智萌眼中的孩子

The view of children in Gem

（1）孩子是社會的一份子，是社會與文化的參與者，是歷史的演出者，也是文化的創造者，孩子有權利發表自己的看法，與成人一樣，擁有獨特權利的個體。

The child is a member of society, is the social and cultural participants, is the performer of the history , but also the the creator of the culture  , the child has the right to express their views, like adults, has unique rights of individuals.

（2）孩子是主動學習者，在入學之前就已經擁有了一定的知識、經驗。他們有獨特的學習方式。

Children are active learners, before entering the school they already have  some certain knowledge, experience, they have a unique way of learning.

（3）孩子具有巨大的潛能，他們并非只有單純的需求，他們富有好奇心、創造性、具有可塑性。他們有著強烈的學習、探索和了解周圍世界的愿望，他們是在與外部世界的相互作用中主動地建構自己的知識與經驗，主動地尋求對這個復雜世界的理解。

The children have great potentials they do not just have  a simple demand, they are full of curiosity, creativity, with plasticity. They have strong learning, and exploration desire to understand the world around, they are in the interaction with the outside world .they actively construct their own knowledge and experience, they take the initiative to seek the understanding of the complex world.

（4）孩子是堅強的，他們有能力擔當自我成長過程的主角，孩子之間盡管有著一定的差異，但他們都試圖通過與別人的對話、互動與協議來找到自己的定位，找到與別人的共同點與不同點。

Children are strong, they have the ability to play protagonist of self growth process, even though the children have  some differences from others .They are trying to find their   own position through dialogue , interaction and cooperation with  others so as to  find their similarities and differences from  others.

（5）兒童天生都是藝術家，他們能夠廣泛運用各種不同的象征語言和其他媒介來表達自己對世界的認識。

Children are born to be artists, they can use a variety of different symbolic language and other media to express their own understanding of the world.

智萌教師對教育的看法

Teachers’ Views of Education

（1）教育的目標就是創造一個和諧的環境，使在這個環境中的每一位孩童、教師都感到自在、愉悅，生活得幸福。教育并不僅僅追求什么外在的目標，而是更多地注重內在的品質。教育要發展幼兒的創造力。

The education goal is to create a harmonious environment, so that every child and teacher in this environment feel comfortable, pleasant and happy . Education is  not only in the pursuit of the superficial goals, but it has more emphasis on the inherent quality. Education should develop children's creativity.

（2）在教學方法上，智萌教師反對傳統的單向灌輸，反對把語言文字作為獲取知識的捷徑，他們認為教育就是要為孩童帶來更多的可能性去創新和發現，教育在于給孩童創設學習的情境，幫助孩童在與情境中的人、事、物相互作用的過程中主動建構知識。

For the teaching methods, Gem teachers are against traditional one-way teaching method. We are also  opposed that  the language is a shortcut to acquire knowledge. They think that education is for children to bring more possibilities to innovate and discover.Education lies in creating a learning situation for children, help children construct their own knowledge through the interaction with people、things in the situations.

（3）教育應以孩童為中心，應從孩童的興趣、需要及經驗出發。兒童在教育過程中和課程決策上應有參與與發表意見的機會。但這并非意味著絕對孩童中心主義，除孩童以外，教師與家長在孩童教育上也扮演重要的角色，起重要的作用。

Education should be focused on children. It is from the children's interest, needs and experience . Children has opportunities to participate  and express their views in the process of education and decision-making of  curriculum . But this does not mean absolute child centered, besides children, teachers and parents also play an important role in the education for children.

（4）智萌認為在“教”與“學”兩者之間，更應尊重后者，所以智萌是“以學定教”。

    Gem believes that in "teaching" and "learning" ,we should respect the latter, so in Gem  "teaching is decided by learning .

（5）“與其牽著孩童的手，倒不如讓他們靠自己的雙腳站立?！痹诤⑼奶剿鬟^程中，教師應掌握正確的時機，適當地介入，協助孩童發現問題，幫助孩童提出問題。

 "and holding the hands of children, rather than have them stand on their own two feet." in the exploration process of children, teachers should grasp the right opportunity, appropriate intervention,  help children to raise   questions.

