As the first stop for children to go to society, kindergarten is of great significance to children's growth. It can be said that almost every mother wants her children to meet a high-quality kindergarten and a caring first teacher. So, how can we find our favorite kindergarten in the garden selection? Below I will talk about my understanding of this issue based on my experience in choosing a kindergarten for Tong Tong.
First, the key points of the ideal kindergarten
Generally speaking, before choosing a kindergarten for children, we need to decide the level and type of kindergarten according to our own economic strength, children's interests and abilities, such as aristocratic private kindergarten or low-cost community kindergarten, ordinary kindergarten or characteristic kindergarten and so on. But I personally think that no matter what nature, scale and brand of kindergarten you choose, the following elements are unavoidable.
The first and most important thing is the quality of teachers, because no matter what the overall quality of a kindergarten is, it is teachers who deal directly with children in the end, and their love and wisdom are the foundation for children to benefit in the end. A good kindergarten may have poor teachers, and a poor kindergarten may have good teachers. This is also my strong experience when I was an intern in a kindergarten many years ago. At that time, the kindergarten where I worked as an intern was said to be the best kindergarten in the province. But after going in, I found that the quality of the teachers inside is really different: some teachers are patient and delicate with their students, some teachers want to discipline their children at every turn, and some teachers are not "fuel-efficient lights" at first glance, and their faces are mean, which makes people even more afraid to compliment ... You don't have to pursue the popularity of kindergartens too much. If the teachers inside are very caring and patient, don't worry about the name of the kindergarten.
Almost as important as the quality of teachers is the educational concept or characteristics of kindergartens, because it determines whether the parenting style and emphasis of kindergartens conform to our value orientation. For example, if we want our children to receive a free and relaxed kindergarten education that attaches importance to sensory development and personality development, then Montessori kindergarten may be a better choice. If children want to master foreign languages fluently from childhood, the characteristics of foreign language kindergartens deserve attention.
Class size can not be ignored. Children entering the park are generally younger, and have just begun to live in groups, which often requires more attention from teachers. However, each class in kindergarten is generally equipped with two teachers and a nurse. It is conceivable that the smaller the class size, the more energy they may allocate to each child.
Hardware facilities, catering hygiene conditions are not the most important, but if you can meet the following conditions, in the case of the same quality of teachers and class size, you can give priority:
1. There is a spacious outdoor sports ground. Because kindergarten children need to have more than two hours of outdoor activities every day, if there is no corresponding venue or the venue is too cramped, this teaching task cannot be guaranteed.
2. Good health system. Children are prone to get sick after entering the park, which is the most difficult problem for children with relatively low immunity to avoid after starting a collective life. If kindergartens work more closely in the health system, the probability of getting sick can be greatly reduced. Kindergartens in Tong Tong have done a good job in this respect. Every day, when children enter the park, they first receive a temperature check at the door, then wash their hands at the door, and then take charge of hygiene and issue a small red card that has passed the medical examination. During their stay in the park, children also have to wash their hands several times before and after meals. It is said that after school every day, the whole kindergarten will receive infrared disinfection for several hours.
3. There are entertainment facilities that children like. Of course, the more game facilities, the better. But if there is no such advantage, it is best to ensure that your children prefer the existing amusement facilities.
4. The recipes meet the needs of children's physiological development. Standardized kindergartens will inform parents of this week's recipes in advance. We can make a general comparison, whether the recipe is matched with vegetarian, lean, thick and thin, and whether it is full of color, fragrance and taste, so that children can love it. Really nutritious. Because for young children, physical maintenance is even more important than how much knowledge they have learned in kindergarten.
Second, choose two necessary tasks of the garden.
How to ensure that you can choose a kindergarten close to your ideal goal after you have made clear your intention for a certain kind of kindergarten? My personal experience is that it is absolutely not enough to just look at the introduction of optional kindergartens, and it is quite necessary to do a solid and meticulous "search" work. According to the experience of Tongtong Garden Selection, I think there are two tasks that are indispensable.
(A) Word of mouth comparison
Common sense tells us that when we enjoy a good service or buy a desirable product, we can't help releasing positive information about the product or service. In this sense, "a good kindergarten can speak for itself", because the sharing of experienced people will make her form a lot of good word of mouth, and this spontaneous word of mouth is a very helpful reference for us.
