Waldorf Freshmen Welcome to the New Year: Design and Arrangement of Freshmen Camp

If the core task of senior one is to "link" children and "shape" classes, then the key words of freshman camp are "meeting" and "rhythm". Teachers and children establish spiritual and emotional ties in a beautiful encounter, and on this basis jointly explore and adapt to each other's pulse and new rhythm, and gradually take shape in the rhythm of breathing.

"Linking and shaping" just corresponds to spiritual and material aspects, in which linking is metaphysical, spiritual, educational, moral and material for teachers and children; Shaping is physical ability, group behavior and habits, skill acquisition, technology and application; Education is constant tuning, integration and balance, which comes from the upper and lower parts. In the freshman camp and even in the whole education process, teachers need to be aware of these two parts and grasp the balance between them.

A good beginning is half the battle. From a practical point of view, I think the new camp is of great significance and role, which is very necessary. Although the new camp lasts only 2-3 days, it is equivalent to the rehearsal of primary school life for children and teachers before the flag-raising ceremony, and their psychological feelings are different. Moreover, it is still about 1 week before the official start of the new camp, and it is also convenient to adjust the relevant preparations according to the actual situation of the new camp.

From the child's point of view, it gives the child a more relaxed preparation time to clean up the complicated mood in summer; Familiar with campus, teachers and classmates; Adapt to the rhythm of primary school life. From the teacher's point of view, this is also a good time to meet and prepare, so that you can adjust your state and rhythm and meet your children better. From the perspective of home-school cooperation, it is also an important link for parents to understand the school and teachers and adapt from kindergarten to primary school.

Everything is established in advance, and it is abolished if it is not foreseen. As a teaching link, freshman camp needs planning and preparation. Only by planning the significance, function, teaching objectives and contents of the new camp can we get greater results. The framework and content here, on the one hand, need to think and collect by yourself; Prepare; On the one hand, we need to discuss with other teachers.

The timetable of the new camp is the basis of design and arrangement. Time is a teacher's most precious resource. Only by knowing how much time is available can we have more practical target design and feasible implementation. On the other hand, the schedule of the new camp should be basically consistent with the daily schedule of the primary school, so that children can better connect with the subsequent primary school life.

The teaching objectives basically revolve around "meeting" and "rhythm". A good encounter requires children to have a good sense of security, which first comes from familiarity with the environment, familiarity with social interaction and competence in basic life and work tasks. Therefore, children must first understand the campus environment, infrastructure and teachers and classmates. The role of "rhythm" is first reflected in repeated behavior activities to cultivate good group habits. Therefore, in order for children to "do", they must first "listen". Therefore, "listening-response" is a habit/accomplishment, which should be cultivated from the beginning.

There is no teaching task of cognitive content in the new camp, and all teaching links are used as ways of "meeting", "experiencing", "adapting to the rhythm" and "shaping the group". The main teaching links are as follows:

The morning meeting circle should include several basic contents: circle-pulling exercise, queuing exercise, feeling morning songs, self-introduction activities/games, songs and nursery rhymes, rhythm and rhythm, etc. In addition, I also applied the loop of register, which can make the names of the whole class appear repeatedly. On the one hand, it can promote the collective consciousness of "everyone is a member of the class", and it can also promote mutual understanding among children and promote socialization. In addition, the process of roll call and the procedure of shaking hands and greeting before class also have the function of observing the state of children.

Some breathing circles (contraction-expansion) in the morning circle are very beneficial to children's consciousness development and class shaping, so we should pay attention to them in specific design.

Games include outdoor games and indoor games. The game class should be implemented as an independent theme class. Outdoor games can be campus orientation, circle games (such as finding friends, ducks and geese), simple group games (games related to listening and obeying instructions, games related to basic sensory development, etc.). ) and free play. Free play is not only the immediate needs of children, but also a valuable opportunity for children to observe. Of course, teachers' participation in games can also promote contact with children. In outdoor games, it is also important to practice circle pulling, queuing, assembly and dissolution.

Indoor games can include some games related to basic sensory development (such as floor exercise, tactile games, etc.). ), finger ballads, games related to listening to instructions (such as Simon's words). ), as well as some intense circle games that are not suitable for morning circles (such as whose dog is barking, can this road be crossed, etc.). ).

The story was introduced as part of the main course. The main course of freshman camp should keep at least three links: the opening, rhythmic sections and stories, and the memories and work in the middle can be mastered flexibly. Stories can include some natural stories related to seasons, or natural stories related to the introduction of stationery materials or handmade materials (crayons, paper, clarinets, wool and other sources). Fairy tales are mainly Grimm's fairy tales.

In addition to telling stories, we also need to pay attention to the creation of story atmosphere. You can use curtain, candle, clarinet, Ya Qin, hand puppet and other elements appropriately.

Handwork is a good exercise of willpower and concentration, and also a soil for cultivating reverence, sensibility and aesthetic taste. The handicrafts in the new camp can be selected from the aspects of understanding wool/coarse cotton thread, winding ball, twisting rope, one-finger knitting/four-finger knitting, etc. Manual activities are also one of the important windows for observing children.

Handicraft course should be implemented as an independent subject, with a beginning and an end, and it is best to keep basically the same rhythm as the future handicraft teacher's class.

Painting includes subject painting and free painting. Related links to be designed include: introduction of wax block (wax block story, wax block distribution and wax block feeling), introduction and demonstration of wax block (father's side, mother's side and baby's side), distribution of sketch paper/free picture book, demonstration of wax block painting on both sides of the world, etc.

