What do young children deserve? - Early years education in Sweden

I mourned while I watched this episode about the preschool education system in Sweden. It's so unfair - Why can some children learn in such a free and natural environment while others need to be stuck in concrete classrooms meeting adult expectations since an early age?I was deeply touched when I hear a few points made by the teacher, the narrator and the students:"We go outside and play every

孩子哭了

最近在Youtube找到一條片段﹐急不及待跟學生分享。片段來自一個烏克蘭的節目 (Ukraine's Got Talent)﹔一位擅長用沙粒作畫的藝術家在表演。在時而激昂﹑時而幽怨的音樂下﹐一盤平平無奇的沙粒在八分鐘的表演內變成一幅幅會說故事的連環圖。表演的尾聲﹐畫家在沙上寫了一句我不明白的烏克蘭語﹔亦寫了一句令我明白故事背景的四個亞拉伯數字 - 1945 - 她要說的是有關戰爭的故事﹔第二次世界大戰對烏克蘭來說﹐是黑暗的歲月。這一段歷史﹐別說對我的小一﹑二學生﹐對我來說﹐也完全陌生。雖然我在學生播放前有過一絲猶豫﹐怕話題太深奧﹐小孩子不能明白﹐但是我還是選擇播了- 第一個原因是我想告訴他們知道創意不應受環境限制﹔哪怕一無所有﹖剩下一雙手和一堆沙﹐人們都沒有停止創作。第二﹐背景音樂很出色﹐整個表演觀賞度極高。影片開始﹐孩子們凝望著熒光屏﹐看著那盤散沙慢慢變成一副漂亮的圖畫。

Year 2 music: Christmas songs!!

Christmas songs make up an important part of childhood.In Year 2, I selfishly picked two of my favorite Chritmas songs to share with my children. I love this old version of "Alvin and the Chipmunks", so do the children:Just to spice things up, I also play them the new REMIX version~The 2nd song I shared with them was "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." Year 2 is the perfect age to