What Is a Childhood Development Associate?

Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center is a civil-agency organization that is planned to be anchored under the Tangqiao Social Organization Service Center in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It is sponsored by the professional team of Dandelion Rural Library Project, the most beautiful rural library in China. The project has 5 years of operating experience, and has achieved remarkable results and excellent reputation in the areas of children's development and reading promotion. Now it has entered Shanghai Tangqiao. In addition to continuing to serve the disadvantaged children in the village, it plans to build a high-quality, humane dandelion community children's library for 16,000 young people in Tangqiao community and their families, and provide reading on this basis Education-related professional services. In the future, it will cover more cities and communities, and strive to become a model for the operation of urban children's community libraries in the country.

Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

In the field of charity, only enthusiasm is not feasible, and the professionalism of the person doing the work determines the quality of the accomplishment.

A number of high-quality professionals have gathered in the operation of various departments and work links of Dandelion. Has 5 full-time, more than 30 regular volunteers. The Dandelion Children's Library is committed to being scientific and appropriate from the needs of rural children, teachers, and educational ecology. Its consultants, planning, and implementation teams have professionals in the following areas:

Research on Rural Charity Projects (China and US) Library Management

Children's Reading Child Development and Child Psychology (China-US)

Elementary Chinese / Mathematics / Natural Sciences (Central America)

Academic background support from Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

What kind of scientific support does the Dandelion Children's Development Center provide to provide high-quality reading resources?

There are some important evidence-based findings in the field of reading research:

First, 30 people with similar childhood backgrounds have similar social environments and similar family traumas (parents' alcohol abuse, death, divorce, etc.). When they grow up, their fate is very different. 15 people became university professors, and 15 are still working-class.

Fifteen professors found childhood reading to be fun and inspiring. They look for answers or information about life's dilemmas in books, and the books become the spiritual food for these people.

The No. 2 interviewee in the professor group is a typical example. No. 2 is a sociologist. His mother died at the age of 7 and was sent to an orphanage. He was an independent adult until the age of 17. He suffered a lot when he entered the orphanage. He "does not know what will happen to the orphan". At the age of eight, the interviewee discovered Horesio Alger's series of storybooks in the orphanage library (American children's literature writer, authoring more than 100 works, he wrote specifically for poor boys and became angry and eventually succeeded s story). This discovery had a profound impact on him because he suddenly learned that despite being in an orphanage, he could still control his destiny and create life. Rehosha Alger's book shows him "a model for a boy who has control over his own destiny" and he can choose his own life.

Second, whether it is adults-to-adults or adults-to-children, the general language communication is mostly bland, using only 5000 basic words. There are also other 5,000 words that are used less frequently. In addition to these 10,000 commonly used words, it is the "rare words" that play an important role in reading. Our language level is not determined by those 10,000 commonly used words, but depends on our understanding of the rare words. Only the most unusual words are included in printed text.

Third, 70% of a person's sources of knowledge and information throughout life need to be realized through reading. Good reading ability and reading habits are a lifetime wealth.

Professional team of Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

The Dandelion Child Development Center has a professional team, and the operation of various departments and work links has gathered a group of high-quality professionals. Including: 4 full-time, 2 part-time, and more than 20 regular volunteers.

The Dandelion Child Development Center is committed to being scientific and appropriate from the ecological needs of children, teachers, and education. The sponsor team has gathered the following background advantages: familiar with the service model of noble community libraries and elementary schools in the United States; have early reading and Professional knowledge in education; familiar with domestic children's book publishing industry; have domestic children's reading promotion experience.

Its consultants, planning, and execution teams have professionals in the following areas: library management, child development and child psychology (China-US), children's reading, elementary school language / math / natural science (China-US), rural charity project research ( China and the United States)

Institutional Features of Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

The Dandelion Children's Development Center introduces the humanistic service concept of the noble community library and elementary school library in the United States, and combines the local realities of China to select excellent Chinese and English books for children in the Tangqiao community. Designed reading environment; conduct reading activities and interest courses that are suitable for the needs and development characteristics of children aged 0-18. Among them, the Dandelion Children and Children Development Center is committed to becoming the first physical community library in Shanghai that can provide a large number of excellent original English books for children (including audio books), and use this as a medium to provide natural immersion for English enlightenment for preschool children. Environment and pleasant excellent courses.

