In the past few days, a small video of elementary school students performing hand dance in the classroom to watch their crying parents has been circulated on the Internet.

"Give you a little star, give you a flower..." In the video, the children stood in front of their parents, gestured, sang "Listen to me thank you" earnestly, and bent over to thank them. .

A mother began to look at the child with a smile, and then wiped her tears with a smile; a father lowered his head and covered his face with his hands and wept.

Yesterday, a reporter from the Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News found Mr. Xu Mei, the video shooter and event organizer, and learned about the behind-the-scenes story of this "tear gas class"...

A father hid his face and wept

　　Photo courtesy of interviewee Chen Yong, reporter from Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News

Touching scene

Watching children performing hand dance

The parents laughed and cried

　　The reporter learned from an interview that on November 20th, there was a wonderful "tear gas class" in the third (2) class of the Experimental School (Primary School) of Gaoyou High-tech Zone.

Xu Mei is the head teacher of the third (2) class, a senior teacher with nearly 30 years of teaching experience and more than 20 years of experience as a head teacher.

She said that children usually do not express gratitude in the form of songs or dances. She wants to teach children to be grateful and understand the contributions of adults in this way.

　　Before the hand dance performance, Mr. Xu asked parents to watch the video of the children singing the class song "The Most Beautiful Light" and feel the warm and harmonious class atmosphere of Class 3 (2).

Next, the teacher asked the parents to sit in the seats of their children, and the children stood in front of their parents and performed the hand dance "Listen to me thank you" to express gratitude to parents.

　　I saw the children facing their parents, dancing with hand gestures to the music, including some sign language and some cute body movements.

The children face their parents, with sincere gratitude in their eyes. They move their hands apart, gather, and compare their hearts, pointing to their chests for a while, nodding their heads for a while, supporting their small faces in their palms, turning into a flower, and bending over Thanks.

The immature children's voice, neat movements, serious expressions, and strong appeal. It can be seen that they are all carefully practiced beforehand, and they hit the depths of the adults' hearts with the serious performance of music.

　　At the beginning, many parents smiled and admired their children's performances. Some parents couldn't help but gesticulate with their children, and some parents picked up their phones to take pictures of their children's cute looks.

But looking at it, many parents' expressions and movements changed, and they cried with a smile.

One of the father lowered his head, covered his face with his hand, and kept wiping the tears from his face...

　　"Unexpectedly, the live effect was so good. The students sang very seriously and performed well; the parents watched and showed their true feelings. Many parents moved emotionally, some even cried, and I couldn't hold back the tears." Xu Mei told reporters.

　　"The teacher did not mention that there will be such a link. I am completely unaware of such an arrangement. The school and the teacher are really attentive. This performance surprised us and was so touching. We saw the healthy growth of children and saw different children. "A parent told reporters.

　　The reporter noticed that uploading small videos on the Internet also moved many netizens.

Looking at the "face-covering father" sitting in the first row in the camera, netizens left a message like this: "I cry involuntarily across the screen", "Understand the difficulty of parents", "I cry even if I don't have children", "The one who weeps Dad must be very gentle and love his daughter."

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Nourishment "outside homework" is very important

Let the students know that their parents are not easy

　　"The stipulated action of the campus open day is class culture display and home-school exchange activities. I want to join the children and give parents a surprise." Teacher Xu Mei told reporters that the school will hold ten-year-old growth for third-grade students every year. Li, "The third grade children are generally ten years old. This is the most carefree age for children. We must teach them to be grateful, thank their parents for nurturing, and plant the seeds of gratitude in their hearts." Teacher Xu said "I am a Chinese teacher, and I also like dancing and singing. After repeated comparisons, I think the gesture dance "Listen to me thank you" is very suitable for children to perform. It is also very suitable for parents to be grateful for the open day of campus, so I will give it with my music teacher. The children rehearsed. The children were very attentive during the rehearsal. It took two classes to achieve the effect in the video."

　　"I didn't expect the video to be so popular, maybe it resonated with everyone." Xu Mei said that the children were very serious when performing hand dances.

　　Xu Mei told reporters that she has been trying to nourish students "outside of homework", letting children know that it is not easy for their parents, to study hard at school, and to honor their elders at home.

The video can arouse such a big response, I think it is also because the society needs such a positive energy, and I hope everyone will stick to the positive energy in their hearts.

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Guilt in tears

More of the joy that children grow up

　　The reporter learned from an interview that none of the 40 students’ parents were absent from this “tear gas class” in Class 3 (2).

A student only came to one parent. Many people who didn't come called or sent text messages to the teacher after learning about the situation, expressing a little regret that they missed such a moving scene.

"There was a child in the class, and the parent who came was his father. Afterwards, the child's mother called and texted me again, leaving a message, "I was moved to tears across the screen." Xu Mei said.

　　The reporter learned that the "face-covered father" who impressed netizens most was Ji. His daughter quietly told the teacher afterwards that his father would work overtime as soon as he left school. Although he rarely accompanied himself, he loved himself very much.

She also told the teacher that her father was actually very strong, and he cried because he was too moved.

　　Yesterday, the reporter found Xiao Ji’s father, Master Ji who works in an enterprise in Gaoyou High-tech Zone.

He told reporters that he was usually busy, worked more overtime in his unit, had little contact with children, and went out early every day and returned late. Often the child did not wake up when he left, and the child was already asleep when he returned.

　　"It's really good for the school to hold such an event. I have never had such an interaction with my children. I feel that we are more caring." Master Ji told reporters that it was precisely because he usually accompanies too little with the children, he specially asked for leave to participate in the event. "I just wanted to make up for it. "It was said that men had tears and did not flick them lightly. At that time, I couldn't help it. I felt too little to accompany the children. I felt very guilty and touched my tears. Of course, more often I saw my daughter grow up. I was sensible and so happy, so I shed tears."

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Parents should not always talk to their children about exams and grades

Listen more to the children

　　Associate Professor Wu Linbin of Yangzhou University has made great achievements in the research of student issues, moral education and social phenomena.

He believes that the reason why this short video is eye-catching is because it touches people's hearts.

The child in the eyes of parents grows up and understands gratitude, which is a sign of growth.

"Hundred-goods filial piety first, what is filial piety? Filial piety is the feeling of gratitude that comes from understanding the love of parents for oneself. A child who knows how to be filial to his parents and grateful to his parents will gradually learn to be responsible to himself, to his family, and to society. What I should do is to take a healthy growth path. The school combines art education and moral education, family education and school education are integrated with each other, and it has achieved very good results. It is worthy of praise."

　　"In terms of parent-child communication, families and parents have many things to do." Wu Linbin told reporters that the best gift parents give their children is a warm family atmosphere, which will give the family more singing, laughter, and reading.

Don't always talk to your children about exams, grades, and rankings. You should pay more attention to your children's physical and mental health, habit formation, and personality shaping.

Learn to listen to the voice of the child, and change from one-way instillation to two-way interaction.