The once a month toy sharing day is always the day that children enjoy the most. Every day, they ask me, “Do we have toy sharing day this month? I am going to bring my Lightning McQueen toy car to play with my friends!” Students remind themselves to follow the rules, be polite and respect others to make sure that this day is really coming. With the reinforcement of such rewards; gradually, they improve their social behavior day by day.

Arboretum is really a place that one can never get tired of even though the one we went is just one of the six sections in the National Taichung Science Museum, the knowledge it provides to the kids would not be less than any other sections.

植物園真是一個百去不厭的好地方‚雖然它只是附屬於科博館中的六大區塊之一‚但裡面的知識卻不少於其他展覽區呢!

Here comes the annual Wagor English Speech Contest! Teachers and kids were both well-prepared for this contest. In addition to presenting the English proficiency kids have gained throughout the year, this speech contest is also a good way for parents and teachers to assess how much the kids have learned so far. Thus, we encourage our students to participate every year.

又來到Wagor一年一度的演講比賽，每年的演講比賽，老師們和孩子們都非常用心的在準備，而英語演講比賽除了可以讓孩子們展現自我的實力，更能讓孩子們提升英文表達能力及語言力，因此老師們都非常鼓勵孩子們參加。

When teaching my students, I always try to help the students relate a subject to their own life. For themes like Mother’s Day, or Chinese New Year, this is relatively easy. The students will have positive experiences that they can call upon and share with each other.

教學時，我總是試著幫助學生將學科融入到他們的生活中；像母親節或是中國新年這些主題，相對來說都是非常生活化的。學生之間都會有很多值得與彼此分享的經驗。

Today, the music teacher teaches kids to think about what would fall down from the sky by guiding them with the song Rain Falling from the Sky. During the instruction, the teacher changes part of the lyrics which include “rain drop” to leaves, apples, snow, lightning, and etc…. The sound of rain drop is “Didi- Dada”; but when they sing the lyric “leaves”, the sound they make would be “Shasha- Shasha”; and “apples” for “Dongdong- Dongdong”. That way kids would be able to imagine what the sound is when things falling down, and also with the gestures, like stomping their feet, they can practice the rhythm. With multiple practices, we can tell that kids really enjoyed themselves during the whole lesson.

The course of this semester has been broken into two parts. The first part was to introduce kids the artist Piet Cornelies Mondrian.By using 5 different materials, kids would be able to appreciate the different stages of the life time this artist had been through. With stories and pictures, we introduced further about the motivation this great master had in mind when creating the art work. 

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It is very important for kids to know about school bus safety and how to protect themselves if they are ever left alone in the bus. Every semester, we hold a school bus drill, so children know what to do in this situation and how to attract attention. Children learn how to press the horn, slap on the window hard and open the door. After the drill, we are certain that Wagor kids have the ability to rescue themselves.

為落實幼兒搭乘娃娃車安全，葳格賴厝校每學期均會舉行娃娃車逃生演練活動，演練項目除了有：影片欣賞有獎徵答之外，實地演練項目更涵蓋了搭車禮儀(依序排隊上車、在車上緊握把手不亂跑、頭手不伸出車外)，知道每部車搭乘人數19人、認識車上的安全設備(安全門/滅火器)及被困在車上時的各種求救方式：拍窗、開窗、開車門、按喇叭…等，藉由多元方式以達到孩童臨危不亂自我防護的目的。

Early childhood is an important stage for body development. Thus, kids having healthy teeth is very crucial. In order to reinforce the knowledge kids have to learn about oral health care and establish the correct healthy behavior, we are very pleased that students from School of Dentistry, China Medical University were here to share the oral health care knowledge with our senior kids in both entertaining and educational ways.

幼兒時期正值身體各項發展的黃金期,擁有健康的牙齒,更是重要的關鍵。我們更需加強孩子們對口腔健康的知識、行為，以培養健康行為的建立，有健康的口腔才會有健康身體。很開心邀請到中國醫藥大學牙醫學系口腔衛生教育推廣服務隊的大哥哥與大姊姊們來，並透過寓教於樂的方式教導大班的孩子們正確的護齒觀念。

Animal welfare education by far has been one element of humane education in schools and the society. It is important that kids during their early childhood receive education in loving the animals. Also, we hope that our kids learn to respect and show their sympathy to the animals after we introducing the knowledge and values related to human involvement in the lives of animals.

動物保護目前已是校園或社會上重要的生命教育課題之一，孩童在成長階段是道德價值養成的關鍵期，也是建立、發展與培養對動物關愛的重要階段，同時建立孩子對動物的尊重、喜愛和人道關懷的觀念。

Here is my handprint, Five fingers in all,

Outside they are short, but the middle is tall

You will find them on windows, you can find them on the wall

They will make a big mess, for something so small

One day I will grow, and leave them no more,

My hand prints will be missed, of that, I am sure.

So here is one now, that you can’t wipe away

My present to you, this mothers’ day

      At wagor Laicuo campus, how do we teach our kids the importance of this special holiday? The teaching department of our school decided to introduce this tradition which has been carried out for generations with love by having our children tracing their hands down on a card, and putting a ring on one of the fingers to show that the love and warmth their mothers provided to them. This thankful ring means that children at Wagor love their mother so dearly and now let’s look at these creative works our kids made together! 

I have been an English teacher for the past 8 years in Taiwan. In that time I have seen many different forms, ways and ideologies as to which is the best way to engage and inspire young learners. The obvious method of 'listen to the teacher and repeat', just doesn't cut it in this day and age. So where do we go from here? What's the next approach?

我在台灣已經當了八年的英文老師，在過去的這些日子裡，我看過很多不同的形式、方法、及教學理念來教導與激發幼兒的學習。傳統的聽老師說與複誦已經不再合乎時宜。所以我們該從哪裡開始做起？我們的下一步該怎麼做？