A guide to practical strategies for preschool teachers' education.

A Key for Preschool Teachers —— Guidance on Practical Strategies of Preschool Teachers' Education is a collection edited by researcher Wang Huamin, vice chairman of China Preschool Education Research Association, aiming at improving the practical guidance ability of preschool teachers. This book selects 52 representative educational cases and puts forward a variety of problem-solving strategies to help teachers understand educational theory in practice and build a bridge between new educational ideas and behaviors. In 2008, this book was published by Education Science Press.

The book includes three parts: teachers and children, teachers and parents, teachers and communities, and shows the basic educational skills that preschool teachers need at present. The first part is about teachers and children. This part starts with the five fields of the outline, presents the main contents and educational strategies of the five fields in the form of cases, and strives to let teachers understand the connotation of the outline from personal experience. For example, in the chapter "Promoting the development of children's language ability", it is proposed that the ultimate goal of kindergarten language education has four aspects, namely, listening, speaking, appreciating literary works and early reading. Among them, listening ranks first. Listening is the behavior of children's perception and understanding of language. Listening is an indispensable ability for children's language learning and development. Only those who know how to listen, are willing to listen and are good at listening can truly understand the content, form and application of language and master the skills of language communication with others. The author enables teachers to master the practical points of the syllabus from simple and easy-to-operate educational strategies, and provides help to promote teachers to truly become supporters and collaborators of children's learning, so that children can become active and confident learners with the support of teachers and achieve all-round development.

The second part is about teachers and parents. The author puts forward how to better help parents change their educational concepts, how to communicate with parents to make home cooperation more effective, and how to reasonably guide parents to participate in kindergarten education activities. Parents are important educational resources and partners of kindergartens, and teachers have the responsibility to help parents understand the educational goals and tasks of kindergartens, so as to let parents know the situation of their children in kindergartens. Teachers should have some communication skills with parents, and take the initiative to tell parents about their children's situation in the park, including the progress of eating, sleeping, attending classes and playing games, so as to narrow the distance between teachers and parents. Among them, the author thinks that there is the simplest and most commonly used way to communicate with parents-interview, which is also an important way for teachers in American preschool institutions to communicate with parents. A brief conversation between teachers and parents when picking up and dropping off children can exchange information in time, so that parents and teachers can understand the situation of children in the park and at home in recent days or even that day. The interview between teachers and parents is purposeful, prepared and planned. Before the interview, both teachers and parents should be prepared. During the conversation, the teacher usually gives a brief and comprehensive report on the children's performance in the garden, focusing on the children's progress and advantages, showing their works, and proposing areas that need attention and improvement. Parents talk about their children's situation at home, the changes and progress after entering the park or recently, the existing problems and their hopes for the garden. The two sides discuss the specific educational goals and measures in the next stage in order to effectively promote the development of children. The topic and content of each interview are different. For example, the first interview after a child enters the park focuses on listening to parents introduce their children's life, habits and interests, and the teacher explains the education plan in the park. Interviews can also focus on a certain aspect of children's development according to the suggestions of parents or teachers.

Essay on preschool teacher education: There are often some outstanding children in kindergartens who like to express their "don't" in their own special way. Therefore, teachers often complain helplessly about the special problems of children.

This semester, a "family with difficulties in eating" appeared in Class One. Every time it's time for dinner, she cries and wants to go home. No matter how coaxed or fed, the teacher just won't talk. The teacher came to talk to me about her troubles. So I came to 1 class at dinner, and saw this little boy named Ningning lying on the table with his mouth open, pushing his rice bowl into the middle of the table. I went over and squatted down and asked him, "What's the matter? Don't want to eat? " He looked at me and nodded. I asked again, "Don't you like such delicious braised pork? How can you like it? Will you tell the teacher? " After a while, he whispered, "I want to drink water." I quickly poured water, and he swallowed it in one gulp. Then he finally opened his mouth and began to eat in one gulp. And every day after that, as long as he is provided with a little water before meals, he can eat his meals happily.

