| Early childhood education is based on the life of young children,it’s crucial that we begin life education to guide young children to pursue the true meaning of life and the value of existence.In our country,the research on life education is mainly concentrated on the field of primary and secondary schools and higher education,life education in the kindergarten still needs to be developed.At present,kindergarten courses are mostly in the form of thematic activities,these courses are dynamic and living activity.To explore the characteristics and actuality of life education and thematic activities,then put life education with educational value into thematic activities will realize the greater value of life education-themed activities.First of all,this study uses the interview method to diagnose and analyze the existing problems of life education in the kindergarten.The research conclusion is that most teachers are aware of the importance of life education,and have penetrated content in practical teaching.However,there is a lack of systematization and hierarchy between each domain,life education in the kindergarten is mainly taught by teachers,and the teaching process is not interesting: Teachers need to improve their ability about teaching resources.Secondly researchers popularize the knowledge of life education to children through picture books,multimedia and other methods,organize and implement brainstorming,and has built a theme network with children and cooperation with teachers to discuss and preliminarily formulate the objectives of the life education thematic activities,discussed and improved the activity plan,added the materials needed for the activity,finished the activity design.On this basis,we have carried out life education theme activities in kindergarten practice exploration,and we conduct three studies on the theme of “people and life”,“Hey,I’m coming”,“I’m very special” and “When I grow up”.The researcher observed and recorded the course of teaching activities,then reflected and improved the activities with teachers.Finally,author has summarized and refined the strategies of life education theme activities in kindergarten,defined the subject of life education,set the objective of life education by discussing the inner thoughts of young children.In addition,highlight interest and generative in activity design;use life education resources skillfully,enrich organizational forms,and guide children to explore actively;improve the evaluation of educational activities,the way of evaluation highlights subjectivity and pluralism: It’s suggested to strengthen the reflection of teaching practice,improve the ability of reflection and optimize the teaching objective. |