Among many kindergartens in Germany, forest kindergarten is the most popular one, with about 1 500 in Germany. Because of government subsidies, parents only need to pay a small part of tuition fees. A German parent told us that the greatest advantage of being in a forest kindergarten is that her daughter has hardly been ill in the past two years. My daughter's greatest achievement is that her imagination and practical ability have made great progress and exercise. Moreover, most importantly, the daughter is cautious but confident, independent but also learns to cooperate. The ideas behind these abilities have given great inspiration to our parents:
First of all, it depends on whether the child's game ability has been brought into play. In the forest kindergarten in Germany, children decide and arrange different activities every day. For example, some children will go to the farm together and play with pigs or sheep there for half a day. Some children will like to compete with small animals to see who can run faster.
In winter, children in forest kindergarten mainly play with snow, snowballs or skiing. Some little girls also like climbing trees. However, these projects are not the homework prescribed by the teacher, but the children decide whether to ski or climb trees. Of course, no one cares how high they want to climb. The teacher just holds the children down one by one when they need them, and keeps them safe at all times.
There are many outdoor activities, and teachers generally don't teach by hand. But these little guys are much smarter than everyone thinks. They will learn from each other's experience or ask classmates who can finish it for help. Of course, children will not challenge the heights that they cannot achieve. They are more cautious than adults know.
In forest kindergarten, there are few finished toys, so children need to do it themselves if they want to play. Therefore, logs are the most common in kindergartens and can be used as their original materials. Children will make these Woods into ladders or swings, tree houses and so on.
Secondly, in forest kindergarten, there are generally more than 20 students and there will be two teachers. In many cases, children need to help each other, and then the older ones must take care of the younger ones. In kindergartens in Germany, all children's "play" is to better shape their character and constantly cultivate their core competence. Children's division of labor and cooperation, as well as their ability to solve problems and take care of each other with their classmates, are more important to Germans than learning to know many words in their early years.
According to these experiences in German kindergartens, I believe it is really ideal for us. But we should also have some reflections, so that children can learn to explore and create, and learn to release their own nature. Having the ability to play and a good personality is really the most important thing for children to do and learn.