作為教育者，我們深知，除了帶給孩子們知識與技能之外，更重要的，是在充滿愛與尊重的氛圍里，給與孩子們勇氣、自信與智慧，為更的自己和更美好的世界做出行動。

　　為此，我們常常感動于每一個家校共育的精彩故事，在無數家庭的認可與支持下，我們總能獲得不斷奔向的力量。

　　As educators, we believe that creating an environment full of love and respect for our young children and imparting in them the courage, confidence, and wisdom to excel and create a better world is even more significant than teaching mere knowledge or skill.

　　To this end, we are touched by the wonderful stories that are happening around our community. Here is one of them.

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　　今天，我們為大家分享艾毅幼兒園(遠洋校區)大班Ethan媽媽——倪子君女士(以下簡稱倪女士)的育兒經和家庭故事。

　　倪女士是一位具有中西融匯的教育者，具有清華大學、加州大學伯克利分校的心理學博士學位教育背景。對教育有著深刻而獨到見解的她，陸續將家里的四個孩子全都送進了艾毅雙語幼兒園，包括最小的Ethan。她說，正因為我對教育的深刻體察，才為孩子們做出這個選擇。

　　讓我們一起聽聽她的分享。

　　注：艾毅幼兒園包含Ivy Academy、艾毅雙語幼兒園、艾毅多元智能幼兒園等多個項目

　　Today, we share the parenting experience and family story of Mrs. Ni Zijun (hereafter referred to as Mrs. Ni), mother of Ethan, who attends Kindergarten at the Ivy Bilingual School Ocean Express Campus. It’s worth mentioning that Mrs. Ni is a Doctor of Psychology from Tsinghua university and University of California, Berkeley.She has her own in-depth and profound insight regarding education and sent all four of her children to Ivy Bilingual Schools. She made this decision precisely because of her unique insight into preschool education.

　　Let’s hear about her experience.

　　Ivy Schools include Ivy Academy, Ivy Bilingual School, Ivy MI Kindergarten.

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　　倪女士全家合影，身穿白色上衣的男孩為Ethan

　　Mrs. Ni and her family. Ethan is the child in white top.

　　1、投身抗“疫”公益事業，孩子們給予我支持的力量

　　My children give me the support necessary to participate in charity during the outbreak

　　新冠肺炎爆發后，作為北京幸福公益基金會發起人、清華大學幸福科技實驗室副主任，倪女士和她的團隊也投入到“抗擊疫情，心理援助”的公益事業中來。

　　目前，已經累計為30萬人次提供心理危機干預培訓，并開設了心理援助熱線，以幫助更多的醫務人員和患者。

　　Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Mrs. Ni, founder of the Beijing Happiness Charity Foundation and Deputy Director of Tsinghua University’s H+Lab, has dedicated herself to charity work in “fighting against coronavirus with psychological aid” alongside her team. At present, they have offered training on psychological crisis intervention for 300,000 individuals, and have initiated a psychological aid hotline to assist medical staff and patients.

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　　從自身出發做出改變，激勵他人

　　Initiate positive changes and inspire others

　　巨大的工作量使得媽媽經常加班到深夜。受媽媽的啟發，Ethan和哥哥姐姐除了與老師、父母一起學習疫情常識，也努力試著從自身出發做出一些積極的改變。

　　孩子們努力地為家庭做出自己的貢獻。他們畫了很多防疫海報，張貼在門口，提醒家里的每一個成員做好自己，對他人負責。

　　Her children have witnessed her painstaking efforts. In addition to gaining valuable knowledge about the outbreak from their parents and teachers, Ethan and his siblings are also trying their best to initiate positive change on their own.

　　They are working hard to make their own contributions to the family. Specifically, they have drawn many “epidemic prevention” posters and posted them on the door, reminding family members to take care of themselves and be responsible to others.

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　　積極投身抗“疫”公益事業中

　　Involving the family in the effort

　　媽媽也常常和孩子們分享自己的工作進展，全家人每天都會探討疫情的發展，并在相互鼓勵中，給予彼此信心。

　　受到媽媽的影響，孩子們也積極地投入到疫情公益事業中來。現在，Ethan和她的哥哥姐姐們已經參與到一項一線醫護人員子女的在線陪伴計劃中。

　　孩子們通過網絡的方式，定期為武漢當地的一線醫護人員的子女通過交流、共同學習、互動玩耍等方式帶來陪伴，為因父母工作和疫情因素所困的他們帶來社交幫助。

　　Mrs. Ni also shares her work with her children. The whole family discusses the status quo daily and encourages each other to be strong and confident.

