Design Intent
November 1 is the "Halloween" in the West. Many places these days seem quite lively because of the arrival of this "foreign festival". Not only did the adults dress up in various strange looks and hilariously, but even the children of kindergartens joined this Western festival. Some parents believe that there is such a festival that allows children to play and relax. For example, children carry pumpkin lanterns and to ask for candy. Such activities can allow children to experience the joy of sharing candy with others. At the same time, they develop children's language ability and social interaction ability, killing multiple goals at one stroke. However, during the play, many parents in many places were dissatisfied with the request of the kindergarten to help their children prepare Halloween costumes and props or make them. They believed that such requirements in kindergartens not only increased the financial burden of parents, but also increased the tasks of parents; while some parents believed that they should not advocate Western festivals such as "Halloween" because there were taboos; some parents shared their experiences and took their two-year-old children for a walk at night. On the way, they met a group of people dressed as vampires, and the children were immediately frightened and cried. There were also many parents who thought that the pranks of "tricking or treating without giving them candy" should not be encouraged. This shows that everyone’s views on Halloween are different. The editor wants to say that the festival is too much but the children have the final say. Why don’t we give the initiative of the festival to the children and let the children discuss how to spend it? How to pass? So design such an activity.
Event Target
1. Understand the origin and related customs of Halloween activities, know that Halloween is a Western festival
2. Be able to celebrate the festival in your favorite way and experience the joy brought by the festival
Event Preparation
1. Experience preparation: Know Halloween, see the related costumes of Halloween.
2. Material preparation: related props for Halloween activities, painting utensils, etc.
activity key points
1. Key points: Feel the joyful atmosphere of Halloween through activities
2. Difficulties: Can you celebrate Halloween in your favorite way
activity process
1. Talk import, do you like Halloween? Why?
1. Please tell me what Halloween you know is like, and do you like such a festival?
2. The teacher records the children's ideas
2. Understand the origin of Halloween and related customs
1. The teacher explains the story of Halloween and briefly introduces the origin of Halloween.
2. Understand the relevant customs of Halloween, and tell me which of these customs do you like the most and why? (The teacher records the children’s favorite Halloween customs)
3. What does Halloween look like you like
1. Please tell me what Halloween should be like in your eyes? (Teachers can compare the parts that children think are desirable in the West with Halloween in the eyes of children)
4. Design our Halloween event
Children can freely group, design their own Halloween, and determine the venues, props and places that the home needs to cooperate with.
5. Show the children's design results and invite parents to the kindergarten to participate in Halloween activities
1. The teacher shows the children's design results and uses the kindergarten time to briefly introduce
2. Show the survey results to let parents understand their children's views on Halloween and understand
The editor has something to say:
Through the survey of children, understand Halloween in the eyes of children, teachers Only when parents know what kind of festivals are more suitable for children, rather than just following the crowd. Due to regional differences between China and the West, the customs of many festivals do not conform to our country's national conditions. Therefore, the editor believes that for Western festivals, we should be willing to absorb excellent foreign cultures, guide children to actively come into contact with diverse cultures, and increase their vision. As long as teachers guide reasonably, abandon those horror elements, and appropriately add some cheerful elements, such as singing, making pumpkin lanterns, animal costume dances, finding candy games, etc., children will experience a lot of fun. However, you should pay attention to avoiding factors that are not good for children's growth, such as the "pretending to be a ghost" link that may make children feel fear.
Halloween origin
More than two thousand years ago, the Christian church in Europe designated November 1 as the "Day of Saints in the World" (ALL HALLOWSDAY). "HALLOW" means saints. It is said that since 500 BC, the Celtic (CELTS), who lived in Ireland, Scotland, and other places, moved this festival one day, that is, October 31. They believe that the day is the day when summer officially ends, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the harsh winter. At that time, people believed that the souls of old friends would return to their former residence to find living creatures on this day to rebirth, and this was the only hope that people could rebirth after death. The living people are afraid that the souls of the dead will take life, so people extinguish the fire and candlelight on this day, making the souls of the dead unable to find the living, and dress themselves up as demons and monsters to scare away the souls of the dead. After that, they will rekindle the fire and candlelight and start a new year's life.
Halloween was originally a festival that praised autumn, just like May Day was a festival that praised spring. Ancient Gaul , the priests of Britain and Ireland - Druid has a grand festival that praises autumn, which lasts for a whole day from midnight on October 31 to November 1 the next day. They believed that on that night, their great god of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of the dead that year, and these evil ghosts would be punished by being entrusted to live as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly gathering would be enough to make the simple-minded fools at that time frightened. So they lit a bonfire that soared into the sky and closely monitored the evil spirits. That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween Eve begins. To date, in some isolated areas of Europe, some people believe this is true.
The ancient Romans also had a festival on November 1st, which was used to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They roast nuts and apples in front of a blazing campfire. Our Halloween seems to be a combination of the Roman festivals and the Druid festivals.
Halloween activities turned out to be very simple, and most of them were held in churches. But throughout Europe, people see Halloween Eve as a great opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise autumn, but make it a festival of gods, monsters, witches, and ghosts.
Halloween custom
"Trick or treat" legend
Today, the custom of children dressing from house to house to ask for sugar is said to originate in Ireland. Irish pagans during the ancient Western European period believe that on Halloween Eve, ghosts will gather near their homes and receive banquets. Therefore, after the "banquet", the villagers dressed up as ghost elves, wandered outside the village, guiding the ghosts to leave, avoid evil and avoid disasters. At the same time, the villagers also paid attention to the mercy of fruits and other foods in the front and back of the house, feeding them enough ghosts to prevent them from harming humans and animals or plundering other harvests. Later, this custom continued and became a joke for children to make fun of ungenerous homes.
There are at least two statements about pumpkin lanterns. One is said that a person hollowed out the pumpkin and carved a ghost face and lit a candle to disperse the ghost; the other is that a candle lighted by a ghost, trying to deceive people and follow the ghost, so people carve a mocking face on the pumpkin surface to tease the ghost: Humph! Only fools will fall in love with you. Legend has it that because the first person to use pumpkin was an Irishman Jack, people called the grimace pump lantern Jack-O-Lantern.
Halloween Masquerade
When Halloween comes, people will hold a masquerade. Dress up in various ways at the masquerade and wear all kinds of weird masks so that your friends can't recognize themselves. Orange is the main theme of Halloween. The orange and black that echoes " Jack Lantern " are traditional colors on Halloween Eve. The black represents black cat, spider and witch, and the orange contains Jack-O’-Lantern, which are common Halloween symbols. Today, Halloween decorations have also begun to use a lot of purple, green and red.
Halloween food
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin pie is a festival food for Halloween , especially in the United States. Pumpkin pie is a traditional home-cooked snack from late autumn to early winter in southern America. It is usually eaten, especially around Halloween, and becomes a food that suits the situation. In addition, pumpkin seeds are often regarded as Halloween food.
Hot apple siji
This beverage is made by heating cider and then adding cinnamon, cloves and sugar. The alcohol has almost evaporated when heated. This kind of drink is very popular in winter in Europe and the United States. He drank hot red wine all the way through Christmas to spring, and he often drank hot red wine at this time. The method is quite similar, which is to change cider for red wine.
Candy
Halloween night children and teenagers will make up as ghosts and ask for candies along the street, so various candies are also considered as a food for the time being. At this time, the candies sold in the store are sugars of various ghost-shaped shapes and sugars packaged in orange, brown or black common Halloween.
The pictures in this article are from the Internet, and some text is provided by the author
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