笔者有幸看到一份反映近期国外学前教育活动的录像资料,这份资料主要介绍了德国、英国、瑞典、匈牙利、意大利等国家托幼机构的教育活动。从这些活动中可以看出当前世界学前教育发展的一些趋向。 1.强调体育运动对儿童健康、智力、创造力、情感和社会性发展的意义。比如,在德国幼儿园开展的“气球与飘动的彩布”游戏中,孩子们在考虑自己的动作时,充分顾及合作伙伴的身体运动,学会相互间的协商。如果儿童无限制地沉溺于多媒体,如电视、电脑和其他静态游戏之中,将减少游戏和运动的时间,同时还会引发社会问题。德国奥古斯堡大学的一位教授一再强调:“儿童需要运动,儿童热爱运动。”所以,应该以多种方式鼓励学前儿童进行各类体育运动来增进他们的运动能力。另外,对于运动中的安全 I was fortunate enough to see a video that reflects the recent preschool education activities in the country. The information mainly covers the educational activities of kindergartens in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Hungary, Italy and other countries. From these activities, we can see some trends in the development of preschool education in the world today. 1. Emphasize the significance of physical education for children’s health, intelligence, creativity, emotion and social development. For example, in the “Balloon and Flowing Colored Fabric” game in kindergarten, Germany, children considered their movements and fully considered the physical activity of the partners and learned to negotiate with each other. If children are indulged in multimedia, such as television, computers and other static games, without any limit, they will reduce the time spent playing games and exercising, as well as causing social problems. A professor at the University of Augsburg in Germany has repeatedly emphasized: “Children need exercise and children love exercise.” Therefore, preschool children should be encouraged to perform various sports activities in a variety of ways to enhance their athletic ability. In addition, the safety during exercise