"This is simply a miracle kindergarten," all visitors and journalists from all over Japan praised.

Known as the "miracle kindergarten" is Xiaoqiu Kindergarten in Japan.

"Miracle Kindergarten" has a 92-year-old on-the-job kindergarten teacher-Okawa Fanzi. The 92-year-old grandmother loves her job very much and likes lovely children.

Even after nearly 60 years of teaching, Fanzi still thinks:

"I feel that I am still on the road to learning. Parenting work contains profound knowledge, and its charm fascinates me. I can't stop there. "

But this is not the real reason for being called "miracle".

The unique educational concept and method of kindergarten is the real "miracle".

The miracle of Xiaoqi Kindergarten lies in:

Instead of arranging everyone to do it together, every child can do what he wants.

"Make your own decisions", buffet meals, children decide how much to eat, meal time, children and what they want to do, you can choose not to eat.

Napping is not compulsory. During lunch break, children who can't sleep for more than 20 minutes can get up and play.

"The rules are made by children."

"Don't order children"

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Xiaoqiu kindergarten's parenting concept comes from Montessori education and Adler psychology.

Montessori education is an educational method and idea aimed at cultivating "independent people".

Parents should not unilaterally decide what their children should do, nor should they interfere excessively: in order to give full play to their children's potential, they should always insist on being their backup.

Adler psychology holds that adults and children are equal.

You can't take a condescending attitude just because you are old, or order your children to get angry with them.

Only recognition and respect can educate children well.

The educational concept of Xiaoqiu Kindergarten can be summarized as "the ability and responsibility to live freely" in one sentence.

When children graduate, I hope they can be keen on what they like, think independently, give full play to their abilities (the ability to live freely) and have a sense of responsibility.

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The cultivation of the ability to survive freely is definitely not a simple laissez-faire, but moistens and quietly guides children like spring breeze and drizzle.

It's not easy. You need to use your brain to create opportunities for children to explore independently.

Primary schools require that "children should learn to write their own names before entering school".

Many kindergartens that are enthusiastic about education not only teach children to write names, but also begin to teach compositions.

If individual children don't even know their own names and can't write, the teacher will be in trouble and the children will feel inferior.

Xiaoqi kindergarten did not arrange "it's time to practice writing names", but created opportunities.

Kindergarten starts from the class of 3 years old. The first thing to do when you come to kindergarten every day is to take a name tag with a pin and don't pin it on yourself.

Watch it again and again every day. When the child is 4 years old, he can fully recognize his own name. Then, the children will come to the teacher and say, "teacher, I want to write my name!" " "

As child developmental psychology said yesterday, when it is "mature", the idea of "wanting to write" will naturally germinate, and before that, we need to wait calmly.

However, a boy named Zheng Xiao who is about to graduate is not interested in writing. Going to Zheng Xiao primary school will definitely be hard. The teacher is puzzling over what to do.

Kindergarten directors are especially good at origami, and children often make them fold "lions" and "penguins" ......

One day, Zheng Xiao came to the director to fold the "elephant". Because of something, the director asked him to write down his name and what to fold, so as not to forget, but Zheng Xiao wouldn't write.

The director suggested that he ask his classmates or teachers to help him with his writing. After a while, Zheng Xiao realized that "writing" seemed very convenient.

Zheng Xiao found a teacher who wanted to learn writing, and he had a strong feeling of "wanting to know". He kept asking "study and study". In less than a week, all 50 pseudonyms were remembered, and the child's enthusiasm was very obvious.

No matter how many times I told Zheng Xiao who didn't want to study, "It's important to be able to write", he wouldn't be interested.

The important thing is not to make all preparations for children to master learning, but to create conditions and environment for "wanting to do …".

To this end, we should take great pains and use our brains.

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In the general environment where everyone studies ahead of time, the children in Xiaoqiu Kindergarten have a hard time after attending primary school.

Every year, when submitting the information form to the primary school where the children are about to enter school, the teacher will write: "Our children may cause you trouble. I'm really sorry, please take care. "

Fortunately, no matter which primary school, Xiaoqiu Kindergarten will receive such a reply: "No, no, no, it doesn't matter, because Xiaoqiu's children will make rapid progress by the fifth grade."

Koharu, a so-called "problem child" in kindergarten, is restless and can't listen to picture books quietly. But in middle school, she made up her mind to learn English and finally achieved a perfect counterattack.

Even if you are not a top student or a "good boy" in the eyes of adults, you can still grow up well as long as you have the ability to live freely.

Energetic children are enjoying the present.

Teacher Fan Zi, 92, thinks that when children are young, there is no need to instill some adult "education", but they should accumulate more experience focusing on their own choices.

Teacher Fanzi believes that when he becomes an adult and finds what he really wants to do hard, this experience will become the source of his infinite strength.