As an important carrier of art education, music is also an important way to cultivate emotion, aesthetics and emotional expression. Music class should be implemented as an independent subject. The main contents of the music class are singing (such as the chant of our class, children's songs "The Little White Boat", "Stars and Dandelions", "A Good Place in the Birch Forest", "Gold and Silver Pendulum" and "I'm not afraid of white waves". ) and listening/music games (listening to the voice to identify the position, clapping in the fifth interval, tapping with your fingers, rubbing your hands).

Clarinet may not be introduced during the freshman camp.

Wet watercolor and shaping (beeswax, clay sculpture) can be carried out as independent subjects. According to the specific situation, I personally feel that beeswax shaping is more suitable for freshman camp, focusing on the process and atmosphere of beeswax class, and I can shape freely. The teacher improvised stories based on the children's works.

Mainly for daily life and learning activities for demonstration and learning. Including greetings, shaking hands and saluting, changing shoes indoors, putting schoolbags and kettles, hanging clothes, moving tables and chairs, using and keeping labor tools and other demonstrations and games.

Free travel can be placed in outdoor game classes or free activities, mainly on campus. Among them, bunkers, puddles, game crawlers and ropes are the key areas for children to play and the active areas for social interaction. If you think you did well in the assembly, dissolution and queuing two days ago, you can also arrange a natural walk on the farm. The premise is that everyone listens to the command and regards the walk on the farm as a reward won by the children.

Children often need to be grouped in daily teaching organizations or activities, and groups are another platform for children to socialize, so we can consider grouping children. The seat of the same child also needs to be considered. The student number should be set in advance. The specific grouping basis can also be birthday, constellation, temperament type and so on. Gender balance should also be considered. During the freshman camp, you can observe first without grouping, and the seats can be random first, but you need to decide later.

Considering the class size and duty requirements, there are generally four groups, with about 5 people in each group. The name of the group should be simple and natural, and it should also include the teacher's best wishes.

Meal time is also an important group shaping scene for habit formation. Teachers need to consider the contents include:

In addition to attending classes, teachers can also choose small assistants to help teachers complete some work of distribution, collection and sorting. Children also need to participate in daily cleaning, promote physical development through labor, and gain a sense of accomplishment in labor. The focus of daily duty is cleaning and delivering meals inside and outside the classroom. Because the first-grade children's tableware is cleaned in the classroom, they also need to fetch water, pour water and wipe the basin.

Children come from different families and kindergartens, and their work experience is related to the requirements of previous caregivers. Generally speaking, there are great differences among individuals. From how to take a broom, how to sweep the floor, how to use a mop, how to clean with a rag, how to handle it under the table and so on. These small places need teachers to take pains to demonstrate, teach and check. Children's work habits and skills need the cooperation of families, so that children can take care of themselves at home and participate in family work is also one of the main contents of the initial home-school communication. In the new camp, teachers can observe children more and let them gradually have the consciousness and habit of taking part in labor.

See below for details.

Arrange the above teaching contents according to the campus curriculum, with emphasis on the rhythm of inhalation and exhalation. Explore the rhythm of the day at the freshman camp. Because the freshman camp and the first month or so are taught by the head teacher, you can master it flexibly and try-observe the children and your own state-adjust.

The process arrangement here will eventually be refined into a one-day lesson plan, so I won't go into details here.

Freshman camp needs to prepare the story of the rose ceremony, and the teaching story, natural story and nourishing story used in the daily class of freshman camp: Grimm's fairy tale. The songs that need to be prepared are: call songs, beeswax songs, wet watercolor songs, gratitude songs before meals, closing songs and so on.

Need to determine the child's student number (magic number), prepare and cut wet colored paper as a name sticker. According to the facilities of the classroom, at least 6-7 sets of name stickers with different sizes (chairs, desks, clothes hooks, schoolbag racks, shoe racks, sketchpad racks, lockers/cupboards) need to be prepared. Free picture books or exercise books to be distributed to children also need to write their own student numbers and names. In addition, parents need to be reminded to put name stickers or labels on their children's tableware, cups, clarinets, crayons and other supplies.

Materials to be prepared in advance include:

Handicraft course materials: wool (winding wool ball, one-finger knitting, etc. ), cotton thread (twisted rope) and wool (wool)

Plastic materials: beeswax (suitable size in advance, not too big), plastic polymer clay.

Teaching stationery: sketch paper, crayons and wax blocks, exercise books, main teaching materials, etc.

Parent camp materials: apron cloth, hand-wrapped cloth, etc. Used in parents' camp (it needs to be cut to a suitable size and provided with corresponding patterns).

The preparations for the classroom mainly include: leveling and painting the blackboard, painting the walls, necessary bookshelves and storage racks, four-season tables and decorations, as well as teaching tools (such as chalk, colored chalk, eraser and wet watercolor materials) and cleaning tools.

Parents need to be formally informed two weeks before the new camp (as mentioned above), giving the schedule time and related requirements of the new camp. You can give information about some common problems, such as:

The "link" and "rhythm" mentioned by the new camp are not unilateral, and teachers also need to construct the process of linking and adapting to the rhythm. Teachers' psychological expectations of the new camp should be reasonable. On the one hand, they should relax and fully enjoy the opportunity to meet the children. On the other hand, we should also pay attention to the challenges and problems encountered in the implementation process, so as to adjust and explore better methods in time.

The teaching plan of the new camp should be as detailed as possible, so that teachers can respond to various situations more flexibly. From a practical point of view, it is more likely that 1 hour will complete the content prepared for 2 hours. In view of this situation, on the one hand, we should remind ourselves to slow down, on the other hand, we should adjust the content of the lesson plan in the next few days in time according to the actual situation.

Complete daily work as required.

Assign daily work: (one rotation, almost 1 month)

Wet watercolor duty group (1 week 1 change, 4 ~ 5 people)