You in childhood
Have you ever raised a silkworm baby?
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From a "dot" the size of a black sesame seed
to the small ant-like black ant silkworm
After going through molting again and again
It becomes a white, tender, soft and shiny silkworm baby
Finally, the cocoon becomes a silkworm moth
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On the afternoon of April 27th, the closing activity of the sericulture series with the theme of "'Silk' Love and Painting, Beauty and Childlike Heart" was held at the Compass Base of the District Youth Activity Center. "Sericulture activities are the brand activities of the Compass base, and we have carried out a series of activities for a month in the early stage, including the distribution of silkworm babies and mulberry leaves in the base school, the co-construction of sericulture activities in kindergartens and the expansion of experience activities in the base. Gong Shoukun, director of the compass planning department of the district youth activity center, told Xiaohong.
As the finale of this year's compass base sericulture activity, the base expansion experience activity attracted 82 groups of families from all over the city to participate. At the scene, children and parents incarnated as silkworm babies in the VR experience and experienced this wonderful world from its perspective.
In this activity, the teacher of the silkworm paradise was specially invited to explain the life cycle of silkworm babies and the origin and use of silk. After pleasant interaction and careful explanation, everyone couldn't wait to experience the four sections of the ancient method of peeling cotton pockets, handmade silk fans, ancient method tie-dyeing, and colorful silk thread braided egg pockets.
In the ancient method of peeling cotton pockets, students followed the teacher to soak the cooked silkworm cocoons, and then put them in their hands layer by layer to experience the traditional method of silk extraction.
In the production of handmade silk fans, children pick out silk heads on silkworm cocoons and make exquisite silk fans around the silk layers, these exquisite and ingenious crafts make people feel the wisdom of the ancients.
The tie-dye silk scarf activity is to dye pure white silk scarves into silk scarves with unique patterns, interpreting the pursuit of beauty by working people since ancient times.
Weaving egg pockets is a demonstration of Compass Base's deep digging into folk solar terms activities and traditional skills and characteristic courses.
The participants of the activity not only learned about the silkworm culture, but also felt the joy of labor and the far-reaching impact of traditional culture on real life in the hands-on production, which is of positive significance for improving the practical ability of the majority of young people, enhancing cultural self-confidence, and developing core literacy.
A total of 1,000 boxes of silkworm babies and 2,000 mulberry leaves were distributed to the base school, and the compass base also played the role of a curriculum development platform, and joined hands with Hongkou District Sports Kindergarten to build and develop a series of related courses, the curriculum is carried out around the life cycle of silkworm babies, through the silkworm manual, observe and record the growth and changes of silkworm babies, cultivate students' scientific observation and problem-solving ability, and feel the greatness of life and the power of nature.
For a long time, Compass Base has been continuing to adhere to the integration of five educations and collaborative education inside and outside the school through a variety of curriculum forms, giving full play to the role of curriculum development platform, assisting schools in building theme courses, improving students' ability of independent learning, observation and exploration and practical operation, and helping students grow. In the future, the base will continue to pay attention to the integration of five educations in curriculum activities and promote the transformation and development of the base.
Reporter: Qian Jing
Image: District Youth Activity Center
Source: Shanghai Hongkou