated, and soon we will be planting sunflowers, rice, sorghum, etc. with our children to observe and record the growth of crops." Wang Qunyi said that in addition to the teaching of farmland planting, the artificial ponds within the contract will also be used to carry out water teaching such as drowning prevention and rowing, so that children can get close to the land and close to the water, and truly live and learn in nature.
Wang Qunyi is preparing for the children to bury sugar cane
It is reported that a kindergarten contracted farmland, the future planting of crops will mainly hire the villagers of Hesilu Village to help take care of it. Children will participate in the growth of crops throughout the process, and carry out parent-child interaction to share the fruits of the harvest.
From the city to the countryside
More Parents Identify with "Nature Education"
Wang Qunyi is an admirer and practitioner of "nature education". He attaches great importance to outdoor teaching, so that children have more time to contact with nature.
In 2019, as soon as Wang Qun came to HesiLu Village, he was attracted by the idyllic scenery here, just when the city was organically renewed and the kindergarten had to be relocated, he moved the kindergarten as a whole to Hesilu Village. "From the city to the countryside, most parents can't accept such a span." Wang Qunyi said, but there are more than 10 parents who agree with his teaching philosophy, even if the pick-up is inconvenient, they are willing to let their children continue to study with the kindergarten.
The scenic village of Hos road
In the classroom, children do their favorite "work" according to their interests, or study mathematics, or do handicrafts, or do doodles; at the end of the class, children walk and jump on the balance beam... In addition to the teaching of cultural classes, children "can move but not be quiet", running in the fields, walking in the forest, planting corn, burying sugar cane, digging potatoes, and running for more than 2 kilometers a day.
Children take lessons in nature
"The kindergarten stage is the most suitable time to get close to the land and contact crops, and it is also the best time to exercise children's hands-on ability." More and more parents have accepted Wang Qunyi's concept of "nature education", and the number of students has slowly expanded to more than 70. Most of these children are from Yiwu city, the farthest living in Dongyang, parents are willing to hand over their children to Wang Qunyi, every day tireless back and forth.
Wang Qunyi and the children do carpentry work
With the return of kindergarten teaching to normal, Wang Qunyi has a new idea - he not only wants to be a "new farmer" and love the land like a child, but also to pass on his feelings for the countryside to the next generation and accumulate strength for rural revitalization.
【Source: Jinhua Daily】