Kindergarten construction: Young children in China learning hands-on skills
The Nexta agency has shared a short video from a kindergarten in China. Practical classes for children here are markedly different from those seen in our pre-school institutions for the youngest. Little children in China are learning highly practical skills.
European kindergarten classes are generally associated with carefree play with blocks, music, or art lessons. There are also storytelling sessions, fairytales, and free time outdoors.
The education system in China takes a notably different approach. The online video shows how children spend their time in a local kindergarten. Wearing helmets and masks, they are given tools and learn practical skills.
Chinese kindergarten classes: children learn to mix cement, lay bricks, and cook food What do you think of this education system? - reports the Nexta agency on the X platform.
In the video, you can see how a caregiver pours water for the children, which they then mix with cement. The adult assists with a large shovel while the kids mix everything with plastic replicas of the tools.
In the next scene, you see the children carrying cement in buckets and laying bricks under the watchful eyes of caregivers. Using the prepared mortar in the buckets, they build small hearths.
At the end of the video, you see how the completed hearth with a chimney is used to prepare food. The little children do everything – of course, under the watchful eyes of adults.
The European education system focuses on learning through play. However, the classes are largely aimed at the child's intellectual development. Issues of self-reliance for young people are left to the family.
