How to effectively carry out origami activities

Origami originated in China, which is simple and diverse and has a good educational effect. A thin piece of paper, after folding, folding, turning and pulling, can produce beautiful flowers, show lively and lovely animals and build beautiful houses ... In these processes, you need to observe, imagine, summarize, exaggerate and create, fold and combine with your eyes, hands and brain in a certain logical order, which is very important for training children's hand-eye coordination ability. Kindergarten often carries out origami activities, so how to make children like origami and master its methods and skills? The following are some suggestions: First, change the understanding of learning origami methods. In people's traditional impression, learning origami means that teachers are interested in origami and scholars are interested in origami. Then with the development of education, educators are more and more aware that the method of learning origami in kindergartens should not only be "imitation", but also pay attention to children's active exploration and let them master the skills and methods of origami. 1, change children's own understanding. In our teaching practice, we found that children also have this kind of "prejudice" against origami. At first, they also liked the teacher's step-by-step method. When I showed the symbols and marks of the atlas, they were not interested, but just folded the handmade paper in their hands. When I asked them to look at the atlas and think for themselves, they came to me and said "no" when they finished folding it, indicating that they didn't master the atlas. Therefore, in activities, I pay more attention to the role of "symbols and signs" and often let them talk about the methods and skills represented by various symbols. At the same time, gradually reduce the opportunities for teachers to demonstrate, so that they know that when origami, they should look at the atlas instead of imitating others. 2. Change parents' understanding. In the communication with parents, we often find that many parents will send out such feelings: "My children will fold a lot of things at home, how can it not be so simple in kindergarten?" So, we had further communication and found that they also adopted the method of "you do one step, I will follow suit" at home. Sometimes children can't fold, and parents can help him finish folding. In this process of pairwise imitation learning, children certainly master it better, and in this process, children may just exercise their hand muscles and learn to fold one thing. So we introduced our educational ideas and methods to parents, let them know that learning origami should pay more attention to children's active exploration, and guide children to learn to read words and pictures when origami with children at home. 3. Set up activity areas and provide materials to guide children to explore freely. "Environment is the teacher's hand", a good and suitable environment can get twice the result with half the effort. So we set up an origami area in the activity room, posted some origami step diagrams on the wall of the origami area, including what we have learned and what we have not learned, and provided some handmade papers for children to look at and stack in their spare time. In this process, there is no teacher's demonstration, only their own active exploration. They will be very excited and happy when they finish an origami work through their own exploration. They will experience success and feel the pleasure of active exploration. Through this activity area, they changed the habit of imitating others and felt the importance of learning to read atlases and actively exploring. Second, guide children to learn origami in many ways. Symbols and charts are two basic elements of origami. The symbol is to tell how to fold, and the diagram is to help us check and proofread whether it is folded correctly. These two elements are indispensable. Teachers should guide children to understand symbols and charts in activities. 1, understand the relationship between symbols and graphs. There are many kinds of symbols, such as arrows, straight lines, dotted lines, etc., which all indicate a certain folding method. Teachers should let them master the folding method of these symbols through practical activities, and understand what shape they will become after folding according to these marks, that is, pictures. It is also very important for young children to help them proofread and correct themselves. Therefore, in addition to letting children know symbols, they should also learn to read pictures and understand the relationship between symbols and charts. 2, from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult, step by step. Although there are only a few basic symbols, there are many factors that change him. For example, it means affirmation and negation, and it means twists and turns. Teachers should start from the simple to the deep, from the easy to the difficult, and start from the simplest and most basic. For example, at the beginning, guide children to know ↑, which is also the most basic symbol among many symbols. The teacher should first let the children know the meaning of this arrow, and let them know the different folding methods represented by arrows in different directions. Then slowly transition twists and turns, winding and so on. Folding shapes can start with squares and triangles that children are familiar with, and gradually transition to trapezoid, circle, polygon and other shapes. Teachers should choose the origami content suitable for children according to their abilities, and constantly add new symbols and marks on the basis of mastering it. 3. Diversification of learning methods. There are many ways to learn origami: there are ways to imitate others, that is, children like "you do one step, I will follow" at first; Have independent research, provide maps and guide children to explore and learn freely; There is also folding and reorganization. The teacher first folds the finished product, guides the children to open it, and then folds it again according to the crease. These are the methods we often use. Teachers should choose different methods according to the age characteristics of children in different periods. For example, in the initial stage of learning origami, we can give priority to imitation, and then slowly transition to children's independent exploration. In some difficult parts, children can also learn to explore by folding and reorganizing. Third, pay attention to the practice after the activity. Practice after the activity not only helps children consolidate and review, but also stimulates their new interests and needs. Teachers should be good at using various forms and provide rich materials for children to practice fully after activities. 1, let children learn to appreciate their own works. For young children, appreciating their own works is not only "watching" and "speaking", but also "playing". When a child finishes an origami work, the teacher should let the child give full play to his work. For example, after origami "windmill", the teacher should not only let the children play during the activity, but also encourage the children to take out their own windmill to play in the free activities after the activity. For another example, after origami "phone", children like to play with their peers with their folded phones. As teachers, we should give them enough time to play and experience the fun of success. 2. Create areas to guide children to practice more. The effect of activity area on children's development is obvious to all. For origami, which integrates thinking and hands-on ability, teachers should set up corresponding areas to guide more practice and develop their own abilities. In addition, when children finish a certain job, they will be very happy and excited, and the teacher should give them the opportunity to perform. In our class, we created a display area. When children fold an item, they can stick it next to their names in the exhibition area. We often evaluate who gets the most and the best discount. Children like this exhibition area very much. When parents have open activities, they often take their parents' hands to see the exhibition area and show their skills. When they are affirmed by their peers, teachers and parents, their interest in learning origami will become stronger. Origami is one of children's manual activities. Although it is small, it contains rich educational value. It's simple to say, but it puts higher demands on teachers. Teachers should carry out teaching activities according to children's age characteristics and the uniqueness of origami activities, so that children like origami and master the methods and skills of origami. At the same time, fully grasp the educational value of origami activities.