Some things, in fact, are as simple as that. One sentence can untie a knot. The key is whether to give children the opportunity to express their feelings easily and whether to have a delicate heart that is good at discovering.

Every child is eager to be respected and cared for, eager to attract the attention of adults in his own way, even in extreme ways, which is also a means for him to express himself. Teachers should have multiple roles, helping children when they need help, comforting them like mothers when they need care, and listening like friends when they need understanding. Think of yourself as a child, really bend down, and you will find that every child's small window has a unique key to open. As long as you have that key, happiness and surprise will follow.

Essay on kindergarten teacher education: love and wisdom create the beauty of kindergarten teachers. At this time of the week, according to the regular meeting of the head teacher on Monday and the regular meeting of the deputy head teacher on Tuesday, the last item on the agenda is "three-minute composition exchange". And every time our kindergarten teachers will prepare communication materials in advance and print them carefully. Today is no exception.

The expected "three minutes" began when the authorities and the director respectively conveyed the spirit of the document and arranged this week's work. Every time other teachers communicate, I will pay attention to the expressions of the teachers who are communicating. Every time I find that their expressions are very rich, and they are full of energy when exchanging teaching cases, as if returning to the scene at that time and among the children.

I often hear my friends say to me, "Being a kindergarten teacher is the happiest thing, being with children all day." Yes, it is really interesting to be a kindergarten teacher, especially when we turn our hearts into love in our contact with children, and we will feel the happiness of being a kindergarten teacher. This kind of happiness is beyond the reach of laymen. Therefore, in the "three minutes" every week, our kindergarten teachers often talk endlessly. It is precisely because we love children, carefully observe every little thing in education, and amplify the bright spot of every child that we feel that every child can actually be a vivid educational case, and every child has his own loveliness.

It is not easy to say that kindergarten teachers are easy; It is sweet to say that kindergarten teachers are hard. When we really unite love and wisdom, preschool education will glow with different brilliance! It is also at this time that our kindergarten teachers will also exude different beauty and charm!

Essay on preschool teacher education: the first role of a teacher "The first role of a teacher is to deceive children into self-confidence and success." This is a sentence I read in Lin Huamin's book Becoming a First-class Teaching Expert. Yes, confident children will have strong initiative. Emerson, a famous thinker and writer, once said, "Self-confidence is the first secret of success." Lin Huamin told such a short story in his book: In a physics class, he said to a student who knew nothing about physics: "Look at the process of solving problems, and I will know that you are the material for reading ..." I think that at this moment, this student's heart will be filled with infinite happiness, and he may immediately feel that physics is actually a particularly interesting subject, perhaps just like Sherlock Holmes, no matter which way he takes in the middle, eventually. Lin Huamin's "deception" is brilliant. In his educational career of more than 20 years, there are countless educational cases of "deceiving" students to gain self-confidence. As a teacher, we should be as good at discovering students' bright spots as he is, and provide them with a stage to fully display themselves, so that children's self-confidence will be established and they will meet every challenge with confidence without fear of difficulties. A high level of "cheating" should not let children see that the teacher is intentional, nor will it make children feel that the teacher has lowered the requirements. Therefore, we must pay attention to art in the process of guiding children. I remember that our class Qiqi ate slowly, and in the end she always said that she couldn't eat, and she was in a bad mood every time she ate. So, I gave her less food to eat in a certain period of time, and then I praised Kiki's progress in eating in class. Later, when Kiki was eating, she felt much better, ate more and ate faster.

I keep in mind that "a good boy is boastful". In language activities, I will put forward requirements according to each child's actual language level, so that every child can feel successful. Even if some children's language expression is not very good, I will use comments such as "your voice is clear when answering questions" and "your idea is very special" to let children feel the teacher's approval. In art activities, I will look at each child's works with appreciation and enlarge the advantages of each child. Some children in the class will be afraid to try something. In fact, they are not worse than others, but they may have lost confidence because of a failure. For example, Ran Ran in our class actually likes painting very much and works very hard. I asked the children to design the signs. She handed me a blank sheet of paper and said timidly, "No." I think, if this kind of withdrawal behavior is not guided correctly, it will make her less and less confident. So, facing the paper she handed me, I smiled and said, "Ran Ran likes painting very much at ordinary times. I must not have figured out how to draw today? " "hmm." Ran Ran replied. I went on to say, "Well, you can take the paper home, and you can talk to your parents about your thoughts. When you think about it, you can draw it and show it to the teacher tomorrow, ok? " Ran Ran smiled with relief. I want to leave her a space first. With her ability and serious attitude, she will certainly do well. Sure enough, Ran Ran gave me her work the next day, and I took this opportunity to encourage her. She is very happy.