　　Inspired by their mother, Mrs. Ni’s children have also participated in charity work. Now, Ethan and his siblings have joined a project hosted by an online company for children whose parents work on the frontlines providing medical services during the outbreak.

　　They communicate with these children online and keep them company by studying and playing games together, thereby helping children who have to stay at home alone because their parents have to offer medical assistance on the frontlines every day.

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　　抗疫工作只是一個縮影。倪女士說，事實上，孩子們的成長也在激勵著為人父母的我們，讓我們彼此鼓勵、彼此支持，成為更好的自己。

　　Mrs. Ni said ,my kids’ growth also inspires us parents to encourage and support each other to excel individually.

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　　“我很感謝孩子們時常帶給我成長的驚喜和感動。很幸運，我給孩子做了正確的教育選擇，在家庭和幼兒園的共同努力下，孩子們日漸成長為更加勇敢、自信、充滿愛的人。”

　　“I really appreciate how my children always surprise and touch me with their growth. I’m really lucky to had made the correct educational choice for them. Thanks to the efforts of both our family and our kindergarten, my children are growing up as courageous, confident and caring individuals. ”

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　　2、“在擇校方面，我有一套獨特的考察方法”

　　“I have my own unique approach to selecting a school for my children”

　　倪女士的小兒子Ethan今年在艾毅幼兒園遠洋校區讀大班了，說起他來，老師們的普遍印象是，這是個活潑而自信的孩子。事實上，他和他的三個哥哥、姐姐都在艾毅長大。

　　回顧擇校之路，倪女士說，她在這方面做了相當扎實的功課。

　　This year, Ethan is in Kindergarten at the Ivy Bilingual School Ocean Express Campus. His teachers agree that he is an active and confident student. In fact, he and his three siblings are schoolmates.

　　Looking back upon her school selection journey, Mrs. Ni reflected that she put a fair amount of effort into the process.

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　　觀察幼兒園的小氣候

　　Ignore what they say but see what they do

　　10年前，倪女士一家面臨家里大女兒的幼兒園擇校問題。為此，作為孩子教育方面的主要決策者，倪女士考察了北京的不少幼兒園。

　　“在觀察每一家幼兒園的時候，我最關注的不是幼兒園所宣傳的那些優勢，而是親自觀察在這個環境里，老師是怎么與孩子交談的，園長是如何與員工交流的，那些已經入園的孩子，是否由內而外地散發著快樂、自由、自信的狀態……”

　　通過觀察幼兒園里的“小氣候”，倪女士很快就能判斷，這里是否有平等、尊重、友好的氛圍。而這也是她在孩子的幼兒教育階段格外看重的。

　　A decade ago, Mrs. Ni first encountered the difficulty of choosing an ideal kindergarten for her eldest daughter. As the major decision-maker of her children’s education in her household, Mrs. Ni inspected a number of kindergartens throughout Beijing. “When I observed each kindergarten, I didn’t pay much attention to the so-called advantages advertised by the kindergarten itself. I cared more about how the teachers communicated with their students, how the Principal spoke with faculty and staff, whether the students were exuding happiness, freedom and self-confidence…”

　　By observing the “microclimate” of the kindergarten, Mrs. Ni was able to quickly assess whether she was witnessing a friendly environment of equality and mutual respect. And this is what she particularly values in an atmosphere for early childhood education.

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　　以孩子的選擇為選擇

　　Respect each child’s own choice

　　大女兒來到艾毅后，度過一段快樂而自在的幼兒園生活。而事實上，倪女士的居住地距離艾毅幼兒園車程至少也要半個小時。盡管如此，倪女士一家還是充分尊重了孩子的選擇。

　　這期間也不是沒有過猶豫，家人也曾因為距離原因將Ethan轉學到家門口的另一所國際幼兒園。但一年后，因為Ethan的堅持，家人又將Ethan如愿送回到艾毅。

　　看到孩子發自內心的熱愛，以及老師們對孩子的付出，一家人覺得，這一切都值得。

　　As a result, her eldest daughter has experienced a happy and comfortable kindergarten life at Ivy. In fact, Mrs. Ni spends at least half an hour driving her daughter from their residence to our kindergarten. Regardless, she respects her daughter’s choice.

