全人教育理念

霍利斯育儿园的教育理念和首则

霍利斯一词源自英文“Holistic”(全人教育)，霍利斯育儿园里的教育工作深受早教先锋们的影响，其中包括福禄贝尔，蒙台梭利，玛格丽特麦克米伦和苏珊伊萨克，他们为孩子们的健康，教育和在精心设计的环境中活动的自由做出了巨大的努力和贡献。他们相信孩子需要“有时间玩耍，在敞开的空间里自由的活动，能够感受到阳光和微风”，教育需要包含一个孩子的“全人”--他们的手，头脑和心灵。

帮助孩子为将来的成人生活做准备的最好的方式是在他们还是孩子的时候给他们所需要的，孩子拥有感觉，情感，想法及与他人的关系，他们是完整的人，需要健康的身体，正常的心智，正派的道德及灵性的自由。

不同的学习领域，如数学和艺术不能区分来看，幼儿是以整体的方式学习的，而不是在一个个整洁的小区间里学习。

孩子应该被赋予适当的职责，允许他们犯错，可以自己做决定和做选择，作为一个独立自主的学习者被尊重，他们在这样的环境下的学习是最有效的。

我们强调自律，这实在是最值得拥有的，因为奖励制度的影响只是暂时的而不是永久的，孩子们需要他们的努力得到尊重。

孩子们在某个阶段会对有些事物格外感兴趣，学习也更高效。

各方面条件成熟时，孩子们的想象力，创造力和各样象征行为（读，写，画，跳舞，音乐，数学，角色扮演及语言）将会得到显著提高和显现。

孩子们能做什么（而不是他们不能做什么）是孩子教育的起点。

与他人（既是与成人，又是与儿童）的关系是一个孩子人生的重中之重。

Ethos and Principals of Holistic Day Nursery

The work at Holistic Day Nursery is highly influenced by the principals of the Early Years pioneers, including Froebel, Montessori, the MacMillans and Susan Isaacs. Each of these pioneers worked with young children promoting health, education and freedom to play in environments carefully designed for young children. They believed that children needed ‘Time to play, to run free in open spaces, and feel the sun and wind’, and that education needs to involve the ‘whole child’, the hand, the head and the heart. Our beliefs and valued are underpinned by the principles of Early Years Education adapted by Bruce (1987)

The best way to prepare children for their adult life is to give them what they need as children. Children are whole people who have feelings, ideas and relationships with others, and who need to be physically, mentally, morally and spiritually healthy.

Subjects such as mathematics and art cannot be separated; young children learn in an integrated way and not in neat, tidy compartments.

Children learn best when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to make errors, decisions and choices, and respected as autonomous learners.

Self-discipline is emphasised. Indeed, this is the only kind of discipline worth having. Reward systems are very short-term and do not work in the long-term. Children need their efforts to be valued.

There are times when children are especially able to learn particular things.

What children can do (rather that what they cannot do) is the starting point of a child’s education.