A, between the activities of integration and cohesion
Course design of coherent and holistic, to promote children\'s learning. 《 Brown bear， brown bear，what do you see？ Is a children\'s picture book, introducing color and to duplicate textual manner common animals. Teacher of the first day of class, use this easy book for teaching, language, mathematics, science, art and craft, music and social learning, and so on, all work together. A year which often take advantage of the main sentence change content in the book, let the children old skool, for example into Alice (Alice), Alice,what do you see? Sometimes the child\'s name in a sentence, let them exercise in a sentence. Even if the original English strange kid, can also be within a very short period of time, a simple common sentence patterns easy to pronounce in English.
In the second, from life based on
From the first day of school to the last day of the school year, some fixed routine activities. For example, to count the number of school days, seasons, now today\'s climate; year, month, day, day of week; birthday, tooth; know each child\'s name, photograph and say hello.
First day at school, teachers there child figures are the number one number today is a day to day school, then add to stick at the top of the Board a digital, accumulating to the 100th day, celebrations and parties. Teachers use the Eyedropper, to the number of school days slowly practice decimal, each accumulated ten supported tied into a bundle. Initial counting exercise, about every day for about a daoliangfenzhong, term does not need five minutes of time, from more than a few hundred. After a month will teach simple addition and subtraction, sometimes practise writing addition and subtraction of numbers, and single digits; number of teachers believe that number is only a fraction of the number concept, how important is used. Today is the last month a few days, ask the children to school is the most obvious. On the White Board in front of the classroom has a teacher design of large blank monthly calendar, each month for the post of topics, and tie in with the children of recent sequences, such as the ABA, ABC, ABAB, AABBCC forth forth And so on. Bulletin of October, for example, in October, Halloween (Halloween), the teacher did a lot of the lanterns, witches and ghosts of pattern, let the children every day learning sequences, such as lanterns, witches, ghosts, pumpkin lamp, the witch ... This activity appears to be part of social learning, but also contains a number of awareness and the digital pronunciation exercises, and the most basic sequence of concepts in mathematics.
Here a pleasant climate change of four seasons although it is not as Northern States clearly in the snow, but the turn of the seasons will affect the lives of children; even if was a warm sunny day, his teacher may vary according to the calendar telling children today is the first day of winter. Climate of the day was observed today by small helper, and then select the appropriate pattern (such as Sun, rain, clouds, wind, comprehensive pattern) affixed to the climate chart, at the same time learn so scientific and chart picture in mind. Not only that, teachers also often take advantage of this table, let the children compare, for example sunny days than rainy, more than a few days? Or as many cloudy and windy days, is known as equal.
Close to the child\'s life
Starting from the first day of school, the teacher will ask anyone today off the teeth, and if so, to write his name on a card with a very large teeth on the poster, let all the children envy, also reduce the stress and be afraid of children off the teeth. Children of twos and threes last term, to the next period, many children start out teeth, some children a day lost two teeth, they are very proud to tell teachers; teacher will also make the children count the number of, this week the children out of class a few teeth. Dental records and number of teeth of this activity seems to be some boring, but in the case of children aged 5 or 6, is a big step in the development of teeth, worthy of attention. Birthday is a major event, because all the children like birthday, she\'ll make of today\'s birthday child, do not need a draw to be little help. Do not underestimate the little helpers tasks, he is not to help the teacher manage order, also does not help teachers from anything more other children or has no right to command small reports. Today, his rights and obligations are queued at a time or have any choice, he can be the first; also can boot the whole class read in large groups in the time out date and climate of today. This is an honor, but it is a fair and objective manner and in turn, every child has the opportunity to hold this role, they also look forward to every day.
Awareness of other children in the class name, photo and greet exercise, is the beginning of every large group activities. Teacher shot in the first day of school for every child living alone, and to make a picture made of thick cardboard name cards. The effectiveness of this card, in addition to understanding others and developing positive interpersonal relationships outside of teaching aids, teachers also use names of the children the alphabet, teach you understanding, resolution, reading, spell out all of the English alphabet; together with other language activities, to the next phase, the children had been able to write their own letters on the card exercise and learning English with rhyming words in the name of. This is the best example of social relations and language integration learning.
United States publishing industry, and a brief glimpse of one or two from children\'s classrooms. Kindergarten classroom in crates of picture books, more content and the teaching of recent topics. Most of these books is the Librarian of the school, help teachers looking for from the library, mobile library every week, some children come to school when borrowing books. Teachers read a day three and four story books for children to hear, sometimes read by the children themselves take books; the last few weeks of the school year, the teacher read the chapter-long story, surprise is that kids can remember the story after the first order.
Continuous adjustment, out of a rigid
In the United States I found a different colour of them speak fluent in standard American English, they accepted from all over the world, like freedom, like the United States, want to be United States residents who. From kindergarten to open
Beginning teachers include introduction to culture in the curriculum, such as the Chinese lunar new year, Jewish festivals, Ireland section, Mexico section, let the children from childhood and inclusive culture world view assorted ethnic heart. United States society and history, was at the time of Festival, with the introduction of arrangements, such as: live, madingludeershi in Washington\'s birthday.The teacher will give parents a letter a week, describes part of the teaching content and expectations of parents this week combined with; for example preparing festive party food or beverage, teaching help when driving or care for children outside school. Parents volunteer, the more children the more campus teaching opportunities, feel, harmonious relationship between teachers and parents, familiar but not very close.
In the United States, you can easily get a lot of information or research reports, not only for research of the population, books on a variety of topics, and library services or related sites more worthy of study. There are many studies in discussion, is the whole language teaching (Wholelanguage) or voice pronunciation learning (Phonics) works best help children learn English. United States State requirements are different, some States provided by whole language teaching, some States dominated by voice of pronunciation teaching method. Latest research points out that two kinds of teaching methods of the better results. This is the United States one of the characteristics, vibrant and youthful spirit, creative, can accept different ideas. But also because of the practice of this at any time and different requirements or provisions in the States, difficult to use an article covers the general situation of preschool education throughout the United States. But on the whole, United States in early childhood education respect individual differences, teaching resources are abundant, objective, fair and everywhere dominated by children, is the most worthy of our learning place.
