source: Qilu Evening News reporter Li Fei
humility courtesy between the children. Our reporter Qiu Zhiqiang shot
4 teachers, 6 children, the youngest two and a half years, the largest six years old. Unlike traditional kindergartens, the children here have to worship Confucius every day, read classics, climb mountains, clean their own health, be thankful before meals, brush bowls after meals, and eat rice with a grain of rice. Liu Guanglin, the leader of the traditional culture and education theme kindergarten, and retired old man, said that children should learn how to behave and lay the foundation for happy learning. Before class, first three bowed to Confucius in December 29th, the reporter came to the Ji'nan jade letter road unit dormitory, Liu Guanglin's traditional culture and education theme kindergarten is on the first floor of a residential building.
there are four sentences at the door, "good deeds, good deeds, good intentions, good words". At 8:40, I saw the reporter enter the door. Two teachers in the room and two children bowed to the reporters to say hello.
faces Confucius's portrait and bronze statue, "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith" and "gentle and frugal let" are hung on the sides of the portrait respectively. The four characters of "foster school" are hung on the other side of the house. Liu Guanglin, 60, a former staff member of the City Central Education Bureau, has just retired this year. In March, his "foster school" began to recruit children abroad, and the theme was in Chinese education.
just snowing, the road was slippery. There were 6 children attending classes. Only 3 came on the same day. The youngest was two and a half years old. At 9 o'clock, they began to worship, and the teachers and students stood together in front of Confucius. Before the three bowed, all the teachers and students read in chorus, "the best of the sage Confucius," "I want to honor the teacher and honor the teacher, to know the kindness," "I want to be good, say good words, do good things, to be good people." After reading classics everyday, Liu Guanglin told reporters that the school starts every Monday to Friday. At 8:30 every day, the children are sent by parents, three classes in the morning and 30 minutes in each class. The first is reading recitation of disciple rules. The second section is a detailed interpretation of disciple rules. The third lesson is to learn songs with love and gratitude.
"the three lesson ends at 10:30. The children drink some water and then climb down the mountain under the guidance of the teacher." Liu Guanglin said that there are Ma'anshan and four Li mountains nearby. Every day, if the weather is normal, all children have to climb for more than an hour, including two and a half years old children.
Liu Guanglin said his idea is to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Thanksgiving before dinner, after dinner bowls, Liu Guanglin led the children to return to school for lunch at 12 noon everyday.
29 noon, the reporter saw in the school, the life teacher has cooked the meal, has the pumpkin silk, the cabbage stew tofu, the small pickled vegetables, the staple food is the steamed bread, also has the rice gruel. "Vegetarian food" is also a major feature of the school.
bowl and chopsticks are arranged. The teacher and the students sit together, just like family dinner. At this point, the pre - meal Thanksgiving ceremony begins. "Thanks to the wind and rain, Thanksgiving thick earth, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving the country nurturing, Thanksgiving parents nurturing, Thanksgiving teacher's hard work, Thanksgiving students care help, Thanksgiving farmers hard work and all the people who paid." After reading the words of gratitude, the teachers and students began to eat. In the whole process, students eat alone, and rice gruel is not enough to eat a grain of rice. Before lunch break, children should wash their bowls and dishes, wipe the table, sweep the floor, clean up the floor, and then make the bed to sleep. "Get up at two o'clock in the afternoon and fold your quilt and make your bed." There are also three classes in the afternoon, all of which are chanting "Analects of Confucius". "4:30, a day's lesson is over, followed by simple meals, painting, or free activities. More than 5, the children are taken by the parents. " Liu Guanglin said. Let the children learn to be a retired old man, why should he open a private school and teach young children's national science? Liu Guanglin said he loved the traditional Chinese culture and also wanted to make up for the shortcomings of the current traditional culture education.
the word "de" in virtue, intelligence and physical education is basically empty and formalized in school education. Even if there are moral education textbooks, there are few special moral education teachers. Liu Guanglin gave an example. He often saw the same scene at the school gate. Grandparents helped his grandson or granddaughter carry a heavy bag and not let the child back. This scene made him feel sad.
since 2006, Liu Guanglin has held a traditional cultural public lecture with friends who love traditional culture on Sunday, and has persisted till now. It was not until retirement that he founded the theme kindergarten of traditional culture and education with the help of his friends.
Liu Guanglin says there are three hopes: hope that children can master the basic rules of doing things before they enter primary school; hope that children can build the basic etiquette for people to do things, and hope to lay the foundation for their children to study happily.