# Teacher Record No. 4
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"Nature and society are living teaching materials" , children's courses come from life.
The scientific field in the "Guide" puts forward specific requirements for young children: " Close contact Nature, interested in many things and phenomena around us. ”
Often bringing children into contact with nature can stimulate their curiosity and desire to explore the things around them, experience the magic of nature.
The author of this issue: Zou Yanping
Teacher at Tianxipu Street and Kindergarten, Pidu District, Chengdu City
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One afternoon, I took the children for a walk in the garden and walked to the plantation. There were many vegetable seeds in the garden.
"Wow, this is Class 3 The garden! "
" What kind of vegetables are grown in the garden? "
" I know, there are green vegetables, radish , and garlic. "
" How did these grow? "
" These are all grown from seeds! "
" Seeds can grow into many things. I know many seeds, including peanuts, mung beans and red beans. "
" The same goes for soybeans. There are a lot of soybeans drying in front of my grandma's house! "
" I saw my grandma planting the seeds into the soil, and soon small green seedlings grew out! "
Every child is full of curiosity about seeds. After everyone's discussion, we decided to carry out the food education theme activity of the class - the adventure of seeds. allows children to understand seeds, understand the growth and feelings of seeds. The magic of nature.
"Seed" survey
Before the theme activity, we invite parents to collect various seeds to help their children acquire knowledge about seeds in advance. designed the seed questionnaire , allowing The children recorded their findings!
At the same time, the teachers led the children to look for seeds in the planting area of the kindergarten and observed the seeds carefully.
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We had a discussion on whether seeds are edible
seeds can Eat into the stomach
Some seeds can be eaten, some seeds cannot be eaten
Watermelon seeds The white ones can be eaten, but the black ones cannot be eaten
The first experience of "seeds"
We will display the seeds brought by the children, and the children will watch through Observe the color, size, shape, etc. of seeds by looking at them, touching them, smelling them, and comparing them.
Exercise children in the game of "Seed Clip Fun". hands-on ability.
In the game of "Counting Beans", exercises children's ability to count consistently with their hands and mouth.
Where is the "seed"?
The children work hard to find the seeds of common fruits, understand how fruits grow into the current fruits through seeds.
Experience for yourselfWhich fruit seeds can be eaten and which ones cannot be eaten.
"Seed" pasting painting
The creative children plan to use seeds to paste and paint . A small seed can create many shapes.
This is a painting that requires patience and care to complete. Children can discover the beauty of natural materials and experience the joy of success.
"Seeds" planting
"Teacher, teacher, let's plant the seeds into the soil!"
"Then who will take care of the seeds?"
"I'll come, I'll come, I will take care of the little seeds!"
Since the children If you're interested, let's get started.
invited two parents in the class to renovate the planting area. The children planted small seeds with their own hands, watered them, and fertilized them. The small seeds had to work hard to grow up!
Under the careful care of the children, within a few days, the little seed popped up and came to meet you!
"Wow, my little seeds have sprouted. It's so amazing!"
"Look, the cabbages I planted have grown so tall!"
"Teacher, will my seeds bloom and bear fruit?"
"Teacher, why do seeds germinate?"
"Teacher..."
Children, let us decipher what conditions are needed for seeds to germinate? The conditions required for seeds to germinate are: temperature, soil, water source and pruning.
Some children say the most important thing is soil ;
Some children think the most important thing is fertilizer ... The children all have their own ideas.
It turns out that seeds are just like us , and it takes a long time for to grow;
It turns out that not all seeds will bear fruit ;
It turns out that some seeds only bloom but do not bear fruit.
"Bean sprouts" growth story
One day at noon we drank bean sprout soup. Some children said that the bean sprout soup was really delicious.
So we had a sudden idea and decided to hydroponic bean sprouts ourselves.
When we started growing hydroponic bean sprouts, we communicated with parents in advance and asked the children to bring some soybeans and mung beans from home.
We prepared hydroponic tools together with the children.
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On the first day the beans were soaked in water;
On the second day the beans began to germinate; 3 On the third day, the bean sprouts grew longer ;
On the fourth day, the bean sprouts grew up again ;
On the fifth day, The sixth day...
The harvest time is here!
Finally, we took the bean sprouts home and made bean sprout soup to drink. I felt that the bean sprouts grown by myself were especially delicious!
We use observation record sheet to record the growth of bean sprouts.
"Seed" story sharing
We follow children's interests and share picture book stories about "seeds" with them. While listening, the children further understand the growth process of seeds and marvel at the magic of nature.
The process of education may be long. Give your children more time and patience, and enjoy the process of discovery, exploration, thinking, and creation with your children.
Children are no longer just passive learners. As the children's interests continue to deepen, they have more opportunities to contact and dialogue with the environment. This is the value of the activity itself.
At the same time, our activities reflect the characteristics of the kindergarten curriculum - food education courses, allowing children to actively explore in the natural environment.
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