IEYC Theme Unit - Mindful Play I IEYC主题单元——正念游戏

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Each Unit of BeeMee Forest Academy's IEYC Curriculum has an exciting theme and developmental goals. Combined with the UK National EYFS Framework, which is based on holistic inquiry and game teaching methods, learning is tailored to meet individual learning and development needs of children. Through multi-cultural development and international perspective each child is prepared academically and emotionally as future global citizens.

彼一米森林儿童学院的国际早期教育课程IEYC每个单元都有一个令人兴奋的主题和发展目标，结合英国国家早期基础阶段教育体系（EYFS）框架，基于整体探究和游戏教学方法，为满足儿童的个性化学习和发展需求而量身定制学习内容。通过多元文化培养和国际视野拓展，每个孩子都能在学业和情感上为成为未来的世界公民做好准备。

In the growth journey of children, exploration and experience are the keys for them to understand the world. In february, the children of Class K2A at the BeeMee Forest Academy Xiangfu Campus embarked on a wonderful learning journey in the IEYC themed unit "Mindful Play"! Here, the children set out from the Mindfulness Exploration Hall, sparking their curiosity through explorations of sports, breathing, and nature, and expressing themselves with confidence in the optimized environment. Through a series of activities, they understood macro concepts, achieved exploration and expression, and finally reaped growth in the project conclusion practice. Let's step into this unit full of surprises together.

在孩子的成长旅程中，探索与体验是他们认识世界的钥匙。2月，彼一米森林儿童学院湘府校区K2A的孩子们在IEYC主题单元“正念游戏”中，开启了一段奇妙的学习之旅！在这里，孩子们从正念探索馆出发，在运动、呼吸和自然的探索中激发好奇，在优化的环境里自信表达。通过一系列活动，理解宏观概念，实现探索与表达，最终在结题实践中收获成长，一起走进这个充满惊喜的单元吧。

Entry Point - Mindful Exploratorium

启发点——心灵探索馆

We launched our new IEYC unit, Mindful Play, with an exciting entrance activity—the Mindful Exploratorium! The children had a fantastic time rotating through interactive stations designed to engage their senses, creativity, and mindfulness. Here’s a glimpse into their experience:

Playful Movement – Yoga & Balance: Practicing yoga and balance exercises to enhance focus and body awareness.
Creative Expression – Collaborative Mural: Working together to create a shared artwork, building teamwork and creativity.
Sensory Exploration – Nature’s Play Table: Engaging with natural materials to stimulate the senses and promote calm.
Rhythm & Sound – Music & Movement: Exploring self-expression through music, instruments, and dance.
Breath & Bubbles – Bubble Breathing Garden: Practicing mindful breathing with bubbles for relaxation and focus.

我们通过正念探索馆开启了全新的IEYC单元——正念游戏！孩子们兴奋地在各个互动站点间探索，感受、创造，并体验正念活动。以下是他们的精彩体验：

快乐运动——瑜伽与平衡：练习瑜伽和平衡动作，提高专注力和身体意识。
创意表达——合作壁画：共同创作一幅艺术作品，培养团队合作精神和创造力。
感官探索——大自然游戏桌：触摸和感受自然材料，增强感官体验，帮助身心放松。
节奏与声音——音乐与律动：通过音乐、乐器和舞蹈，感受节奏，表达自我。
呼吸与泡泡——泡泡呼吸花园：通过吹泡泡练习正念呼吸，帮助放松和集中注意力。

The Mindful Exploratorium was a huge success! The children embraced each activity with curiosity, creativity, and a growing awareness of their emotions and bodies.

正念探索馆取得了巨大成功！孩子们在探索中充满好奇与创造力，同时增强了对自身情绪和身体的觉察力。

Capturing Curiosity

捕捉好奇心

In the Mindful Play unit, we nurtured curiosity by encouraging children to explore movement, breath, and the natural world with mindfulness. In one ECSTEM lesson, the children experimented with how air moves objects using only their breath. They tested different ways to make feathers float—practicing steady breathing for gentle movement, laughing to create bursts of air, and racing to blow feathers across the room. This playful exploration helped them connect breath with action while sharpening their focus and control.

在“正念游戏”单元中，我们通过鼓励孩子们探索运动、呼吸和自然世界来培养他们的好奇心。在一节早期科学课程中，孩子们用呼吸实验空气如何推动物体。他们尝试不同的方法让羽毛漂浮——练习平稳的呼吸以产生轻柔的运动、大笑来制造空气爆发，并比赛吹羽毛，让它穿过房间。这种有趣的探索帮助他们将呼吸与动作联系起来，同时提高专注力和控制能力。

Mindfulness exercises helped the children tune into their breathing and movements. They began with counted breathing, walking gently while taking slow, deep breaths. This calming activity encouraged focus and self-awareness. Later, in small groups, they traced patterns with their fingers, practicing sustained attention and careful movement.

