Message from the Principal - Nursery Schools Developing Children's Ability to Learn and Adapt to the Future

The news that shocked Taiwan's society, one after another, from the Baxian dust explosion, the Beijie random hacking, child abuse cases, Miaoli Houlong highway tire accident, etc., each of them is surprising and frightening; a closer look, these incidents seem to have happened in the body of the young people, so one can not help but ask: What is wrong with Taiwan's young friends?

"Young people and children are the saplings of our nation and the hope for our future!" Although this is a cliché, it is worthwhile for us to pay more attention to and think about, especially in this age, how to educate, lead, and create a peaceful environment in the family, society, and country, so that the young people can have a sound mind and body, welcome their bright future, and see the hope.

Although this is a very big issue, it is related to each and every one of us, so let us ask ourselves whether we have fulfilled our responsibilities properly.

We cannot be good alone. If we are good only to ourselves and those around us are bad, they will harm us.

Through education, we learn to have the knowledge and skills to get along with people and survive without knowing, without knowing, without knowing. Dewey, the educationist, had two most important ideas about education: continuity and secondary schooling. Continuity means that if a person finishes one stage of education, or if he finishes the first book of Mathematics but does not want to go on, it means that education is a failure and there is no continuity. Successful education is one that goes on and on, what is now called lifelong education. To be a secondary school is to allow learners to "experience" and learn by doing.

With knowledge and experience comes the power to live and survive, and the ability to judge and discern. As we grow older, our learning will increase and broaden in scope.

Nursery school is a child's first school, an important stage in building all the foundations. For the growth of the country's future masters, the educational function of nursery school should never be underestimated or narrowed down!

Well-known author Robert Fulghum believes that all the knowledge we really need to conduct ourselves is learned in kindergarten; that wisdom is not hidden in the halls of research institutes, but in the sandboxes of kindergartens.

We all expect our children to experience or learn from their childhood to "treat others": share everything with others, don't bully others, don't take other people's things, say sorry if you have offended others, say please if you have a favor to ask, have a passion to serve, and don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you; "do things": tidy up your own mess, wash your hands before you eat, flush the water after using the restroom, do things right, and be fair, To develop an attitude of seriousness and responsibility; "To take care of things" - to return things to their rightful place, to treasure resources, to cherish public property, and to utilize the functions of various objects; "To enrich oneself" - to live a balanced life, to learn new knowledge or skills every day, and to develop keen observation; "To cherish life" - to be able to pay attention to safety at all times, to learn about the phenomena of life and death of living creatures in the natural world, and to know how to regulate the body and mind. We hope that our children will be able to adapt to the future through a whole-person development program and a total learning experience.

Therefore, parents should first establish a correct concept of early childhood education. They should not think that attending kindergarten is just a place for children to "trust", or emphasize the need to learn arithmetic and phonetic symbols before entering elementary school, and some people even send their children to bilingual kindergartens or all-American language kindergartens.

Tomorrow is the 41st Graduation Ceremony and Achievement Presentation of Yan Ho, which will start at 8:30 a.m. sharp. Parents are urged to prepare well in advance. Whether they are graduates or current students, participating in the Ceremony will be their first experience, and the attitude of the parents is an important key to the children's academic performance.

I wish you all a happy vacation, peace and happiness.

Mandy