A Case Study On The Use Of Family Resources In Kindergarten Theme Activities

It is of great significance for children’s development that the family and the kindergarten co-breed with the same direction and synchronization."Guidelines for Kindergarten Education(on a trial basis)" states that "family is an important partner of kindergarten".The practical exploration of kindergarten to promote effective family participation is deepening,and the utilization of family resources in kindergarten thematic activities has become a new attempt.On this basis,this study mainly discusses the status quo and process of using family resources in kindergarten thematic activities,summarizes experience,finds problems,and puts forward reasonable and optimized suggestions.This study takes the case as the perspective,using interview method,observation method,case analysis method and text analysis method to explore and present the static results and dynamic process of using family resources in kindergarten thematic activities.From the static results,goals for family and kindergarten is the same,which effectively integrates the material and human resources of the family to support children’s thematic exploration.In order to make use of family resources flexibly,family and kindergarten synchronous activities including thematic activities in the kindergarten,practice activities outside the kindergarten and parent-child activities in the family are actively carried out.Family and kindergarten works together in education,which promotes the development of children’s cognition,emotion and comprehensive ability to achieve family and kindergarten’s co-education.From the dynamic process,the use of family resources in the kindergarten thematic activities mainly experiences "knowing-using-responding-sharing" four continuous cycle of process,and through using regular communication,targeted guidance and live feedback strategies,the family and the kindergarten interact effectively,thus promote the dynamic cycle of family resources using process.This study also reveals the problems existing in the use of family resources in kindergarten thematic activities.First,the use of family human resources is less,and the unique advantages of parents are not fully exerted.Second,the participation of parent-child activities is very different,and the combined effect of family and kindergarten’s co-education is limited.Third,the awareness of parents’ active participation is low,and the feedback imbalance appears in family and kindergarten activities.In response to these problems,this study further analyzed the reasons and put forward optimized suggestions accordingly from three aspects of kindergarten,teachers and parents.