The summer vacation is about to begin, and many parents of "prospective primary school students" may already be anxious about the transition between kindergarten and primary school: what habits should be cultivated before entering school? Do I need to prepare for the Primary School Curriculum? How can parents work with the school...... The answers to these questions can be found in Hanyang School of the High School Affiliated to Shandong University.
In order to help parents alleviate the anxiety of the connection between kindergarten and primary school and solve the problem of "rushing", this year, Hanyang School will extend this work, from the original only to carry out point activities, to the current series of series into a line, spread out into a surface, half a year in advance according to the plan to carry out a series of work, from kindergarten and primary school to infiltrate teaching and research, to invite kindergarten students to enter the school experience, and then to carry out a series of expert lectures for parents, so that the connection between young and primary schools is in line with the law of children's growth and achieves effective connection.
Joint teaching and research of young children and primary schools play a "combination punch"
Early childhood experience of the elementary classroom
On the morning of June 3, the campus of Hanyang School was very lively, and more than 500 kindergarten children from the five kindergartens in the school district walked into the primary school department of the school to start a half-day primary school life experience. The school's colorful public areas, such as the Wisdom Garden, Graffiti Wall, Small Court, and Book Corner, make the children dizzy. What attracts them even more is that the docents in each area are little brothers and sisters, and the children's language allows them to listen more clearly and have more fun.
Different from previous years, this year's kindergarten children will participate in the flag-raising ceremony and outdoor activities, and will also enter the primary school classroom. The kind teachers and the novel activities opened the door to a new world for the children.
"The school has formulated a series of plans for the transition between kindergarten and primary school this year, which have been launched since April, which are mainly divided into three stages: pre-enrollment, summer vacation, and post-school opening. Among them, the pre-school stage is a critical period for the transition between kindergarten and primary school. Peng Li, vice principal of Hanyang School, said that this stage mainly includes mutual visits by primary school and kindergarten teachers, and separate visits by preschool children and parents
activities such as entering schools.
In April this year, the teachers of the Good Habits Project Team of Hanyang School walked into the corresponding kindergarten, Yulan Kindergarten, and carried out special joint teaching and research with the kindergarten teachers for the cultivation of children's good habits, and carefully observed the children's life in the kindergarten. The teaching and research deepened the mutual understanding between primary schools and kindergartens, and compared and analyzed the living environment, life content, teacher-student relationship, teaching methods, and behavioral norms of the two, so as to have a clearer understanding of the differences between children at different stages. Elementary school teachers have gained a deeper understanding of classroom adjustments, especially the physical and mental readiness of new students when they enter school.
Joint teaching and research should not only be listened to, but also watched. Through the observation of the children's daily life, the teachers of Hanyang School carefully recorded and summarized the aspects of learning, life, communication, and activities, sorted out the observation diary, summarized the aspects of the children's outstanding performance in the kindergarten stage, and also found many areas that need to be improved. For example, some children have poor sense of rules, lack of hygiene habits, etc.
In addition to primary school teachers entering kindergartens, Hanyang School also
Invite the principal and teacher of the counterpart kindergarten into the primary school to carry out a discussion and discuss the primary school and
Kindergartens should cooperate with each other in the transition between kindergarten and primary school, such as improving self-care ability, cultivating listening habits and time management awareness. By working together to prepare children for an easy, happy and confident transition from kindergarten to primary school. "Natural cohesion,
Active connection and slowing down the slope are the core significance of the two-way connection between young and primary schools. Peng Li said.
Senior education experts give lectures to parents
Alleviate anxiety and eliminate "poor information"
Educators at Hanyang School have been studying the connection between young and primary schools for many years, and they found that "rushing" has become a common phenomenon in family education, which violates the cognitive characteristics and educational laws of young children. At the same time, social institutions lack scientific and effective methods, and cannot help children form an overall construction of learning and a scientific thinking mode. The anxiety of many parents comes from the lack of knowledge about the connection between young and primary, as well as the self-pressure on their children to "not lose at the starting line". Dong Mao, the executive principal of Hanyang School, said that some parents also let their children prepare for the primary school curriculum, resulting in their children not being able to concentrate in class after entering school, and teachers even have to spend a semester to correct students' study habits, which makes the transition between kindergarten and primary school "ineffective".
In order to provide parents with scientific family education knowledge and help students successfully pass the transition stage between kindergarten and primary school, Hanyang School also launched a series of lectures with the theme of "Understanding Children's Effective Connection", and the first lecture on June 7 welcomed Zhao Yong, the general principal of Shandong Shandong University Basic Education Group. He and the parents of the kindergarten class of Hanyang School went to an appointment with the kindergarten and the school, and the school lecture hall was full.
Zhao Yong interpreted the connotation of the group's educational concept of "sharing life growth" for parents, and pointed out the common problems of children now in combination with specific and vivid cases. "We don't want to be wrapped up in the desires and anxieties of adults in children, parents should accompany their children more, let their children experience what they should experience, so that they can gain experience and form their own cognition." Zhao Yong warned parents to pay attention to their children's all-round development and systematic growth, highlighting the uniqueness of life.
After the seminar, many parents said that they felt very fortunate to be able to listen to the lectures of senior education experts before their children enter school, and to systematically understand the school's philosophy and knowledge of the transition between kindergarten and primary school.
With the concept of cognition, how should parents operate in real life? In the subsequent series of lectures, Peng Li explained how to cultivate children's good habits from the aspects of time management, parent-child reading, and sports in the transition between kindergarten and primary school, shared effective experiences and solutions for parents, and "taught" many small games and tips to parents, so that parents can train with their children at home.
Dong Mao introduced the curriculum system of Hanyang School to parents with the theme of "Curriculum Implementation after Admission to the First Grade". The school's curriculum system highlights the two characteristics of systematic and scientific, and creates a complete chain of student growth through thematic integrated courses and a series of theme activities.
"Anxiety and fear come from the unknown, and we let parents know about the learning process that their children will go through in school after entering school, eliminate the 'information gap', and the connection will come naturally." Dong Mao said that after the fall semester begins, the school will use the first week to carry out admission adaptation courses, without teaching new courses, with the help of the school's specially developed admission guidebook, so that new students can familiarize themselves with and adapt to primary school life as soon as possible.
This summer, Hanyang School will also carry out activities such as the home-school-community collaborative education project "Mom Talks Picture Books", which cultivates children's listening and communication skills through parent-child reading, and points to the improvement of students' social and emotional abilities.