正念练习帮助孩子们关注自己的呼吸和动作。他们首先进行计数呼吸，边走边进行缓慢、深长的呼吸，这种平静的活动促进了专注力和自我意识。随后，他们分成小组，在纸上用手指描绘图案，练习持续注意力和精细动作。

Exploring trees through movement and discovery sparked curiosity about nature. The children balanced on logs like strong tree trunks, stretched their arms like branches, and swayed in the wind. They then collected leaves, bark, and seeds, comparing textures and colors in a group discussion. These activities encouraged observation, appreciation for nature, and imaginative play, helping children develop a deeper connection to the world around them.

通过运动和探索，孩子们对树木产生了新的好奇心。他们在原木上保持平衡，像大树一样稳稳站立，伸展手臂模仿树枝，并随着风摇摆。随后，他们收集树叶、树皮和种子，并在小组讨论中比较形状、颜色和质地。这些活动不仅培养了孩子们的观察力和对大自然的欣赏，还通过想象力游戏帮助孩子们与周围世界建立更深的联系。

Enable the Environment

赋能的环境

In the Mindful Play unit, we created a supportive space where children could express themselves with confidence. Using the special K2A Broadcasting Area, they practiced speaking in front of others in a fun and engaging way. We explored different emotions through the Feelings Monsters activity. The children named and acted out feelings like happiness, sadness, and anger, helping them build emotional vocabulary and understand that all emotions are okay. Afterward, each child designed their own Feelings Monster and wrote about how they were feeling that day, encouraging self-reflection and communication.

在“正念游戏”单元中，我们精心设计了一个支持性的环境，让孩子们在“K2A广播区”自信表达自己，并享受公开演讲的乐趣。我们通过情绪小怪兽探索不同的情绪。孩子们学习用语言表达各种情绪，如开心、难过或生气，并用肢体动作表演出来。这不仅帮助他们丰富情绪词汇，还让他们明白，所有情绪都是正常的。随后，每个孩子都设计了自己的情绪小怪兽，并写下自己当天的感受，培养自我表达和反思能力。

The children also explored calming colors—blue, pink, and purple—discussing how these colors make them feel and where they see them in daily life. They brought in objects from home or the classroom, describing their items and explaining why they liked them. As they shared, they practiced listening and responding to classmates, improving their conversation skills. This activity not only expanded their vocabulary but also helped them gain confidence in speaking to a group. The K2A Broadcasting Area gave them a special place to practice public speaking, making it a fun and natural experience.

孩子们还探索了蓝色、粉色和紫色等令人平静的颜色，讨论这些颜色如何影响情绪，并在日常生活中寻找它们的踪迹。他们带来了家里或教室里的物品，轮流分享自己的发现，并解释为什么喜欢这些物品。在交流过程中，他们认真倾听同伴的发言，并做出回应，练习对话技巧。这一系列活动不仅拓展了孩子们的词汇量，还增强了他们在小组中自信表达的能力。通过“K2A广播区”的体验，孩子们逐渐习惯在大家面前讲话，享受与朋友们分享想法的乐趣。

The Big Picture

宏观视野

In the Mindful Play unit, the children explored how small actions connect to bigger ideas, helping them understand the big picture of movement, creativity, and engineering in everyday life. They investigated how force and motion make tasks easier by experimenting with simple pulleys. They started by figuring out how to lift a heavy basket without carrying it. By pulling it with a rope, they discovered how pulleys distribute force, making lifting easier. Each child built a small bucket-and-pulley system, testing it with different surfaces and object weights.

在“正念游戏”单元中，孩子们探索了如何将小行动与更大的概念联系起来，帮助他们理解运动、创造力和工程在日常生活中的整体概念。他们研究了力和运动如何使任务变得更轻松，并尝试使用简单的滑轮系统。他们首先思考如何不用直接搬运就能抬起一个沉重的篮子。通过用绳子拉动，他们发现滑轮可以分散力，使提升更容易。每个孩子都制作了一个小型滑轮装置，并测试了不同的表面和物品重量。

In another activity, they practiced mindfulness through art appreciation. They observed four different works of fine art, discussing colors, details, and how each piece made them feel. Some children were drawn to bold colors, while others noticed intricate patterns. Using their observations as inspiration, they created their own artwork, exploring self-expression.

在另一项活动中，他们通过欣赏艺术作品来练习正念。他们观察了四幅不同的艺术作品，讨论颜色、细节以及每幅画带来的感受。一些孩子被鲜艳的颜色吸引，而另一些则关注隐藏的细节。他们以自己喜欢的作品为灵感，创作了自己的艺术作品，探索自我表达。

In another lesson, the children expanded their thinking from stepping stones to bridges, learning how structures help people cross obstacles. They studied famous bridges, including ones in Changsha, then worked in small groups to design and build their own. They tested their bridges to ensure they could support a toy car, gaining a deeper understanding of stability and problem-solving. These experiences helped the children see how ideas build upon one another, forming connections that shape the world around them.

