The most beautiful April day in the world, now is a good time for all things to grow, nature is full of vitality, and it is also a good time for children to get close to nature. How can parents take their children on a nature exploration journey? East Shanghai Voice FM106.5 family education column "Air Parent Academy" invited Zhou Ying, director of Zhangjiang Classic Kindergarten, to interact with parents and friends.
Children are curious and exploratory about the world. Teacher Zhou first pointed out that children have both the nature of play and the desire to contact nature. Parents take their children into nature, feel the beauty of the earth, and gain the power of life. This can meet the needs of early childhood development and is irreplaceable by any electronic product.
Fallen leaves from trees, small bugs in the grass, snails running out after rain... All can let the children watch for half a day. Teacher Zhou introduced that the 24 solar terms, planting, animals and plants, meteorological observation, water and environment are the beginning of children's exploration of the world. Changes in the climate of the four seasons such as light, rain, wind, and snow, when the natural environment around them changes, will bring surprises, thoughts and many unexpected discoveries to children.
Nature is the best teacher. Yueyue's mother found that her daughter, who was originally timid and shy, was actively active when discussing the topic of "what do earthworms eat" with children. In the process of accompanying the children to further explore, she encouraged the children to observe the changes of earthworms in the soil and understand the living habits of earthworms from picture books. She feels that when children ask questions, parents should not directly tell their children the answers, but let their children observe and experience. This point is also agreed by Teacher Zhou, and timely white space can help children learn and explore independently.
In parent-child outdoor nature exploration, Xixi Dad believes that parents should not take accompanying their children as a burden, but should be a preparer of careful planning, an observer of children's behavior, and also a recorder of parent-child outdoor nature exploration activities. Seeing that the child was interested in plant growth, during the holiday, he also bought mushrooms and bean seedlings, observed the process of plant growth with the child, and felt the beauty of nature.