Teacher Lin Huamin uses a more vivid word "cheat" to illustrate our appreciation and encouragement to children. I think teachers need to learn to be a clever liar and "cheat" children into confident people, happy people and successful people.

Essay on preschool teachers' education: Children's lunch "reform" strategy lunch is an important part of children's life in the park, and its quality directly affects children's growth and physical and mental health. Children nowadays are generally picky eaters. In view of this situation, we have carried out a series of "reforms" and achieved good results.

Strategy 1: increase complementary food to attract meals.

Small class children are young, have poor self-care ability and strong dependence, and "it is difficult to eat", which often gives teachers and aunts a headache. Some children cry to go home, some are picky eaters, and some don't eat when they look at the food ... So, we reasonably increase complementary food to attract babies to eat. Besides rice, vegetables and soup, we also provide snacks such as rabbit buns, sandwiches and mung bean cakes for lunch. Snacks are cute in appearance, soft in taste and convenient to eat. Children like it and naturally like to eat it. We also add various coarse grains in time, such as millet, corn, black rice and buckwheat, and provide small pieces of corn, sweet potato, taro and pumpkin, which are eaten three or four times a week, changing varieties every day to make children fall in love with kindergarten lunch.

Strategy 2: the structure is diverse and the appetite is enhanced.

In order to stimulate children's appetite, we started with the diversification of diet structure and made colorful menus, such as changing traditional rice into hamburgers, sandwiches, colorful noodles, wonton, Yangzhou fried rice and so on. Every Wednesday, let the children make their own hamburgers and sandwiches. Children are full of expectations for lunch, and often take the initiative to ask "what to eat for lunch today", and also take their parents to watch the menu together.

Strategy 3: Carefully cook and eat easily.

We carefully cook according to the age characteristics of young children, such as cutting vegetables into cubes or small pieces for chewing; Eat shrimp in small classes when eating shrimp; Crucian carp is boiled to remove fishbones and made into delicious fish soup ... Every day's dishes are not only delicious, but also more convenient for children to chew and swallow, which not only stimulates children's appetite, but also ensures nutrition and reduces waste.

Strategy 4: Pay attention to individuals and ensure nutrition.

In the diet management of frail special children, we should pay attention to individuals and provide sick meals. Provide soft rice, porridge or noodles, light vegetables, fruits and diced food for children with diarrhea, indigestion or recovery from illness, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption. Allergic children can't eat seafood. If they eat fish and shrimp, they will switch to meatballs, chicken legs and ribs to ensure nutrition.

A series of lunch "reform" strategies make eating a kind of enjoyment for children, and eating is no longer a headache.

Essay on kindergarten teacher education: For example, there are always some children in the class who are quiet in class, with low voices and lack of confidence; The game is lively, but once it is found that it is concerned by the teacher, it will feel unnatural; I am a little shy when communicating, and I am not active enough to communicate with my peers. Obey the majority; There are no worries in life, most of them can take care of themselves and never ask the teacher for help. Such children are often overlooked. We call them "middle zone" children. Let the children in the "middle zone" rebuild their self-confidence and sunny positive character, which requires teachers to implement effective educational strategies.

First, start the trust engine. Establish a secure connection

Zi Han —— Selective Silence with Skepticism about Teachers

Zi Han looks very quiet. He usually doesn't say a word to the teacher, and likes to answer the teacher's questions with body language such as eyes or gestures. However, when you are free with your children, it is very lively.

