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Taking Taylor's model as a starting point, we will provide a brief introduction to the festivals teaching in Singapore, which is widely known to cover multiple races, and frame the direction and context of the festivals’ teaching activities. The introduction of the festival is written in the context of general knowledge and the values represented in early childhood education. The simple readings, rich with emotions, provided to kindergarten teachers and the number of simple teaching activities that can be operated in kindergartens vary. We hope that the content of this book can give kindergarten teachers the inspiration, so that teachers can extend and modify the teaching plans provided in the book according to the age and proficiency of the children in the class, and the teaching plans can also be transferred to and improved with each other. Each lesson plan also suggests a lesson plan to provide teachers with a reference for teaching assessment.

以泰勒工学模式作为思考出发，提供新加坡广为人知涵盖多个种族的节庆教学案例介绍，并框架出节庆教学活动进行的方向与脉络。节日的介绍以普遍化的知识以及在幼儿教育中所代表的价值作为背景书写，提供给幼儿园教师简洁却有情感的阅读文字，以及可在幼儿园运作的简单教学活动数则不等。我们期待本书内容可以给予幼儿园教

Festivals are important occasions for the people and are accumulated through life experience in a long term. These important days usually have a close relationship with the local natural and social environment. As the seasons change, different seasons reflect different seasonal meanings, which also reflect people's living habits and local cultural characteristics. Traditional festivals are important cultural assets in Chinese culture, reflecting the rules of people's lives and their cultural values, as well as connecting generations, individuals and families, and individuals and society.

Since festivals are often highly correlated with local cultural characteristics, these local cultures are important life experiences for young children. The teacher should start from the life experience of the children, follow their natural curiosity and exploration and help them observe and feel the things around them. In the process of personally participating in social and cultural activities and festivals, experience the meaning of these activities, and proactively interpret the information in real-life situations and establish the interaction between individuals and the environment. By providing children with diverse social and cultural activities, the teacher guides them to connect with previous experience and integrate new experiences to learn the meaning of festivals and life.

节庆是百姓在长远的生活经验中所积累保留的重要日子，这些重要的日子通常会与当地的自然、社会环境有着密切的关系。随着四季变换，不同的时节反映出不同的节令意义，而这当中也体现了人们的生活习惯与当地的文化特色。传统节庆是华人文化中的重要文化资产，反映了人们生活的经验法则与蕴含的文化价值，同时连结各世代之间，个人与家庭，以及个人与社会。

由于节庆通常与当地文化特色具有相当高度的关联，这些当地文化对于幼儿来说就是重要的生活经验。老师应根据幼儿天生好奇、探索的特质，从其生活经验出发，帮助幼儿从中观察、感受周遭的人事物。在亲身参与社会文化活动、节庆活动的过程中，体验这些活动的意义，并能主动解读生活情境中的讯息，建立个人与环境互动关系。老师藉由提供幼儿多样的社会文化活动经验，引导他们连结旧经验、整合新经验，以体验节庆与生活的意义。