環境是孩子的第三位老師

Environment is the third teacher for children 

    “昔孟母，擇鄰處。”揭示了環境的重要性。從出生到上小學以前的這個年齡階段對人的身心發展極為重要，是孩子們語言、感官、動作、文化、秩序和習慣等發展與建立的關鍵期。智萌的使命在于為兒童創設更適合他們的成長環境，提供更科學、更專業的引導，發現他們的興趣和愛好，幫助他們確立自己的國際化視野與思維，同時保持中國人特有的文化和修為。

    In the past. Meng Zi’s mother, choose the  neighborhood." it reveals the importance of environment. From birth to elementary school, this period is extremely important for children’s  mental ans physical development . Children's language, sensory, movement, culture and sense of orders and habits, are all establishment and developed in the critical period. Gem’s mission is  to create more suitable  environment for their growth and provide more scientific, more professional guidance.to find  their interests and hobbies, to help them establish their international vision and thinking, while maintaining the unique Chinese culture and self-cultivation.

如果說，父母是孩子的第一位老師，學校老師是第二位老師，那么智萌為孩子提供的環境則是孩子的第三位老師。

    If we say that parents are the children's first teacher, the school teacher is the second teacher, thene environment provided by Gem is the children's third teacher.

    低科技的教育環境

    Educational environment nearly without  science and technology

    智萌幼兒園，不設電腦課，班級里沒有視頻監控、沒有電視，不鼓勵孩子看電視，不提倡孩童過早的學習電腦。電腦當然要學，但不是在幼兒期，而是學齡后，因為技術雖給人類帶來了方便，也給人類帶來了懶惰乃至不思進取。

    Educational environment nearly without  science and technology

Gem preschool does  not have the computer class. The class is without cameras and TVS.We do not encourage  children to watch TV, do not promote learning computer in early year education. Of course,Computer needs to be  learned, but not in the period of early childhood. It should be put off to latter years for children, because although the technology brings to human being convenience, it also brings laziness and complacency for humans.

    我們期盼通過種種努力使孩子們獲取一種“平衡”，或至少讓他們明白：動手動腦其樂無窮，而且即使科學技術發展至頂級時期，人們仍需要從事許多極原始、極平凡的活動。

    We are looking forward  to enabling  children to obtain more balance through a variety of efforts ,or at least make them understand that using hand and brain makes a lot  fun , even science and technology are developed to top period, people still need to engage in a lot of very primitive, very ordinary activities.

平等的人際關系

Equal relationships
    智萌致力于創造一個歡樂、安全和充滿關愛的學習環境。智萌尊重每一位孩童和員工，所有人之間都是平等的。平等，可以讓每一位孩童自由、自信地表達，幫助他們自信應對這個快速變化的世界。平等，更能使孩童以關心和愛護的態度對待自己的伙伴和周圍的環境。

Gem is committed to create a happy, safe and full of caring learning environment. Gem respects every child and employee, all people are equal. Equality can let every child express freely and equally .Equality can help them  deal with the fast changing world confidently. Equality, can enable children to care and love their partners and the surrounding environment with a caring attitude.

每一位教師都是終身學習者

Every  teacher is a life-long learner
    智萌師資團隊恪守的理念是：無論你是哪國教師，你都應該是終身學習者，不斷拓展已有知識，提高自身能力。每位教師都應當提供一個以孩子的興趣為中心、以探索為方式的環境，讓每個孩子都能發展自己的特長，激發他們的好奇心、想象力、思考力和創造力，使他們體驗到學習的樂趣，并擁有獨立學習的能力。

The concept Gem  teachers hold is that  : no matter which country you are from, you should be a lifelong learner, and continue to expand your present knowledge, improve the ability. Every teacher should provide a enviroment which is focused on children's interests .  Let every child  develop their own expertise, stimulate their curiosity, imagination, thinking ability and creativity so that they can experience the fun of learning, and have the ability of independent learning.

家長是孩子教育中的重要角色

Parents paly an important role in children’s education
    智萌重視家長在孩童教育中的參與，認為家長參與教育既是權利也是責任。智萌積極推動家園互動，以保證教育的完整性。通過智萌家園協會，定期安排家長與教師見面，讓家長了解和參與智萌的教學活動，為孩童的社會教學提供渠道。

Gem pay attention to the the participation of parents in the education that parents to participate in education is not only the right but also the responsibility. Gem actively promote interaction between families and preschool, to guarantee the education of integrity. By the Association between families and preschool, There is a regular schedule for parents and teachers to meet, let parents understand and participate in the teaching activities of Gem to provide a channel for the social teaching of young children.