Winter solstice activity "Deep Winter Garden"
Such a process of entering the spiral and leaving the spiral symbolizes that everyone is moving forward in the journey of life and will walk into darkness and cold. However, there is always an eternal light in this process, which can help everyone, light up their inner light, light up the world and complete this journey.
I was very shocked when I heard this, and I felt very yearning, so I immediately wrote down the activity plan of Deep Winter Garden, hoping to take my children to feel the process from darkness to light.
This activity is aimed at children aged 5 to 6.
I replaced the winter solstice with the form of "counting nine songs"
Some children are familiar with it, while others don't seem to know it very well, so they don't remember it after reading it for the first time.
The second time, I tried to use sign language to let children remember through image memory. At this time, the children tried to read with me. By the fourth time, I changed my method. I read the previous sentence and the children said the following sentence. Children have a good memory. Read the first three times together, and they can basically remember the content by the fourth time (it is recommended to use image memory to let children learn).
It's time to tell a story.
The story "Kingdom in Winter"
Far away, there is a cold kingdom. This is the kingdom of winter.
The owner of the winter kingdom is a king with a long beard and a high crown. He has three princes.
One day, King Winter said to the people in the kingdom, "We need to find a treasure. Only it can send the seeds back to the arms of Mother Earth."
The three princes of the Winter Kingdom are the bravest and smartest people in this country. They all decided to go out and look for the treasure.
The eldest prince set out first. He walked over the high snow-capped mountains and came to a big forest. The forest is covered with snow and ice everywhere, except for a tall and big orange tree with red oranges hanging on it, like lanterns full of trees.
The big prince said to the orange tree, "Dear orange tree, can you help me take the seeds home?" The orange tree smiled, then stretched out its long arm and handed the big prince an orange.
The big prince walked out of the big forest with oranges and climbed over the high snow-capped mountains. He kept walking, walking, walking, and finally returned to the winter kingdom.
As for the second prince, he is also ready to set off. He also climbed the high snow-capped mountains, crossed a large forest and came to Yuan Ye. He can't walk any further. He is tired and hungry. Just then, a little bee flew towards him.
The prince said to the little bee, "Dear little bee, can you help me take the seeds home?" The little bee danced a figure-of-eight dance and gave her most precious beeswax to the second prince. With beeswax, the second prince walked out of Yuan Ye, out of the big forest and over the high snow-capped mountains. He kept walking, walking, walking, and finally returned to the winter kingdom.
The third prince set out at last. He climbed over the high snow-capped mountains, through the forest, through Yuan Ye, and came to a small village. There is a log cabin in the village. When the third prince walked to the door of the wooden house, the door of the wooden house opened automatically. So this is Vulcan's home.
Vulcan said to him, "dear child, I know you are looking for a treasure that can send seeds home."
So Vulcan gave his wand to the three princes.
The third prince is going home with his wand. He walked out of the small village, out of Yuan Ye, out of the big forest and over the high snow-capped mountains. He kept walking, walking, walking, and finally returned to the winter kingdom.
The winter king saw the eldest prince bring back oranges, the second prince brought back beeswax, and the third prince brought back Vulcan's wand. He wondered whether the three treasures were good or not, and how could he send the seeds home? However, when the king put these gifts together in winter, suddenly, a warm and bright orange lamp appeared.
I am the light in the world, pure and bright.
Like a small candle, it glows at night.
Let the dark world shine.
I am the brightest light in the world, pure and bright.
This little lamp illuminates the earth. Seeds can finally find their way home. Small seeds should sleep in the arms of Mother Earth until spring comes.
I interpreted this story in the form of puppet show, which can attract children's attention more.
The children listened carefully, actively participated in it, and happily felt the story of the winter kingdom.
The little orange lamp found its way home with the seeds, and the children also made their own unique little orange lamp.
They will also bring their own little orange lanterns and sing "I am the light of the world" into the garden in the middle of winter, from which children will get a sense of belonging, belonging to this earth, this group, their own physical feelings and a warm and loving atmosphere.
At first, I thought that children would feel nervous and scared when they walked into the deep winter garden, because after all, they were walking in the dark, and the children gave me a very excited and anxious feeling. I hope I will be the first person to walk into the depths of the garden and feel the light.
The ceremony of the deep winter garden is over, and so are our activities. An activity full of love, sacredness, awe, light and joy will bring a lot of emotion, confidence and positive energy to children and adults.
Activity summary:
1, the pace of storytelling is a little too fast. Next time, you need to cooperate with your assistant more and repeat the explanation and practice to slow down the time.
I bought oranges twice. The second orange is too hard to take out the pulp. Doing this kind of manual activity in the future requires something to try for the second time.
It's a pity that I didn't get a panoramic view of the deep winter garden.