Kinder Garten来自德文，即孩子的乐园的意思
Kinder Garten comes from German, which means "a paradise for children".

        目前，国内幼儿园事业发展得非常快。普通的、高级的或者私立的幼儿园也遍布各个城市。这说明我们的幼儿教育事业的繁荣，也说明社会对幼教的重视。
At present, kindergartens are developing at a rapid pace in China. Different kindergartens can be found everywhere throughout the country as a manifestation of the flourishing preschool education to which the whole society has paid utmost attention.

        每个幼儿园的设置和教育观念都不同：有传统的托儿所的延续，以托管孩子为主，保育为辅；也有现代的以开发和训练孩子各种技能为主要目标的幼儿园，比如设置了钢琴课、舞蹈课、英语课等等，最流行的教育理念是"蒙台梭利"式的教育体系。同时，它们有一个共同点——根据孩子们的年龄大小，分为大、中、小三个班。
Different kindergartens have different structures and follow different educational concepts. Some carry on the traditional pattern of nurseries, focusing on after-school care with educating as the supplementary function. While, some lay emphasis on bringing children's potential into full play and training their skills. For example, some kindergartens have offered lessons as piano, dance, and English. At present, the Montessori's educationalphilosophy becomes most prevalent. Generally, kindergartens in China tend to divide children into three classes according to their age – senior, middle and junior.

        我的孩子们也短期在国内幼儿园呆过，但更多的时间是在德国幼儿园成长的，所以两边幼儿园的情况我都比较清楚。就我个人而言，我对德国的幼儿园体系更加认同，同时我认为我的孩子们在那里得到的益处和帮助更多些。
My children once attended a Chinese kindergarten for a short time, but for the most of their childhood, they were nursed in German kindergartens. Therefore, I get to know the kindergartens in both countries well. Personally, I'm inclined to the educational mode in Germany from where I believe my children can benefit more.

        德国幼教工作者认为：对孩子们来讲最重要的是"玩"，通过"玩"来教他们；老师只是一个观察者、帮助者，要充分发挥孩子们的天性。这几点在德国幼儿园的实践中表现得尤为彻底。德国幼教界很重视幼儿独立性以及社会适应能力的培养，只不过他们的培养方式是玩。
German kindergarten teachers believe that it is most important to allow the children to "play" so the teachers can seize the opportunity to better instruct them. The teacher is only an observer and assistant. Children must be given freedom to have their nature manifested fully. Such concept has been demonstrated obviously in German kindergartens, whose priority is to cultivate the children's independence and social adaptability, in a way of letting them play.

        我女儿的童年是在天主教的幼儿园渡过的，儿子去的是基督教幼儿园，。两者之间的差异并不大，教育内容也跟宗教关系不大。两个幼儿园都有向日葵班，小象班，尼姆小鱼班，小鹿斑比班，星星月亮班等等。入园的时候，都会收到一封信，告诉家长：在这三年当中，孩子们将会在我们这里如何度过，这是一条怎样的路。在孩子们离开幼儿园的时候，会收到老师总结好的一个大本子，上面贴着孩子第一次画的画，一些有趣的折纸或者拼图，一张或者几张团体的或者个人的照片，每次活动的介绍等等。老师给每个孩子都写了日记，厚厚的几十页，内容非常丰富、细致：掉牙的、哭泣的、好奇的......各类照片，可见老师们付出的辛苦劳动。
My daughter spent her childhood in a Catholic kindergarten while my son went to a Christian one. There is no much difference between the two and what is taught in classes have little relation to religion. Both kindergartens divide children into different classes – Sunflower Class, Little Elephant Class, Fish Nemo Class, Deer Bambi Class, and Moon-Star Class, etc. Parents will receive a letter on their children's first preschool day, which tells them how their children will spend the following three years in their kindergartens. When children graduate, they will be given a big notebook recording every progress they made in the past three years there: their first drawings, some funny origami work or jigsaw puzzles, their photos, and introductions of the activities they have taken part in. The teacher keeps a thick diary for each child,  depicting various stories about the kids and with all kinds of photos shot as they were crying, with tooth dropped out, showing a curious face and so on. From these diaries, parents can see how much effort the teacher has made for their children.

翻翻看，我的档案里都有什么故事？ 
Open my "personal file" and see my stories here.

 
要上学的孩子们，这是你们在幼儿园里的档案和礼物啊
This is a record as well as a gift for the children who are going to attend primary school. 

 
玩耍，就是我们小孩子最喜欢和最主要的事情
Playing is the favorite and most important thing to us kids.

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• paradise [´pærədais]   n.天堂；乐园   (初中英语单词)
• utmost [´ʌtməust]   a.最大的 n.极端   (初中英语单词)
• function [´fʌŋkʃən]   n.机能；职责 vi.活动   (初中英语单词)
• philosophy [fi´lɔsəfi]   n.哲学；人生观   (初中英语单词)
• childhood [´tʃaildhud]   n.幼年(时代)；早期   (初中英语单词)
• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:]   ad.&conj.因此；所以   (初中英语单词)
• instruct [in´strʌkt]   vt.教育；指导；通知   (初中英语单词)
• observer [əb´zə:və]   n.遵守者；观察员   (初中英语单词)
• assistant [ə´sistənt]   n.助手；助理；助教   (初中英语单词)
• concept [´kɔnsept]   n.概念；观念；思想   (初中英语单词)
• obviously [´ɔbviəsli]   ad.明显地；显而易见地   (初中英语单词)
• cultivate [´kʌltiveit]   vt.耕作；培植；培养   (初中英语单词)
• independence [,indi´pendəns]   n.独立，自主，自立   (初中英语单词)
• catholic [´kæθəlik]   a.天主教 n.天主教徒   (初中英语单词)
• elephant [´elifənt]   n.象   (初中英语单词)
• primary [´praiməri]   a.主要的 n.居首位的   (初中英语单词)
• educational [,edju´keiʃənəl]   a.教育(上)的   (高中英语单词)
• emphasis [´emfəsis]   n.强调；重点   (高中英语单词)
• potential [pə´tenʃəl]   n.&a.潜在的；可能的   (高中英语单词)
• senior [´si:niə]   a.年长的 n.前辈   (高中英语单词)
• personally [´pə:sənəli]   ad.亲自；就个人来说   (高中英语单词)
• traditional [trə´diʃənəl]   a.传统的，习惯的   (英语四级单词)
• prevalent [´prevələnt]   a.流行的；普遍的   (英语四级单词)
• notebook [´nəutbuk]   n.笔记本   (英语四级单词)
• manifestation [,mænife´steiʃən]   n.表明；现象   (英语六级单词)