Sinology refers to Chinese traditional culture and scholarship with Confucianism as the main body. Broadly speaking, it includes classic reading, literature and art, scientific and technological inventions, civilized manners, national friendship and so on. Children's Chinese studies education can also be said to be China's traditional culture education.
Children's learning characteristics are completed by games, stories and nursery rhymes. Kindergarten is an important place for children aged three to six to study and live. The Guide to Children's Learning and Development points out that we should "cherish the unique value of games and life, create a rich educational environment, and reasonably arrange a day's life", and combine the education of Chinese studies with daily education, so that children can be placed in the atmosphere of China's traditional culture and be impressed unconsciously. Experience the profoundness of Chinese civilization, build a strong sense of national pride in your heart, and unconsciously develop a good habit of taking Chinese virtue as the main moral standard. Then, we can popularize China culture and education for young children in the following ways.
First, classic reading. The general mode is to carry out Chinese studies classes in kindergartens (there are also Chinese studies museums in the society), which create an antique cultural atmosphere from the layout, with easy-to-understand and catchy classics such as three-character classics and thousand-character texts and Tang poetry as the educational content. The teaching method mainly imitates the mode of ancient bookstore education, requiring children to study with a serene attitude. There are also some kindergartens that do not have independent classes, but introduce some classics as regular courses. The function of classic reading is to let children achieve the integration of content and heart through familiar reading and memory, and then get unconscious awakening in a certain situation in daily life, so as to achieve the education of moral feelings and habits. For example, once I took a large class of children to the park for spring, a girl suddenly found a cherry tree in the corner with a gorgeous flower. She opened her mouth and said, "There are several plums in the corner!" " Although it is not correct (not plum blossom), its artistic conception is just right. Another time, a child did something wrong, and my children and I criticized him and encouraged him to correct it. One child suddenly shouted at the back: "If you can change it, it will be nothing. If you cover it up, you will gain a fault." As for the contents of learning, communication, filial piety, inspiration and other social aspects, such as "being four years old can make pears" and "being like a firefly and reflecting snow", the sociality of children is developed from the aspects of interpersonal communication and social adaptation. However, classic reading is a bit stuffy and even lifeless. Sometimes it's hard to avoid formality. For children aged 3-6 who are alive and kicking and have poor self-control, we must make good arrangements from the teaching time, and supplement the teaching methods with pictures and multimedia, so that children can easily accept them.
Second, educational activities. Educational activities are different from classical reading, and are mainly carried out by games, and children are collectively educated with goals. Its educational content covers a wide range, which is reflected in the five major areas of children's basic courses and all aspects of cultural learning. Its forms are lively, diverse and eclectic. Generally, children are guided to observe, experience, operate, communicate and discuss, perform physically and play games, etc., so as to understand traditional cultural aesthetics and living habits, social communication and behavioral norms. More is to do collective education activities in the social field. For example, "Interesting Zodiac" guides children to understand the interesting combination of birth and zodiac and experience the phenomenon of reincarnation of the zodiac by letting children talk about their own and their families. "Beautiful Clothes" shows children the different costumes of many nationalities in our country, and leads to the theme: Our clothes are different, but our hearts are closely linked, and we have a common home-China, so as to carry out patriotic education. Cultural and artistic activities can also be generated, such as "Painting Faces", an art in a large class. Through observation, children are helped to understand the characteristics of faces, and children are encouraged to design their favorite faces, so as to understand the traditional Chinese opera culture and develop their ability of bold innovation. There are also external health fields such as "Chinese Cuisine" and language fields such as idiom stories. The content of collective education activities covers a wide range and can promote the coordinated development of children's physical, intellectual, moral and aesthetic aspects. And it is closely connected with children's daily life. The teaching methods are suitable for children's age characteristics and follow the goals and requirements of the Kindergarten Guiding Outline and the Learning and Development Guide, which is worth promoting.
