In addition to Xuhui District, Huangpu District is also a long-established education powerhouse in Shanghai, and Hehuachi Kindergarten is the leader among many high-quality kindergartens in the district. Founded in 1958 and located in Quxi Road, Huangpu District, Lotus Pond Kindergarten is a Shanghai demonstration garden with art education as the core. In the course of 50 years of development, Lotus Pond Kindergarten has been awarded the honors of Shanghai Garden Unit, Advanced Scientific Research Unit and other honors, and is the Shanghai Tutoring Base and the Teaching Base of China Normal University. The kindergarten now has 4 small classes, middle classes and large classes, a total of 12 classes, which are quite popular in Huangpu District, and the admission rate is not high, and many parents can only look at the garden and sigh.
The hardware conditions of the lotus pond are beyond reproach, with a computer room, a multi-purpose room, a children's library, a Go room, an art room, a leisure bar, etc. The environment is elegant and chic, with red buildings and green lawns contrasting with flowers, trees, rockeries, forest paths, and leisure pavilions, like gardens. The interior of the park is decorated with unique styles, with a variety of artistic elements at the corner of the staircase, and even the bathrooms are full of fairy tale. There are a variety of decorative materials, including children's Chinese paintings, and ink bamboo orchids and plum chrysanthemums decorating the blank walls; There are various plants collected and maintained by the children, bringing a touch of fresh green; There are also birds and flowers made in parent-child activities, highlighting vitality and vitality.
Art education is the focus of teaching in Lotus Garden, but it focuses on art appreciation rather than art specialty training, which is different from other art-themed kindergartens. The Lotus Garden promotes children's ability and interest in art by carrying out weekly small club art activities, a weekly lotus art festival, art week activities, and watching art performances. Among them, the themes of the small club include martial arts, pottery, musical instruments, painting, etc., which are very rich, and children can always find courses that they are interested in.
Most of the curriculum activities in public kindergartens are led by teachers, while Lotus Garden advocates that children make their own choices and make their own decisions. The Lotus Garden has set up activity rooms such as brain surfing, fun creative house, happy Internet café, and picture and text reading bar, which are freely chosen by children according to their own interests and needs, supplemented by teacher guidance.
He Yuansheng has a strong teaching force, with 60 faculty members, including 1 graduate student and 23 undergraduates, accounting for 74% of the total number of teachers, including 11 senior teachers. The principal is a member of the municipal and district curriculum reform implementation research group, two teachers are members of the Shanghai double-name project "Fu Jianmin Famous Teacher Base", one teacher is a member of the Youth Center Group of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and two teaching and research team leaders are members of the District Center Group. In addition to their scientific research strength, kindergarten teachers are enthusiastic and friendly, patient and thoughtful to children, and pay attention to the cultivation of self-care ability. However, some parents are worried that the teachers are relatively young and lack experience in teaching children.
Lotus Garden recruits children with household registration in Huangpu District, and parents need to confirm on-site after registering online before participating in the interview. Parents reported that the registration site of the Lotus Garden was crowded with people, and the queuing time was very long. Although the interview is simple, because the number of applicants far exceeds the enrollment quota, the probability of entering the park has been very low, and there are many rumors that the interview in the lotus garden is unfair, and there are many rumors that there are many people who go through the back door.
