A Word from the Director - Spring

Spring is the most beautiful season of the year, but it is also the most complicated and volatile. Since the beginning of spring, the weather has been changing a lot, hot and cold, and you can get sick if you're not careful, so there are many people suffering from colds and bronchitis, especially babies, and it's heartbreaking to see them.

There is a proverb in Taiwan that describes spring weather. "Spring does not have three days of sunshine" and "Don't give away quilts before you have eaten the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings" are examples of how our ancestors have recognized spring weather and left behind these proverbs since the ancient times. As the spring is still cold, the body's blood vessels are dilated, sweat pore relaxation, sudden sudden reduction of clothing, easy to make "cold evil into the", causing colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases, therefore, should be based on the weather changes, timely increase or decrease in clothing. Wake up in the morning and check the weather report, open the window and feel the temperature outside as a reference for dressing.

In spring, everything revives and flowers bloom, and in this warm and blooming time of the year, people will be drowsy and listless, which is often referred to as "spring sleepy" in folklore. Because of the long winter blood flow of the skin blood vessels decreased, the brain, the blood flow of the internal organs increased, the brain has been accustomed to work under high oxygen conditions, and the spring blood flow of the skin began to flourish, the metabolism is enhanced, the brain oxygen is reduced, and can not adapt to, so it is easy for people to fall asleep. Therefore, in order to adapt to the changes in the external environment faster, we should exercise more to strengthen the heart function, improve blood circulation, enhance the body's immune function, in order to change the physiological differences caused by seasonal changes.

"I can hear the footsteps of spring, I can see the colors of spring, I can smell the feeling of spring, and I know that spring is not far away." Bringing the babies to read the poem "The First Verse of Spring in the World" written and composed by Rev. Cheng Ming-tang, the children not only have strong literacy skills, but also have stronger memory skills, especially the older children.
In the first paragraph, there are four sentences with four verbs: hear, see, smell and know. Ask your child what is the difference between these four sentences? The ear hears, the eye sees, the nose smells, the brain knows, what a smart kid; footsteps, color, feeling, not far away, with four verbs, see in a row? The children understood it very quickly, so we played the word catching game, I said ~ I hear, the children catch the spring's footsteps; I see ~ spring's color; I smell ~ spring's feeling; I know ~ spring is not far away; then the roles are exchanged, the children said I know, I catch the next sentence. From a small game, the children's interest in words is aroused, and from the lyrics and music, the children are led into a literary scene.

What are some of the natural phenomena that happen in spring? Flowers bloom, birds, butterflies, and bugs come out, it rains, and the trees become beautiful. Some people like it, some don't.
A year's plan lies in spring, a day's plan lies in the morning, and a lifetime's plan lies in diligence.

Peace and happiness.

Mandy