How to effectively carry out theme activities in kindergarten

1. The theme activities should be closely connected with children’s real life.

In theme activities, when the content of the activity is what children like and are interested in, children will mobilize all their wisdom to explore, research, try, and build a new knowledge system. . Therefore, teachers should be close to the actual life of children, discover the needs and hobbies of children in daily life, pay attention to the hot issues in children's lives, and provide lively education to children based on their physiological characteristics. In the first theme "Chinese Baby", the arrival of the National Day lets the children know that the mother of the motherland is celebrating her birthday. They think that we all eat cakes on our birthdays, so the children also drew various big pictures. The cake is dedicated to the mother of the motherland. At the same time, this themed activity also allows the children to learn a lot of knowledge, such as several of the best in the world, the national flag, the national anthem, the national emblem, etc. Combined with the curriculum, we will combine these little knowledge with pictures and text on a page that is easy for children to read. The following further consolidates the children's understanding of these knowledge, and also greatly helps the children's literacy. After understanding this knowledge, the children used paintbrushes to depict the largest square "Tiananmen Square" and the most majestic city wall "The Great Wall". In this way, children can learn various knowledge in personal activities, understand certain inquiry methods, and gain real knowledge experience. In the second theme "Athletes", due to the arrival of the Guangzhou Asian Games, the children in the upper class must know more or less information about the Guangzhou Asian Games under the influence of their parents, and they often hear about various Asian Games from young children. project. During the activity, we asked the children and their parents to collect pictures and text information about the Asian Games and post them on the theme wall. This became the most talked about topic for the children after school. Whenever there was time, the children would point out in groups. Tell others about the pictures you collected. This activity not only allows children to have a deeper understanding of the Asian Games, Asian Games icons, Asian Games projects, etc., but also promotes home education.

2. Become a collaborator in children’s learning activities during interaction and provide appropriate help and guidance.

In the implementation process of thematic education, we have a deeper understanding that the relationship between teachers and students is equal. They are partners who promote each other in learning. In a pure sense, they are the executors of the teaching plan. Researchers who turn to educational practice; from focusing on their own "teaching" to focusing on children's "learning"; children's learning methods have also changed: from the original passive acceptance to the current exploration and experience; throughout the theme activities, the relationship between teachers and students is A diverse relationship is also established between students and students: teachers are not only supporters, guides, and observers of activities, but also collaborators, researchers, learners, and appreciators of activities; and children are both learners and participants. , evaluators, who learn by participating in operations and activities, master knowledge or experience, and evaluate their own learning and exploration activities; they are also interactors, who can continuously contact and interact with peers, adults, materials and other environments around them. . It can be said that the entire process from the development and implementation of theme activities to the summary of the theme does not adhere to stereotypes, giving children the opportunity to fully explore freely, perform with all their heart, and live together. During the implementation of the theme education, we deeply realized that the greatest value of the curriculum lies in the in-depth discussion of a theme between teachers and students. Through independent inquiry and other diversified forms of research-based learning activities, the children themselves are enriched. The experience of learning and living cultivates children's awareness, habits and abilities of independent inquiry. It gives full play to children's initiative, promotes children's active exploration and learning, and guides children to achieve success and development in a pleasant experience. In the theme series of activities, our teachers always believe that children are the masters of the environment. Therefore, we let children freely design everything from the creation of a themed environment to the placement of regional materials. Encourage children to come up with bold ideas to decorate the activity room. Enhance their self-confidence and make children feel "I can do it" and "I can do it". For example, in the activity with the theme "Chinese Children", I told the children: "This is the picture of the ethnic minority characters that you have drawn and colored last time. It is so beautiful, where do you want to put it?" Child 7 A lively discussion ensued. The children actively and happily participated in the creation of various environments. The most gratifying thing is that the effects of the activities have been gradually improved. The children expressed what they observed, heard and thought through various art forms such as printing, handicrafts, songs and dances, fully expressing their love for the motherland.

Throughout the activity, the teacher always plays the role of an "enthusiastic and active encourager, supporter, collaborator, and effective and prudent guide."

3. Organize various activities to stimulate children’s interest in learning.

To ensure that the theme activities are in good condition, the key is to diversify the organizational form and the interaction between teachers and children. During the theme activities we carried out, we organized various activities, such as the "Today I Know" activity, allowing children to tell everyone the knowledge they have learned from their parents and others and communicate; with the help of physical objects and teaching toys Exploratory observation activities allow children to gain perceptual knowledge through seeing, smelling, touching, thinking, asking, talking, recording, etc. In the "Sports Story" theme activity, the teacher asked the children to operate various sports tools. During the play, the children learned about the different functions, shapes, uses, structures, etc. of different sports tools. At the same time, they also discovered many problems. Hand-made activities are carried out through coordinated movements of hands and brains, such as weight lifting equipment made by children and parents using paper tubes, various rackets made of paper, etc., practical activities carried out with the help of materials. Audio-visual activities using modern teaching methods, such as: watching relevant VCDs such as "Asian Games Activities", multimedia courseware produced by teachers, etc.; discussion activities to consolidate knowledge, develop language skills, and expand topics, such as: My favorite sports, Asian Games Which projects. In the process of carrying out theme education, teachers should create an environment that meets the needs of children. They should shift from focusing on imparting knowledge points in the past to focusing on the process of children's active exploration and creation. They should create a relaxed environment of psychological freedom and psychological safety, and focus on creating problems. situations, and provide sufficient quantity, complete types, highly operable, exploratory value, and moderately difficult activity materials for children to operate, try repeatedly, perceive, observe, and think from multiple angles, so that children can explore and play in games. Discovering through fiddling, expressing through operation, and imagining through play cultivate children's active exploration spirit and creative ability, allowing children to expand their own space in open activities, develop their own potential, and form their own personality. The children devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the activities, making every activity more meaningful.