Zi Han's language expression ability is actually very strong, and the reaction when communicating with teachers is a kind of selective silence, which is often a phenomenon that children are silent on some occasions because of psychological and spiritual factors. Most children like Zi Han don't get enough sense of security and self-confidence in kindergarten. What the teacher has to do is to let such children feel the trust of the teacher. Once they have trust, they can extend their parents' love to their teachers.

I began to keep in close contact with her for a period of time every day, looking at her more, smiling at her more, saying a few words of encouragement more, and the most important thing is to keep doing this every day and show sincerity. Gradually, I found that Zi Han would come to me intentionally or unintentionally and talk to me without saying a word. The engine of trust begins to start, which is the starting point for children to form a safe attachment.

Second, use the "expected effect" to promote the qualitative change of development.

Heart-dare not show yourself, but also full of surprises.

Children in the "middle zone" are not very good at showing themselves, but once they are given the opportunity to stand on the stage, they will often surprise you. A question in science class: "What's the use of elastic socks?" Heart Yu, who usually doesn't like to raise his hand, timidly raised his little hand. Although his answer is small, it is very accurate: "So the socks won't slip off." Instead of reminding him to amplify his voice, I quickly praised him and went over to give him a warm hug. The next day I opened the class website as usual. Suddenly found a new post "Thanks to Teacher Chu", written by the family of Xinyu. Between the lines is gratitude, saying that the child is very excited to go home, telling his family that Teacher Chu hugged him and took him home. He is very happy.

In the days that followed, I paid more attention to Xinyu. As long as I found that he raised his hand, I asked him to answer questions. I found that his voice was getting louder and louder and he often had different opinions. One day he got up from a nap and actually folded the quilt like the nursing teacher. In fact, I inadvertently made an experiment of expectation effect: children will unconsciously accept the influence and hints of people they like, worship, trust and worship. Therefore, as a teacher, it is an unshirkable responsibility to bring brilliant sunshine to the children in the "middle zone" with the influence and suggestion full of affirmation and expectation.

Third, give continuous attention and ignite enthusiasm.

Mu Zi-take care of yourself. But lack of enthusiasm.

Many children in the "middle area" are highly autonomous children, and they are easy to be ignored because they don't add chaos to the teachers. Mu Zi is such a child that nobody needs to worry about. It seems that since she entered kindergarten, she has never disturbed her teacher: after going to the toilet, she will tidy up her clothes and pants, never picky about lunch, and she can fall asleep quickly after taking a nap ... She almost never raises her hand and can finish the tasks assigned by the teacher well every time. If you don't care, you will almost ignore her existence.

I think Mu Zi is like a beautiful fireworks, waiting for someone to light her. However, Mu Zi doesn't seem to appreciate my enthusiasm, and seldom shows pleasure in my encouragement and praise. I am not discouraged. I always keep a positive attention to her, pay attention to her daily activities, record her good performance, often show it in front of the group, and know what she likes to eat and play ... This persistent enthusiastic attention gradually narrows the distance between Mu Zi and me, and gradually she will take the initiative to ask for something, and her little hand begins to be raised ... This beautiful fireworks is finally lit.

Fourth, give play to peer interaction and realize personal value.

Xiao Xinyi never takes the initiative to make friends. She is always in a passive position.

To make a child feel that he is a valuable member of the group, he must feel that he is concerned and needed by others. Children in the "middle area" are relatively quiet in the group. They obviously feel that they are not needed. It depends on teachers to create opportunities and let them realize their own values.

Xiao Xin is very quiet. He never takes the initiative to associate with people. When playing games, he is always a follower and never asks for anything. He seems to have no initiative in the group. Child psychology reveals that peers can be used as a social model or role model to influence children's behavior development. I decided to find a companion who could drive him. I observed that he likes Mu Yi better. He is a lively and cheerful child, so I arranged them to sit at a table and often encouraged them to play the same materials or participate in the same activities, providing them with enough opportunities for interaction. After making some progress, I expanded their activities to group cooperation. In this process, Xiao Xin gradually realized his importance, found his valuable side, and gradually smiled on his face.