　　She had doubts and experienced hesitation as well. But her daughter’s love of Ivy, the teachers’ contribution to her daughter’s life, and the efforts everyone puts towards the same goal make her believe that it is worthwhile.

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　　教師團隊的穩定性

　　Stability of teachers

　　在幼兒教育行業，外教的穩定性常常是一個頭疼的問題。

　　但當倪女士將小兒子Ethan送到艾毅幼兒園的天，就意外地發現，十年前大女兒班里的外教還在艾毅，并且將成為Ethan的老師!這令他們全家都感到驚喜和感動。

　　In the field of early childhood education, no institution can guarantee the stability of foreign teachers. But on the first day Mrs. Ni sent her youngest son, Ethan, to an Ivy kindergarten, she was pleasantly surprised that the foreign teacher who taught her daughter ten years ago, was still at Ivy and has now become Ethan’s teacher too.All her family members were surprised and touched.

　　3、“幼兒園的高度很重要”“The vision of the school is important”

　　幼兒教育階段，充滿愛、接納、尊重的教育理念和教育氛圍，是非常重要的。

　　正如倪女士所言，幼兒期的內在發展對于孩子的一生有著重要的影響。

　　在這個階段里，如果一個孩子能夠成長為自信、自在、勇敢、對世界有自發的好奇心的人，未來，孩子在面對更大的挑戰時，便能夠以更加舒展的人生狀態面對自己、與人合作、做出改變。

　　“為此，我很感觸于艾毅教育的使命：為每個孩子注入改變和激勵的勇氣。對于幼兒教育階段，我最期待的，不是孩子掌握的詞匯量，和多少運算法則……而是他能夠被在多大程度下被鼓勵成為一個更優秀和獨特的自己。”

　　Regarding preschool education, creating an education environment consisting of love, inclusion, and respect is critical.

　　As Mrs. Ni said, the inner development of early childhood has an important impact on a child’s life. At this stage, if a child can grow into a person of confidence, comfort in themselves, and courage, full of spontaneous curiosity for the world, then upon facing greater challenges in the future, they can face them head on and work with others to make a difference in the world.

　　“I'm touched by Ivy’s mission: to give each student the courage to change and inspire. During the period of early childhood education, what I expect most is not how many words or math formulas my children will master, but how inspired they are to be even better and more unique than before.”

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　　鼓勵孩子成為自己

　　Inspired to be a better and unique self

　　倪女士說，自己的四個孩子雖然各有特點，但都在艾毅得到了包容與尊重。回顧起來，有很多日常的小事，看似平凡，但都在默默地給與孩子力量。

　　比如，天性熱情的Ethan，每次見到老師都要給一個熱情的擁抱，甚至有時候還喜歡“掛”在老師身上，以表達他對老師的喜愛.

　　對此，Ethan的老師從來都給予他積極的回應，從不會打擊他的熱情，并及時給予善意的提醒。

　　Mrs. Ni’s four children are all quite unique, but they have been well accepted and respected at Ivy. Now, three of them have graduated from Ivy.

　　In reflecting on the past,Mrs. Ni says that many things in their daily life, though seemingly ordinary, have granted her children power and courage. For example, Ethan, a passionate child, hugs his teachers whenever he sees them and occasionally leans on the teachers as a sign of his affection towards them. Ethan’s teachers, on the other hand, always receive him warmly and give positive feedback alongside friendly reminders that guide his behavior.

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　　有愛、有溫度、有原則

　　Loving, caring and principled

　　每天的家庭晚餐時間，一家人討論的話題是：今天發生了什么好事情?對此，Ethan常常是最踴躍發言的那一個。“他非常愿意談論每天在艾毅發生的點滴小驕傲和小自豪。”

　　“有愛、有溫度、有原則，我想，這樣的教育，我的孩子在艾毅得到了。”

　　During dinnertime, the family loves to discuss what happened during their day. Ethan is always the most active participant. “He is willing to discuss everything he has been through, because he is almost proud of everything at Ivy.”

　　“With love, with care and with principle. I believe my children have received such an education at Ivy.”

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