Introduction to Hongkou Experimental Kindergarten

Founded in 1993, Hongkou Experimental Kindergarten is an exemplary kindergarten in Shanghai. It was appraised as Level A kindergarten of Shanghai in 1995, exemplary kindergarten of Shanghai in 2000, pilot kindergarten of National Kindergarten Education Guideline in 2002, experiment base of "Kindergarten Teaching and Research System Construction" by the Ministry of Education in 2006, and Professional Development School of Shanghai in 2012. There are in total 16 classes of different grades and 500 children from 3 to 6 years old. With standard living, exercising, and gaming equipments and facilities and a teaching team of strong professional competence and excellent comprehensive quality, it receives good reputation in the community for the good teaching quality.
Taking "for the happy and health life and growth of every child" as the purpose, the kindergarten adopts the teaching philosophy of "respect for the child and choose suitable education".
Paying fully respect to the interpretation of the age characteristics and the need for development of children and emphasizing the distinctive features of children and the difference in individual development, the kindergarten creates a rich variety of individualized activity area with a diversity of materials and contents related to the life of children to guide them choose and use the materials independently in natural and relax life situation. During the process of exploration on these materials, children will find some problems and try to solve them in cooperation with their friends and teachers. The wishes of children will be satisfied in the individual activity area. In the activity, children will get a warm emotional experience, develop active and inquisitive attitude, improve life skills and cognitive experience, and culture good personality. The "Happy Construct and Intelligent Life" featured curriculum system is of wide influence in the field of pre-school education.