洪兰作为一名教育家，也曾是加州大学实验心理学博士，脑科学家，曾任中央大学认知神经科学研究所所长。

As an educator, Hong Lan was an experimental psychology Doctor and a brain scientist at the University of California. She was the former director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Central University.

洪兰教授称，发展孩子大脑最好的三个方法：运动、阅读和游戏！

Professor Hong Lan said that the three best ways to develop a child's brain are: exercise, reading and games!

学习的时候，神经回路会加强。9个月婴儿会爬之后，开始探索，神经开始大量连接。随着接收到的外界刺激增多，大脑神经连接越来越密集。

While learning, the neural circuit will strengthen. After 9 months, a baby will crawl, begin to explore and the nerves will begin to connect in large numbers. As the received external stimuli increase, the brain's neural connections become denser and denser.

那么，什么样的生活经验可以使神经分支得更加密集？

洪兰教授的答案，依旧是：运动、游戏和阅读。

What kind of life experience can make the nerve branch denser?Professor Hong Lan’s answer is: sports, games and reading.

苏城外国语学校早教中心的课程和洪兰教授倡导的教育理念不谋而合，我们的课程设置有如下：
The curriculum of the Soochow Foreign Language School Early Learning Center coincides with the educational philosophy advocated by Professor Hong Lan. Our curriculum is as follows:

Step one--Exercise

洪兰教授告诉我们，当人在运动时，会刺激多巴胺、血清张素、正肾上腺素这样的神经传导物质分泌，而这些正是促使神经连接的关键。

Professor Hong Lan told us that when people exercise, they stimulate the secretion of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine, which are the keys to promoting neural connections.

孩子们在早教课程中通过器械体验，体能挑战，社交游戏在运动方面得到更全面的发展。

Children that experience physical activity in the early education curriculum, such as physical challenges and social games, are more comprehensive in sports ability.

Step two - Reading

说话是本能，阅读是习惯。阅读会改变大脑，让孩子“静下心来”深入看世界，能让孩子智力的发展无限延展。

我们设置的创想绘本课程，通过情景表演，社交游戏，集体创作等形式让孩子感受沉浸式教育模式，让孩子的阅读更加生动丰富。

Talking is instinct, and reading is a habit. Reading will change the brain, let the children witness the world, and let the development of children's intelligence infinitely extend.
The creative picture book course we set up allows children to feel the immersive education mode through scene performance, social games, collective creation, etc., so that children's reading is more vivid and rich.

Step two - Reading

游戏不是学习的敌人，它是学习的伙伴，游戏是大脑成长的营养剂。

Games are not an obstacle to learning, they are a learning partner, and a nutrient for brain growth.

我们根据孩子月龄特点，在课程设置中分阶段设计不同游戏体验，涉及社交、精细动作、益智游戏、亲子游戏、音乐欣赏，艺术启蒙等。从游戏中可以培养孩子的基本能力，而且会玩的孩子EQ高，可以在团体游戏互动中学习如何与人相处，完成社会化行为。

We design different game experiences in stages in the course setting according to the characteristics of the child's age, involving social, fine action, puzzle games, parent-child games, music appreciation, art enlightenment, etc. From a game, you can develop your child's basic abilities, and the children who play will most likely have a high EQ. You can learn how to get along with others and develop socialization through group game interaction.

Soochow Foreign Language School Early Learning Center

The Soochow Foreign Language School Early Learning Center provides exclusive and quality early education services for children aged 0-3. The Early Learning Center integrates the advanced education concept of the IB course PYP young project, and it is seamlessly shared with the kindergarten resources. It is equipped with experienced professional teachers to provide an international, diversified and professional early education course. According to the characteristics of children's age, respect the rules of children's physical and mental development, promote the game experience, and set the course in stages.

中文撰稿：早教中心  

 英文翻译：幼儿园英语处   

摄影：早教中心

英文审核：语言中心

编辑、排版、审核：校长办公室 宣传办