Case Study On The Cultivation Of Children's Gratitude Behavior

Thanksgiving behavior mainly refers to the part of oblige and gratitude behavior. Thanksgiving is not only for adults’ virtues required course of carrying forward traditional Chinese, but also a key factor for constructing the harmonious socialist society. Achieving the social harmony and forming a good interpersonal relationship are inseparable from the interpersonal gratitude. As a child, their behavior of thanksgiving needs careful cultivation. Pre-school stage is the period development for children’s body and mind. Education has great plasticity, and cultivating good moral character is conducive to forming the outstanding personality in future. Ministry of Education promulgated the "guide for 3-6 year old children’s learning and development" in 2012. It proposed the good quality which take thanksgiving as the goal, promote the development of children’s social field, cultivate their love for parents, teacher, companion and the collective.This study selected two children as objects for Thanksgiving behavior case studies by observation and interviews. The first case of Ahao, he understood their parents’ dedication, but he lost himself in different educational philosophy of the family.So he didn’t know how to use the right way to express love and gratitude. The second Case of Wenwen, he was very haughty because of grandma’s spoil. He had no manners and took the family’s love for granted. This paper studied and analyzed the case of the lack of gratitude, designing and implementing the related training plan.Based on the results of culture, thanksgiving conducts in two cases both had progress and improved in varying degrees. Case Ahao can reasonably regard the help from others and has learned to care for people when he treat parents and peers. Wenwen has gradually recognized other’s love and can basically thank others for help, but he still needs guidance by parents and teachers when dealing with the interests of companions.Based on the results above, author thinks that parents should create a good family atmosphere, bring about a suitable context and set an example for young children to cultivate them thanksgiving behavior. Kindergarten should make the gratitude education get into daily life, entertaining in class and cooperating with family. Thanksgiving education is the love education after all. Only if give children enough love and warmth, seeds of gratitude planted or love flowers can grow up in their hearts.