From the Principal - Lifelong Learning Begins with Reading

Thursday morning light assembly time, awarding the prizes for Living Mandarin and Parent-Child Shared Reading, each recipient had a joyful smile on their face, and received the hard-earned prizes from the principal, representing the efforts of the parents and children, after a semester of hard work, persistence, perseverance, and not to give up the results, but also a kind of recognition of honor; thirty-six of the Living Mandarin children and sixty-two of the children in Reading were awarded, of which twenty-two met both standards. Twenty-two of them achieved both.

In order to understand the effectiveness of the various teaching and activities promoted by the kindergarten, the children's attitude towards learning, the cooperation of parents, the only way to get a clear picture is to get in close contact with them, to talk to them one by one, and to observe and understand the children's strengths and abilities; the same person carries out the work, so that the standards are consistent, only that it will take a lot of time!

Parents say, "Children should be very nervous about the principal, right? Maybe, but the principal usually interacts with them, so they are more or less nervous, but not scared. Therefore, when examining the living American language, we will first explain in a gentle tone, so that they are clear about what the principal is going to ask them and how to answer, and tell them to answer if they know how to answer, or say no if they don't know how to answer, and that it's okay, and finally we will say, "are you ready?

Parent-child co-reading, the children took the record books and showed them to the principal in order, who took the trouble to read them one by one, and had a conversation with the children to understand how they read picture books at home. Ask your child, "Do you like listening to stories? Who read it to you? Who read it to you? Mommy, daddy, sister, grandma. Who drew the pictures? Who drew the pictures? Mostly myself, but some of them are my brother, sister, mom; Which one is your favorite? The story must be very interesting, the principal has never heard of it, do you want to tell the principal a little bit? Some of the children said, "Uh-huh, uh-huh," and the principal would then say, "Do you want to go up on stage and tell it to more people? Some shook their heads, some nodded their heads, and from the dialog, we could see some clues that the children's performance was closely related to their parents' parenting attitude, care and companionship.

Reading is a habit and the soul of education. Only through reading can we break the limitations of classroom education and have the possibility of lifelong learning. Through reading, children can travel through time and space and meet with different thoughts; through reading, children open up a broader vision. The meaning of reading to a child is like a game or an adventure, and the ability to venture into different stories can be said to be full of attraction. Reading makes a big difference in a child's world.

I wish you good health, family happiness, peace and joy.

Mandy