Third, environmental creation. Many kindergartens take China characteristics as the theme of environment creation, including wall decorations, hanging ornaments, exhibition shelves, stair stickers, etc. Its contents include culture and art, diet, classic reading, civilized manners and so on. For example, all kinds of traditional Chinese opera masks, cultural fans, paper-cuts and traditional Chinese paintings are hung or posted on the corridor wall of our garden. The corridor pendant is decorated with the shape of Chinese porcelain, and the small theme is named "Chinese porcelain rhyme"; Generally, exhibition stands are made in the shape of antique stands, and some decorations of China elements with stones, bottles and clay as carriers are placed. The pendant is based on China opera, China porcelain art, Chinese paper-cutting, China fan art, the Chinese zodiac, the four great inventions, the twenty-four solar terms, the twenty-four filial piety and the drawing of idiom stories. First of all, these decorations give people a strong Chinese flavor visually, so that children can be exposed to the atmosphere of China elements, subtly experience the richness and broadness of Chinese culture, and feel the atmosphere and elegance of Chinese civilization. At the same time, it guides and edifies children in aesthetics, science and society. The wall can be supplemented with text descriptions. The production and collection of wall contents can be made by teachers, children and parents, forming the interaction between the wall and children, and the interaction between the wall and parents. You can also paste three-character classics, thousand-character texts and other ancient books on stairs and columns, so that children and parents can read them at any time.
Fourth, parent-child activities. Generally, it refers to large-scale theme activities closely linked with traditional festivals or major festivals in China. We guide children to know the traditional festivals in China, not just to take a few days off and go out for a few days. We should start with the cultural connotation and educational significance of these festivals. For example, during the Dragon Boat Festival, we can not only hang sachets and wormwood on the environment, but also invite children to bring zongzi from home to taste with children, not only to experience the joy of sharing, but also to understand the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival with stories, pictures and videos, and to have reverence for the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan; On the Mid-Autumn Festival with the theme of "Reunion Mid-Autumn Festival", we can invite grandparents to the kindergarten to spend the festival with the baby, listen to grandma's story about the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, recite "I wish people a long time, a thousand miles away", encourage the baby to dedicate moon cakes to grandparents, feel deep affection in a warm atmosphere and experience the virtue of respecting the old and loving the young; During the Spring Festival, we can take "The Year of China Prosperous" as the theme, wrap jiaozi in kindergarten, make fruit platters, dip candied haws, make handmade lanterns, paste couplets with various materials, etc., so that children can truly feel the various elements of the Year of China and arouse their love for the Year of China. On this basis, we can extend the education of holiday etiquette and moral habits. Large-scale parent-child activities have narrowed the distance between kindergartens, children and parents, made parents realize the importance of traditional education in China, and reached a * * * understanding with kindergartens, achieving the effect of * * * home education, and also facilitated the further extension of children's Chinese studies education to families.
5. cultural programs. In large-scale cultural performances, we can rehearse programs closely related to China traditional culture in content or form, and guide children to feel the beauty of China culture and the connotation of China culture in the form of music, rhythm, singing and dancing. For example, the dance "New Singing of Tang Poetry" and the musical "Waiting for the Rabbit" and so on. These performances must first be rehearsed for a long time. During the rehearsal, the teacher's guidance on children's movements and expressions can guide children to understand the meaning of China's classics. Secondly, these performances are grand, which can make children feel the grandeur of China culture. Moreover, the general large-scale performances are often preserved in the form of images, so that children can never get tired of watching them, so that their educational significance can be continuously extended.
In addition, we can also set up calligraphy classes and literacy classes, so that children can truly feel the beauty of Chinese characters in China and lay a good foundation for children to read and write.
To sum up, it is a way for children to understand Chinese traditional culture in a subtle way by implementing Chinese traditional education in kindergartens and combining traditional culture with normal education. To promote China culture, each kindergarten has its own different contents and practices. These contents and practices actually exist as a carrier of national education.