Countryside Adventure: Cultivating Young Children's Curiosity and Explorative Minds through Interaction with the Nature

Nature can provide boundless opportunities for children’s holistic development and joyful learning. Children learn through their senses of touch, smell, listen, taste, and seeing in the open environment. The Early Childhood and Elementary Education Division, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, was commissioned by the Education Bureau in 2017 to design a Learning & Teaching (L&T) Activity package for kindergarten teachers' use at the two selected sites , which aligns with the learning objectives of the “Nature and Living” domain covered in the Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide (2017) from the Curriculum Development Council. Activities are designed to enable children to explore freely, interact with the nature through multiple senses, cultivate and foster their curiosity and explorative minds. Children will develop better understanding and nurture the values and attitude in appreciation and caring of the nature.

大自然能為幼兒提供無限的機會讓他們全面發展及愉快學習，幼兒能透過觸覺、嗅覺、聽覺、味覺和視覺，在開放的環境下學習。香港浸會大學持續教育學院幼兒及基礎教育部於2017年獲教育局委託，並配合課程發展議會最新編訂《幼稚園教育課程指引》(2017) 中「大自然與生活」的學習範疇，為漁農自然護理署香港濕地公園及獅子會自然教育中心，設計幼稚園學習活動資源套。透過有趣的活動讓幼兒自由探索，運用多種感官與大自然互動，培養及發展幼兒的好奇心和探索精神，加深幼兒對大自然的認識及培育他們欣賞和愛護大自然的價值觀和態度。