在另一堂课上，孩子们将思维从垫脚石拓展到了桥梁，学习结构是如何帮助人们跨越障碍的。他们研究了一些著名的桥梁，其中包括长沙的桥梁，然后以小组为单位进行合作，设计并搭建出了属于他们自己的桥梁。他们对所搭建的桥梁进行了测试，以确保桥梁能够承受一辆玩具车的重量，由此对结构稳定性和问题解决有了更深刻的理解。这些经历让孩子们明白了各种想法是如何相互依存、层层递进的，以及这些联系又是如何塑造了他们周围的世界。

Explore and Express

探索与表达

In the Mindful Play unit, the children explored movement, measurement, and creativity through engaging hands-on activities. In an ECSTEM lesson, they investigated the concept of width by measuring and comparing their arm spans. Working in groups, they stretched their arms as wide as possible and used string to capture their full reach. This activity gave them a tangible understanding of size and comparison, as they noticed patterns—such as how taller students often had the widest arm spans.

在 “正念游戏” 单元中，孩子们通过引人入胜的实践活动探索了运动、测量和创造力。在一节早期科学、技术、工程、数学（ECSTEM）课上，他们通过测量和比较各自的臂展来探究宽度的概念。孩子们分组合作，尽可能地伸展双臂，并用绳子量出手臂完全伸展的长度。这项活动让他们对大小和比较有了切实的理解，因为他们注意到了一些规律，比如个子较高的学生通常臂展最大。

The children also explored gymnastics, learning how strength, flexibility, and coordination help athletes move with precision. After watching award-winning routines, they practiced simple movements like forward reaches, toe touches, and gentle backbends. They also experimented with different types of rolls, such as log rolls and egg rolls, focusing on smooth, controlled movement. While they found the challenge fun, they all agreed that professional routines were far too advanced for the classroom!

孩子们还探索了体操领域，了解到力量、柔韧性和协调性如何帮助运动员精准地做出动作。在观看了获奖的体操动作后，他们练习了一些简单的动作，如向前伸展、摸脚趾以及轻柔的向后弯曲。他们还尝试了不同类型的翻滚动作，比如原木式翻滚和蛋卷式翻滚，重点是要做到动作流畅且可控。虽然他们觉得这个挑战很有趣，但都一致认为专业的体操动作对于课堂来说难度太大了！

For an art-focused activity, the children revisited the special rocks they collected during a Forestry lesson and transformed them into beautifully painted stones. Inspired by stepping stones and outdoor art, they planned their designs, considering how colors and patterns could complement a garden. This project encouraged creativity and helped them see how art connects to the world around them.

在一项以艺术为重点的活动中，孩子们重新审视了他们在林业课上收集的那些特别的石头，并将它们变成了绘制精美的石头。受到垫脚石和户外艺术的启发，他们构思了自己的设计方案，思考着颜色和图案如何能与花园相得益彰。这个项目激发了他们的创造力，也帮助他们认识到艺术与周围世界的联系。

Exit Point - Celebrating Our Discoverie

结题实践——庆祝我们的发现

In the final week of the unit, the children had the chance to learn yoga and then share their newfound knowledge with a younger class. As they taught the movements, they not only reinforced their understanding but also embraced the responsibility of guiding others. This experience allowed them to deepen their own learning, practice communication skills, and build confidence. By teaching yoga to their peers, they celebrated their journey of discovery, gaining a sense of accomplishment as they shared their growth and the mindfulness techniques they had explored.

在该单元的最后一周，孩子们有机会学习瑜伽，然后与低年级的同学分享他们新学到的知识。在教授动作的过程中，他们不仅加深了对动作的理解，还承担起了指导他人的责任。这次经历让他们加深了自己的学习，锻炼了沟通技巧，并建立了自信。通过向同龄人教授瑜伽，他们庆祝了自己的探索之旅，在分享自己的成长和探索的正念技巧时，他们获得了成就感。

On the final day of the unit, the children participated in a schoolwide yoga story class led by the foreign teacher team. This activity allowed them to reflect on their journey through the "Mindful Play" unit, where they had practiced mindfulness, movement, and body awareness. By practicing yoga, they were able to see how their understanding of controlled movement and focus had grown. The experience also tied together everything they had learned over the past six weeks, from breath control to mindful play. It was a wonderful opportunity for them to celebrate their progress and appreciate how far they’ve come.

在单元的最后一天，孩子们参加了由外教团队主持的全校瑜伽故事课堂。这项活动让他们回顾了“正念游戏”单元的学习旅程，在这段时间里，他们练习了正念、运动和身体意识。通过瑜伽练习，他们能够感受到自己在控制动作和专注力方面的进步。这次体验也将过去六周所学的内容串联起来，从呼吸控制到正念游戏，让他们更全面地理解所学知识。这是一个绝佳的机会，让孩子们庆祝自己的成长，并欣赏自己在这段旅程中取得的进步。