从小培养儿童善于观察、思索的习惯和勇于探索的作风,将使儿童终身受益。近年来,美国的幼教工作者在促进儿童积极思考、探究事物等方面做了一些有益的尝试,George Tokeida设计的“把科学放入袋中”(Put science in a bag)就是其中一种。它广泛适用于不同年龄、不同智力水平、不同母语的儿童。通过这项活动,儿童可从中初步领悟到什么是科学,科学家应该做些什么;要做个小小科学家,自己该如何去做。 整个活动始终围绕“纸袋里装的是什么”这一问题展开,充分利 Childhood is good at observation, thinking habits and bold style of exploration will benefit children for life. In recent years, preschool education workers in the United States have done some useful attempts to promote children’s positive thinking and exploring things. One of them, George Science’s design of Put science in a bag, is one of them. It is widely used in children of different ages, different intelligence levels, different native languages. Through this activity, children can initially understand what is science and what scientists should do. To be a small scientist, how to do it by themselves. The whole activity always revolves around the question of “what is in a paper bag” and is fully profitable