For example, when choosing a garden for children at that time, we felt that according to our own economic strength, we could afford to go to a kindergarten with a tuition fee of less than 2,000 yuan, and there were no fewer than 10 kindergartens around our home. When we first determined the fuzzy target, we gradually narrowed the screening scope according to the evaluation of people who had experienced it. Finally, we chose the current kindergarten because we found from many aspects that this kindergarten is not only teachers, educational concepts and.
So, where can the word-of-mouth about kindergartens be obtained? There are four ways for your reference: 1, recommended by friends and relatives; 2. People's comments on the Internet; 3. When picking up the garden, go to the kindergarten door in person to inquire about the opinions of strange parents; 4. Ask the children who are studying in kindergarten how they feel. For example, ask them if they like the kindergarten now and if the teacher is good. Although children are so young, sometimes their feelings are the most effective first-hand information. The reason why we advocate a relatively comprehensive understanding of this multi-channel information is to avoid partial listening and partial belief to the maximum extent, because multi-channel information can confirm each other and help us make more objective choices.
(2) Field visit
Compared with word-of-mouth comparison, the advantage of field trip is that you can experience the environment, atmosphere, mental outlook, facilities and sanitary conditions of kindergarten on the spot, which is helpful to further confirm the information obtained by word-of-mouth comparison. So, what information can you focus on during the field trip?
1, the overall mental outlook of teachers, children and other employees
In a good kindergarten, the expressions of teachers and employees should be cordial, warm and happy, while children can be "original". Their expressions and behaviors in the garden should tell us that they are a group of happy children. On the contrary, if they are young and dull, the quality of kindergarten education is very suspicious.
2. Details of entering and receiving the park
The time of entering and receiving the garden should be the most intensive period of home improvement interaction, which provides us with an excellent opportunity to observe the quality of teachers, home improvement interaction and even the health system, and of course it is also a good opportunity to inquire about the reputation of kindergartens. For example, when we took Tong Tong to visit the kindergarten, we had chosen the time for the children to clean up the garden. On the day we went, a mother happened to pick up the children. After holding the child to the door, the teacher gently pointed to the child's shoes and told the child's mother that it is best not to wear such shoes for the child in the future, because the front design of the shoes is not good, which will easily affect the child's toe development. The teacher's account of his mother's words left a deep impression on me. I didn't expect the kindergarten teacher to be so careful. After the teacher left, I asked the mother how she felt about kindergarten. Mother said it was good, too. The child began to be a little anxious, but the teacher was patient and quickly helped the child adapt to the life in kindergarten. Later, after I sent Tong Tong to the park, I found that I could observe many things when I entered the park in the morning, such as the health system when I entered the park, the way teachers took over the park, and so on. So far, I am very moved that Tong Tong has been in the park for half a year, and their teacher still insists on picking up and dropping off each child separately. .....
3. Hardware environment such as site facilities layout.
Is the kindergarten spacious? What is the safety of equipment and facilities? Is there a separate bedroom and activity room? Does the displayed menu look attractive? ..... These details, big and small, might as well have a good look, a little more practical perceptual knowledge, a little more reference.
Third, several noteworthy issues.
1, you must be careful when choosing a kindergarten, and it is best to do it in one step to avoid the anxiety of children entering the park many times because of frequent switching of kindergartens.
2. Due to the possible differences in teachers' quality and other factors, it is difficult to judge the ideal level of kindergartens by the principle of "one product and one price", so don't let the charging level become the dominant factor.
3. When visiting the kindergarten, you might as well take your children and observe whether they like and are comfortable in this kindergarten. Sometimes the child's reaction is also very important!
4. When the conditions of optional kindergartens are similar, the closer to home, the better. In this way, in case the child has something in kindergarten, we can easily arrive at the first time. Secondly, the environment close to home will give children a sense of familiarity and security, which will help alleviate the anxiety of entering the park. Thirdly, from the perspective of safety, the kindergarten is close to home, and there are relatively few intersections to cross when picking up and dropping off, so the traffic risk factor is even smaller.