4. Space support and guarantee.

On the one hand, during the theme development stage, we should make full use of all space environments to match the theme. For example: when carrying out the theme of "Sports Mobilization", we can put various sports pictures collected by children around the classroom for children to watch. On the other hand, teachers should minimize unnecessary interruptions in activities. For example, we put the more lively performance activities in the sleeping room, and arrange the book production in the outhouse activity room to minimize mutual interference between activities. All the above fully illustrate that it is very important for teachers to play a leading role in theme activities. In children's theme activities, teachers are by no means a bystander, but should be promoters and supporters of the activities.

5. Give full play to the interactive role of home.

At the end of the two theme activities, we deeply realized that parents are indeed valuable resources in early childhood education. It is not only reflected in the cooperation between parents and teachers to manage their children; it is also reflected in the participation of parents in kindergarten education, becoming an important part of early childhood education. In short, in our activities, parents participate in the education process from beginning to end: from raising questions, collecting information, to making products, participating in parent-child activities and competitions to make various sports tools┈Parents always support us enthusiastically. Teachers distribute questionnaires, notices, etc. through the home contact column, using children as a bridge to communicate with parents to form a joint force and achieve the best results in education!

6. Show children’s wisdom and personality.

Based on the actual problems or hot spots of interest that children encounter in the theme, teachers can create a variety of activity situations, launch some of the above activities, integrate educational tasks and theme tasks, and make education more focused. Follow the child's life closely and meet the child's development needs, because the child's activities need to be integrated. Games represent an important activity for young children, and attention should be paid to the creation of a gaming environment for young children in the class. According to the age characteristics of the children in this class, combined with the educational goals, a game area is planned to be created so that the children can carry out game activities at any time. As a preschool teacher, you should pay attention to the "integration" of early childhood education activities, the integrity of the activities, and the organic integration of various contents, materials and other factors to enable children to develop better.

In the theme activities of "Chinese Children" and "Sports Mobilization", children fully demonstrated their learning ability and creative potential in front of us, demonstrated their wisdom and personality, and allowed us to truly appreciate that there are other aspects of children's learning. half. To make children love kindergarten and teachers, we must provide them with an activity atmosphere that their families do not have, give them opportunities and conditions to express their abilities, and satisfy their interests and requirements for personality development. Children have different levels and different development speeds. Even children with weak abilities will not put it down for their unformed works. Teachers must understand children, help them with sincere love, protect their enthusiasm, and work hard to find time and space for children's development. Space, materials, be a smart and capable person with a heart.

In the past, we thought more about how to teach children to learn through "listening", but now, we think more about how to make the atmosphere of activities harmonious and make children feel relaxed and free. We pay attention to changing our roles and positions, and often participate in various activities as "friends". In the theme activities, pay attention to cultivating children's ability to take the initiative to learn, and flexibly use the "four best" methods to organize theme education activities: let children do it by themselves as much as possible; let children observe things as much as possible Children should observe by themselves; if children can express the content by themselves, try to let children express it by themselves; if children can make conclusions by themselves, try to let children draw conclusions through induction. In this way, children can fully explore their potential abilities through hands-on, brain-using, and oral training. From the theme activities, we realized that in the process of learning together with the children, teachers should avoid using their own preset network diagrams and use their own subjective consciousness to screen the many problems generated by the children, but should Carefully observe and analyze children's interests and needs to find the hot spots they pay attention to, while leaving a certain amount of space for each child's generation and development. In the theme activities, teachers no longer simply pursue the correctness of the results, but pay more attention to understanding whether children are looking for problems and discovering problems during the entire exploration activity, so that children can have self-confidence, thoughts, a desire for self-expression, and exploration and discovery. , the desire to try and create. The sparks of thought that the children kept flashing shocked us and made us fully believe in the potential of the children. Children have a desire to express themselves after exploring. Through operational activities, each child has his or her own feelings, experiences and discoveries. Piaget proposed: "Children's wisdom comes from materials." The educational function of regional activities is mainly realized through materials. The materials are different, the children's operation methods are different, and the knowledge and experience gained by the children during the activities are also different. Compared with group teaching activities, regional activities have richer materials and more diverse forms, and children will become smarter, more confident, and bolder during the operation. This enables them to be satisfied and experience the joy of success. At the same time, it also leaves children with a rich and broad world of seeking novelty and difference, prompting them to take the initiative to learn.