Reflection: My Journey To Anji Play

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ECS 306
3/17/2016
Score: 20
Changcan Li
Anji Play Reflection My Journey to Anji Play was quite an eye opener. I was specifically amazed by the educator Chen Xueqing’s courage of taking initiative in designing the true play. I was completely touched by her passion on pursuing the principles of education and engaging the most fundamental and core values of education. I would like to say that the educator Chen Xueqin is a pioneer in the early childhood education field and is my personal hero. Anji play is a brilliant workshop that every educator should attend. This workshop encompasses so much of what I could try to develop in relation to education and young children. Anji Play brings me the intention to change the old education systems which imprison the children in advance in academic learning and let the children follow the arrangements to adults’ learning. Anji Play means true play. True play means taking risks—physical, social, and even cognitive. In Anji, children are continuously trying out new things and learning a great deal in the process. Children are fond of moving from adventure to adventure. Children encounter the risk of mistakes and even of injuries, but that does not discourage …show more content…

Such children ask themselves—intentionally or unintentionally—“how high can I climb or jump”?” They become shrewd and well informed about themselves and their surroundings. Children who are confident about taking risks rebound well when things don 't work out at first. They are resilient and will attempt again and again until they master a situation that challenges them—or wisely avoid it, if that seems best. At Anji, teachers encourage the children as numerous opportunities to face age-appropriate risk as possible. In the various playgrounds of Anji, there are trees to climb and hills to slide

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