District corner activities are a three-dimensional educational environment created based on children’s development needs and theme activity goals, that is, making full use of various educational resources and effectively using various forms of activities, so that children can make independent choices and combine freely. , cooperative communication, exploration and discovery learning, life and game activities. It is one of the activities that is loved by young children. It is a reflection of the effective implementation of the spirit of the "Guidelines for Kindergarten Education" and an effective supplement to collective education and teaching activities.
In the corner activities, children can learn independently, loosely and happily according to their own hobbies, interests and abilities. Children learn spontaneously and they actively interact with the environment. A good corner activity environment can provide children with space for self-learning, self-exploration, self-discovery, and self-improvement. A relatively relaxed activity atmosphere can meet the needs of children's development. So, how to create a corner environment suitable for the age characteristics of small class children? The following is my experience in practice.
1. Choose shapes with bright colors and exaggerated images to attract children’s attention.
For children in small classes who have just entered kindergarten, unintentional attention plays a major role. Therefore, those bright, saturated colors can catch children's eyes. In response to this phenomenon, when considering the color matching of the corner environment, I try to choose large color blocks of red, yellow, blue, and green that are recognized and accepted by young children, so that the children will feel like a fairy tale castle as soon as they enter the classroom. visual experience.
The cute and exaggerated cartoon animal shapes are even more popular among children. Combining this feature, when I choose the shapes of the operating materials in the corner environment, I mostly use animals such as rabbits, chickens, puppies, etc. that are familiar to young children as the main shapes, and some popular TV characters will also be included. Cartoon animals, when children see these cute animals, they can't help but get involved in corner games.
2. Choose content that is close to children’s lives and has strong gamification scenarios, which can stimulate children’s interest in learning.
It is the nature of every child to love to play games. Especially for young children, games have always attracted countless children with their unique charm. People's understanding of the game is also getting deeper and deeper. As an educational game activity, the corner activity is also generally welcomed by children. However, I think it is more important that the game content chosen by the teacher should be close to the children's lives and familiar to the children. Only in this way can children's interest in learning be truly aroused.
For example, in the small class "诱辘豱辘" activity, I created a "Little Car City" game scene. Children often encounter cars, so they have some life experience with them. On this basis, I created a variety of game scenarios for children such as "KFC", "Lianhua" and "Parking Lot". Since the activity was launched, the children's interest in this activity has continued for a long time.
3. Choose hierarchical materials to meet the different needs of different children.
Every child’s cognitive level, experience and ability are different. The biggest feature of corner activities is that it can provide an activity environment suitable for the development of children with different abilities and interests. Therefore, in district corner activities, we should put in different levels of activity materials according to the physical and mental characteristics of children of different ages, so as to be targeted. When placing materials, attention should be paid to providing materials with different levels of difficulty. According to the requirements from shallow to deep and from easy to difficult, the materials should be "refined" and the advantages of active materials should be given full play, so that children can accumulate various knowledge in the "interaction" with the materials. kind of experience. Providing activity materials with different levels of difficulty according to the different abilities of children makes it easier for teachers to provide targeted guidance and help to children with different abilities, better teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and promote the improvement of children at their original level.
For example, when carrying out the small class themed activity "Doll's House", in the area of ??"feeding the dolls to eat", life is a very important link for young children. In order to cater for the different needs of children at different levels, Development, the teacher chose different types of beans when providing materials, including small mung beans, red beans, large white lentils, broad beans, etc., and was also selective in the utensils, such as spoons with different textures (plastic, Metal), chopsticks, tweezers, etc., children can choose according to their preferences and abilities.
When conducting the "Little Animals" theme activity in small classes, in our construction area, I not only provided ready-made building blocks, but also provided some old cartons and bottles to young children with weak abilities. Younger children can use ready-made building blocks to build, while more capable children can use waste materials to create imagination, thus meeting the children's needs for exploration and independent development.
In short, as a teacher, you should carefully create a suitable corner environment for children and provide suitable operating materials. Let the children "learn by playing and play while learning" in the interaction with the corner environment, making the corner activities a real game paradise for children.