Early childhood is the period of the fastest physical development, and outdoor activities are one of the most favorite activities of children, participating in outdoor activities can enhance children's physique, improve environmental adaptability, and effectively promote the development of children's movements. With the global boom in "outdoor sports", more and more people are recognizing the importance of outdoor activities in early childhood for children's physical and mental development. China's first and the education department also attaches great importance to children's outdoor activity time, "kindergarten education guidelines (trial)" clearly stipulates: "kindergarten daily outdoor activity time shall not be less than 2 hours. "But according to the survey, many kindergartens spend much less time outdoors than this standard, and there are many problems.
1. Reasons for insufficient time for outdoor activities.
1.Security issues.
Safety is an important factor that restricts children's outdoor activity time. Due to children's poor physical coordination and lack of self-protection awareness, safety accidents are prone to occur in outdoor activities. In order to avoid safety accidents, some kindergartens have reduced the time spent outdoors for young children.
2.Deviation in educational concepts.
Some kindergartens and parents pay too much attention to knowledge education, ignore children's physical and mental development, and think that outdoor activities have little effect on children's growth, thus reducing children's outdoor activity time.
3.Insufficient space and facilities.
Some kindergartens are unable to meet the needs of young children for outdoor activities due to insufficient space and facilities. For example, some kindergartens have small playgrounds and poor facilities, which do not provide enough space and facilities for outdoor activities.
2. Measures to ensure children's outdoor activity time.
1.Strengthen security management.
Kindergartens should strengthen safety management and develop a sound safety system to ensure the safety of children in outdoor activities. At the same time, safety education for young children should be strengthened to improve their awareness of self-protection.
2.Changing the concept of education.
Kindergartens and parents should change the concept of education, pay attention to children's physical and mental development, and fully understand the importance of outdoor activities to children's growth. Kindergartens should arrange lesson time reasonably to ensure that children have enough time for outdoor activities.
3.Increase investment in sites and facilities.
* and kindergartens should increase investment in venues and facilities to improve the environment for children's outdoor activities. At the same time, community resources can be fully utilized to provide more outdoor activity space and facilities for young children.
3. The benefits of outdoor activities.
1.Promote the physical development of young children.
Outdoor activities can enhance children's physical fitness, improve environmental adaptability, and promote the development of bones, muscles, respiratory system, nervous system and other body organs. In outdoor activities, young children are exposed to natural factors such as sunlight and fresh air, which contribute to good health.
2.Promote the cognitive development of young children.
In outdoor activities, children can be exposed to more new things, and through observation, exploration, practice and other activities, stimulate curiosity and desire for knowledge, and cultivate observation, thinking ability and creativity. At the same time, outdoor activities can promote the development of children's cognitive abilities such as perception, memory, and language.
3.Promote the emotional development of young children.
In the open air, young children are able to play and communicate with their peers, which helps to develop self-confidence, teamwork and social skills. At the same time, outdoor activities can relieve children's nervousness and psychological pressure, and contribute to children's mental health.
4.Develop children's independence and self-care skills.
In outdoor activities, children need to wear their own clothes, organize their items, etc., which helps to cultivate children's independence and self-care ability. At the same time, in outdoor activities, children need to solve problems on their own, such as how to climb, how to balance their bodies, etc., which can improve children's autonomy and self-control.
In summary, it is of great significance for children's physical and mental development to ensure children's outdoor activity time. Kindergartens and parents should fully recognize the importance of outdoor activities and take effective measures to ensure children's outdoor activity time. At the same time, the first and all sectors of society should also increase investment in early childhood education to provide a better environment and conditions for young children to grow.