As the school year comes to an end, I look back on the wonderful time I have spent with the children, whether it be the daily routine of life or special events, it has been filled with laughter and signs of growth. I would like to thank the teachers for their hard work and the parents for their cooperation and support so that the children can thrive and grow in a safe and fulfilling environment. As the semester draws to a close, we are beginning to review the results of our efforts in the areas of physical fitness, living language, and parent-child development.

The earth keeps on spinning and it is already the end of June and next week will be July, which is the busiest month in the Kindergarten, with all the learning assessment reviews, graduation ceremonies and achievement presentations, so time is really not enough to think about it. On Thursday, we had a review of the Parent-Child Shared Reading, and in order to find out how effective the Shared Reading has been in this semester, the principal took charge of the review, and the children took the Shared Reading Record Books and went through the review in order of the children in a class. Ask your child who reads and tells you stories with you.

Many parents are eager to start reading with their children at six months. But don't get it wrong. The key is "reading", not "co-reading". I'm sure you want your child to have a "joyful co-reading" experience, not a "forced co-reading" experience. The basic spirit is to help parents find topics to talk about with their children. Have you read a storybook to your child today? In a survey of families with children under the age of three in the United States, it was found that one percent of the families with children under the age of three had read a storybook to their children.

Every week there are amazing things happening, and this week we are sharing about the world of show business, although it is not related to kindergarten and early childhood education. However, since the age and grade of the protagonists are understandable to children, we decided to share with them the 60th Golden Horse Awards in the world of performing arts. The winner of the Best Actress award was a 12-year-old girl, Lin Pingtong, who is in the sixth grade of elementary school. The award presenter said that she was 80 years old before she won the Golden Horse Award, and the director Ang Lee said that she was the best actress of the 60th Golden Horse Award.

A few days ago, I read on the Internet a story shared by Professor Yeh Ping-cheng, who has long been concerned about primary and secondary education in Taiwan and has also set up his own experimental school.
 A mom asked in a question and answer session, "My child is a senior in high school this year, and his grades are in the middle to high range. Although he is very serious, he has not been able to make a breakthrough in his academic performance. My dad thinks he's not working hard enough and often tells him, "You must be on your cell phone all the time, that's why you haven't made any progress. The relationship between parent and child deteriorated as a result of the father's comment.

As an early childhood educator for many years, I often feel the anxiety of parents who feel that their children should not lose out at the starting point, and hope that kindergartens can "deploy ahead of schedule" to help their children face the challenges of post-National Primary School. Some parents are very concerned about the learning of phonetic symbols, and hope that there will be teaching materials and textbooks that can be seen and touched, so that they can clearly know what their children are learning. Even a parent who visited the kindergarten recently asked if the kindergarten teaches phonetic symbols to her child, who will not be entering kindergarten until August next year.

"What would be a good name for a book that shows adults and new elementary school children how to read together?" I asked some first graders. Ting thought for a moment and said, "Where does reading hide? Tzu followed up with, "Reading is fun." The other two boys offered "Reading Playground" and "Reading Brains". These titles are a great example of how children see reading, and my opinion is not far from that. Reading shouldn't be hidden, no!

In order to understand the results of the Parent-Child Shared Reading promotion in each class, the principal arranges time at the end of each semester to review the results one by one. On Mondays and Tuesdays, the children bring their reading logbooks in order for the principal to take a look at them. Ask the children: Who read the story to you, dad, mom or ...? Some said their parents, some said their grandparents, and some said they read the story themselves. Some children said their parents didn't read the story, so they told me to read the book and draw the pictures by myself. Each record represents a little one's own story.