Every child is "an individual waiting for growth, progress, perfection and self-breakthrough". Our EYFS curriculum concept respects the diversity of education and children's personality. Look, today the children in our class started to discuss the topic of "Birthday" spontaneously. Let's listen to what they are talking about.
"my birthday is in February, and I passed my birthday."
"my birthday was in May, and it has passed. My mother bought me a beautiful princess dress."
"my birthday is in September, and I forgot whether my mother gave it to me."
"my birthday is in December, it's coming soon, let's make a cake together."
“老师,我的生日什么时候才能到呢?”
“我的生日是2月份,我已经过了生日。”
“我的生日是5月份,也已经过了,妈妈还给我买了一条漂亮的公主裙。”
“我的生日是9月份,可是我已经忘记妈妈有没有给我过生日。”
“我的生日是12月份,马上就要到了,要不我们一起合作来做一个蛋糕吧!”
After the children spoke, they began to take action! Look what they did!
孩子们谈话后,开始行动起来啦!看看他们都做了什么吧!
First we made a birthday hats! The children took the paper and start making birthday hats. In this process, children can confidently describe to his partners what kind of birthday hat he wants to make and what materials to use for decoration.
After some painting, cutting and pasting, our candle are finished! Is it beautiful?
经过一番画、剪、贴后,我们的蜡烛就做好啦!是不是很漂亮!
Now we need to make a cake! "
"I want to make a big cake, but what do I use to make it?"
"Shall we make a cake out of sand in the sandbox?"
“我们现在还需要做一个蛋糕!”
“我想要做一个大蛋糕,可是能用什么来做呢?”
“要不我们去沙池用沙子堆一个蛋糕?”
The beauty of the EYFS course lies in the spontaneous discussion and generation of children. In the framework of EYFS curriculum, children are not limited to the specific curriculum content. They can organize themselves and self-educate themselves outside the framework, and see how much they have invested in playing!
The cake needs cream, which is the source of dad's moustache foam!
蛋糕还需要奶油,这个时候爸爸的胡须泡就派上用场了!
The children picked some local leaves to decorate the cake.
孩子们就地取材,摘了一些树叶来装饰蛋糕。
The children said they wanted to make a colorful cake. At this time, we need to add some: glitter, pigment, precious stones ... Look at the children's imagination!
小朋友们说想要做个彩色蛋糕,这时就又加入了一些:闪光片、色素、宝石….看小朋友们的想象力多丰富!
Here it is! Children can wear homemade birthday hats and candles to make wishes!
彩色蛋糕就完成啦!小朋友们戴上自制生日帽、插上蜡烛就可以许愿了!
The children's "Birthday" project is over, but the children's thirst for knowledge continues. They will continue to find more interesting "topics" around them with curious eyes, and then start "self-education" again. The idea at the EYFS is to create an atmosphere in which children can be creative and free to imagine. Finally, it is a testament to the EYFS 'core educational philosophy: "Child-centred learning through play."