Taking the concept of "Read the Word, Read the World", the Dandelion Children's Development Center advocates free and happy reading. It focuses on inspiring children's reading interest, cultivating good reading habits, and the ability to observe and think about life.

1) Scientific reading and education concept

Help children develop two effective reading habits
Children-centered educational philosophy

Before reading: respect for freedom of choice, after reading: respect for different perspectives

Educational philosophy from an ecological perspective

Families and Parents: Encourage parents to support and participate in library activities

2) Selected rich books

Invite experts from the field of children's book promotion to jointly recommend

(1) Yiran, a famous translator for children's reading

(2) Founder of the famous children's reading promoter, Red Niba Children's Book Club

(3) Children's Literature Writer Professor Mei Zihan

(4) Mr. Zhou Qixing, founder of the clover story family, a primary school language teacher at the Central Party School Shenzhen Nanshan School

(5) Shang Fei, editor-in-chief of 99 Children's Book Publishing

The classification accords with children's cognition and is reasonably rich
Each child book has a suitable difficulty level for parents and children to choose

3) Attractive reading environment

Taking children's needs and preferences as the starting point, specially design suitable bookshelves and tables and chairs for children, and equip them with hardware materials that meet the five major needs of their language, cognition, aesthetics, emotions, and social development to create children Favorite reading environment.
Children are the owners of the library. The best decoration is not expensive finished products, but students' own works.

4) Science curriculum design in line with children's development

Design training according to the needs of children at different ages

Combined with the practical problems of modern education and teaching, we carry out high-quality course teaching and training in languages and literature, natural sciences, psychology, philosophy, art and other disciplines; lead children to carry out rich, interesting and valuable learning activities.

Service Mode of Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

The dandelion children's development center is operated in the form of a membership system, which is mainly based on reading and participating in activities, supplemented by the sale of books. Members choose their own level, pay different fees for membership cards, and enjoy different discounts and services.

Books / Audiovisual Products

(1) Provide 5000 kinds of Chinese fine children's books and audiovisual products, suitable for ages from 0-18 years old (mainly 0-13 years old), including language and literature, natural science, mathematics, humanities, art, sex education, etc. Big class.

(2) Provide 300 varieties of English fine children's books and matching audio-visual products, suitable for ages from 0-18 years, including 12 major categories including language and literature, natural science popularization, emotional intelligence, and humanities. (3) Provide child development courses to help children develop reasonably in six areas: social development, language development, cognitive development, emotional development, aesthetic development and physical development.

Environment / Hardware

(1) Provide a human-friendly reading environment. Meet the aesthetic preferences of children and adults, as well as the needs for comfort and warmth.

(2) Provide high-quality projection equipment for small groups to watch movies together.

(3) Provide high-quality toys and update them regularly, which can be used by young children with insufficient attention periods to play after reading.

Clients and Contents of Shanghai Dandelion Child Development Center

12 hours a day (9: 00-21: 00) provides children in Tangqiao community aged 0-18 with convenient Chinese and English books and audiobooks in the community; it also has an area suitable for adult reading and small group gatherings .

(1) There are regular English immersive programs every week, including English story reading, situational dialogue, and theme activities.

(2) There are regular readings / activities of Chinese stories every week.

(3) There are regular Chinese movie and movie viewing / discussion sessions every week.

(4) There are regular reading salon activities every month, the topics include children's reading research and experience sharing, examples of early childhood and elementary education in the United States

Enjoy, and the children exchange around their favorite works, etc., while also providing adult reading salon activities.

(5) Encourage children to create under the premise of freedom and provide opportunities for their work to be displayed and published.

(6) Provide opportunities to make pen pals with American children and Chinese children in the United States, and promote exchanges between children's libraries in Chinese and American communities.