Recently, a kindergarten in Xi'an held a special "funeral", and the protagonists of the "funeral" were two little rabbits accompanying the children.
The kindergarten explained that life education is incomplete without talking about death, and this funeral activity is a life education practice, allowing children to observe life from a unique perspective, feel parting and loss.
"Death" seems to have always been a topic that everyone avoids. This life education has also aroused heated discussions among many parents.
"A very meaningful education!" Many parents agree with this, but some parents believe that children are too young and premature "death" education will cause them fear and is of little significance. Actually, is this really the case?
"Funeral" for two rabbits
A special life education lesson
What is going on with this special "funeral"? A few days ago, the reporter contacted the Lintong District Tongda Kindergarten, and the director Lei Lu told the reporter the ins and outs of the matter——
It turned out that this kindergarten had a small animal breeding area "Moe Pet Garden", which raised a lot of cute little animals, including rabbits, turkeys, ducks, etc., and one night, a fox came to the kindergarten and ate the two little rabbits in the cute pet garden...
Usually, children like to go to the "cute pet garden" to observe the habits of small animals, feed them, and clean them. For more than two months, these little animals have become their beloved "playmates". However, in the face of the sudden death of rabbits, for children, except sadness, there is actually no clear concept.
Experiencing the life and death of small animals around you up close is a good opportunity for children to carry out life education. So, the kindergarten decided to give the child a lesson on life and death...
Under the plans of the teachers, a special "funeral" for the rabbit began! In the playground, the teacher took the children to mourn in silence, and guided the children to discuss death, share their emotions and feelings, and answer the children's questions...
At the scene, many children cried, and while feeling shocked, sad and uneasy, the children understood the laws of survival in nature; Knowing that life is only once and limited; I learned to cherish life, be grateful for all people and things that take care of life and growth... A kindergarten child said, "I feel that small animals are also alive. We must all love them and not bully small animals. Another child told everyone: "I understand that life is only once, and when I die, I will never come back." So we have to cherish every day we spend with our parents. ”
Life education is not the accumulation of knowledge
It's an "awakening" of consciousness
"When it comes to funerals, everyone must think it's funny, and even taboo about talking about life and death, but in today's society, it's hard to guarantee that children are not exposed to relevant information." In Lei Lu's view, children's life education is not a accumulation of knowledge, but an "awakening" of consciousness, awakening the internal motivation of children's self-growth. This funeral activity is the best practice of life education. Truly respect children, believe in the power of children, to teach children to understand that everyone's life is only once, while cherishing their own life, but also to be grateful to those who give their life, but also to cherish the lives of others and animals and plants, to fear life, to fear nature.
This life education triggered by "death" has also sparked heated discussions among parents. "I am very touched and lucky that we can receive such an education about life when we are about to graduate." Ms. Chen, a parent of kindergarten children, said, "As soon as the child saw me that afternoon, he hugged me tightly and said seriously, Mom, thank you for giving me life, I love you. When she said this, Ms. Chen couldn't help but wet her eyes.
The reporter saw in the message area of the kindergarten's video release platform that most people recognized and supported the activity. "For children, they may not yet understand what it means to lose their lives, but I believe that they are sad and sad for the rabbits from the bottom of their hearts in real educational activities, and they also know that life is only once and must be cherished and loved."
However, some parents feel that it is too heavy to let their children be exposed to the topic of death too early, and the child will know it as soon as he grows up. There are also parents who have doubts about premature "death" education, can children really understand?
"How to look at life, especially how to look at these weak beings around it. Nature and society are living teaching materials. The kindergarten teacher in charge of the funeral said bluntly that as educators, children should be allowed to express their emotions authentically and do their best to provide support and comfort. Only by integrating nature into children's education can children get better development and make "education nature, nature education" truly practiced to children.
Life education is systems engineering
Home-school community is needed to form a joint force
"This 'special funeral' has also given us a lot of inspiration, and cutting through the 'Death Lesson' like this is a good way for children to see life from a unique perspective and savor parting." Daniel Zhang, associate researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Xi'an Academy of Social Sciences and secretary general of the Shaanxi Family Education Research Association, said in an interview with reporters.
What kind of life education do children need? In Daniel Zhang's view, life education is not a special course, but should penetrate into all education and teaching activities in the school, and give full play to the role of the three carriers of subject teaching, special education and extracurricular activities. Life education is also a systematic project involving schools, families, communities and all aspects of society, and it is necessary to pay attention to the combination of school, family and society to form a joint force of life education.
The reporter learned in the interview that most schools in our city actually have relevant life education courses. For example, in the Six Elementary Schools of Aerospace, the chickens "feed" the officials through an 18-day egg hatching journey to feel the power of life and technology. Through "chick hatching", children can feel the magic of life and the joy of birth. Some eggs do not hatch chicks, or the chicks cannot adapt to the environment after breaking their shells, which also has the regret of loss, birth and loss, are a valuable life education.
Yat Tsui Yuen Middle School divides life education into three series of themes and 18 directions, educating and guiding students from the three dimensions of survival, life and life. Principal Du Liping said that life education is not to engage in "another kind of education", but to give life connotation to existing education, and integrate life education ideas into daily education teaching, various activities and teacher-student interaction, and invisibly penetrate.
Of course, in addition to school, the family is also an important part of life education. Daniel Zhang suggest that parents should also make more use of various opportunities and examples around them to teach their children to learn basic self-protection and self-help skills, establish a sense of self-protection, and learn to respect themselves and others and respect life. You can take children to understand the process of birth, growth and death of various forms of life, understand the irreversible nature of life, recognize setbacks and shortcomings in life, do not give up lightly, face it with a positive attitude, and cherish life. (Xi'an News All Media Reporter Cheng Jing)
Source: Xi'an News Network