Plant a grain of millet in spring, and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn.

Mr.Chen Heqin, a famous educator, once said, " Nature and the great society are all living textbooks."Follow the educational concept of" listen to their voice, follow the trend and education ", further implement the" 14 + 4 " children as the goal training system, and promote the comprehensive and harmonious development of children. Qiyuan Characteristic Experimental Kindergarten held the "Fun Childhood" autumn tour and picking activity from October 31 to November 1,2023. Let the children get close to the nature and feel the nature. In nature, children can personally touch and perceive, the nearest distance to know every tree and grass, their innocence, meet the spirituality of nature, always can collide with the most shining sparks.

  "Kindergarten Guidelines (Trial)" points out: " Kindergarten should provide children with a healthy and rich living and activity environment, to meet their multi-faceted development needs, so that they can gain experience beneficial to their physical and mental development in a happy childhood life."In the rich and colorful natural environment, teachers should give children the opportunity to observe and experience, understand the needs and interests of children, and on this basis to observe children, the children in life experience in the analysis of the reasons behind the behavior, understand each child's cognitive level, emotional personality and individual differences, understand children need, can truly listen to children voice, suitable, let learning become lifelong happiness; listen to the social voice, teach, let talent achievement human hope; listen to the natural voice, teach in order, let life achieve human forever.

Happy set out

Facing the rising sun, with a smiling face, back on a small bag, we set out together! Sitting in the car, enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the window, sharing the happy mood with the partners, along the way, laughter filled the whole carriage.

Happy picking

The Guide also mentioned: " Children's learning is based on direct experience, and is carried out in games and daily activities. We should create a rich educational environment, reasonably arrange activities, support and meet children to the greatest extent, and gain experience through perception, practical operation and personal experience."In the age when children are curious about the world and love thinking, what our teachers should do most is to lead them into nature, find the breath of the earth, and capture the most real smile with their heart.

Under the guidance of the teacher, the children queued up to the grape planting shed, one by one to experience the fun of picking grapes hand by hand!

After the spring of germination and summer growth, the grapes really mature.

Look at that one, a string, like agate, like jade, crystal clear, really like carved with crystal and jade.

"What do the round grapes look like?"" Like an eye, like a pearl, like a crystal ball."" Teacher, I really want to take a bite of it!”

Listen to their heart, follow the trend and education. The children drink water, pick the grapes, this is arranged for the children.

After tasting the grapes, the children came to the sugar cane field.

Understand the growth environment and appearance characteristics of sugarcane.

Through cooperation, the children carry sugarcane and experience the joy of labor together.

Facing the warm sun, the children took the tools and happily came to the sweet potato field. Under the guidance of the teacher, I observed the vines and leaves of the sweet potato. Close contact with the field, personally dig out the sweet potatoes hiding in the ground, this is the children have been longing for, everyone can't wait to get busy in the field.

A large and small, different shapes of sweet potatoes were dug out by the children, although very tired, clothes and shoes hands are covered with soil, but the children's faces are filled with a happy smile.

Blue sky, light clouds, free environment, happy now, indulge in the natural environment of a group of children, not lead, not preaching, children scrambling, than, who dig sweet potatoes, who dug most sweet potatoes, the children in their pure world, feeling the nature of the good.

When the children gently dug the sweet potatoes out of the soil, holding them in their hands to show the fruits of their labor, full sense of achievement in their hearts.

In this picking activity, the children harvested not only sweet grapes, sugar cane and sweet potatoes, but also a happiness and growth, and harvested the exploration and curiosity of the unknown world. Let the children feel the gift of nature, the work of fruit farmers and the hard-won food, experience the significance of nature education, fully feel the joy of labor and harvest!

Game moment

Life is education, and education is for a better life. Nature is the best living textbook, and it plays as the course itself with its wonderful power. We should guide the children to have the eyes to find the beauty, and hope to bathe in the beauty of nature together with the children in every season, and slowly feel the beauty and hope!

Delicious lunch

This picking activity, the children harvest a lot, more let us understand that children's learning is not sitting and listening, but to mobilize a variety of senses, dedication and focus, is to explore, experience, communication and performance. In the future, we will dig deep into the life resources around children, infiltrate education into the environment, and carry out natural education activities with the purpose of promoting children's all-round development.

Freeze moment

Enjoy the fun of picking and bath in the beauty of nature. Nature has always been the widest classroom for children, and the pleasant picking activity is a profound lesson on the road of children's growth. The picking trip not only brings closer the intimacy between children and the natural environment, but also improves their enthusiasm to explore things. At the same time, it also lets the children have a deep understanding of the real labor. May these happy experiences always accompany the children, so that they can grow up more healthily and happily, and can become active people who love life and appreciate life.

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Qiyuan reporter station: Liu Xiaoying