Should schoolchildren "punch in" to reduce their burden?
Parents: labor and reading "punch in" help to cultivate good habits
Today, "punch-in" is no longer the patent of office workers.
In many primary schools and even kindergartens, the phenomenon of "punch-in" is varied and varied: punch-in for writing, punch-in for reading, punch-in for English, punch-in for skipping rope, punch-in for housework... If some parents do not "solitaire" in the parent group in time, teachers often There will be a special reminder - "The following students have not submitted their punch cards: @ XX mother @ XX father..."
With the implementation of the "double reduction" policy and the popularization of online teaching brought about by the epidemic, the content that children need to "check in" has become very rich. Some parents reported that they were "tired to cope with punching in"; The child has a good harvest after "checking in".
In the "Compulsory Education Labor Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" issued by the Ministry of Education, it is specified that primary and secondary school students should take the initiative to undertake certain daily labor such as household cleaning and cooking.
The reporter found in the survey that many students have indeed grown very well after participating in these labors.
However, if the "check-in" is too frequent and complicated, it will inevitably have some impact on the lives of parents and students.
Text/Wu Wei, Xiao Huanhuan, Zhou Weiliang, Zhang Dan, Feng Qiuyu, all media reporters of Guangzhou Daily
Photo/Chen Youzi, an all-media reporter of Guangzhou Daily (except for the signature)
"Pick-in" is not easy
"Pick in" for an hour and a half every day:
"Parents work part-time as camera and director"
"My son is in the first grade of primary school. Every day, various 'punch cards' are ringing on various WeChat groups, school newsletters and curriculum software. Various tasks include skipping rope, reading, math and arithmetic cards, Chinese literacy cards, and error correction. Questions, dictation, etc. are really overwhelming." Mr. Wang, a citizen, introduced to reporters that his children must "clock in" every day, including skipping rope for 20 minutes, literacy for 30 minutes, and completing the homework assigned by the teacher for 20 minutes.
In addition to completing these "check-in" projects in the school, Mr. Wang's son has to continue to "check-in" in extracurricular interest classes, and he must also report the completion status in the group every day.
For example, my son recently signed up for a Go interest class. Every day, he needs to complete two games in a certain course software, and send screenshots to the group. There is also a language and hosting art interest class. The son also needs to complete the tongue twister assigned by the teacher every day, and send the screenshots to the group. It was recorded as a video and uploaded to the group.
Mr. Wang said that his son needs at least an hour and a half every day to complete various "check-in" tasks.
Not only does the son feel tired, but the parents who work part-time as "cameraists" and "directors" are even more tired.
He told reporters that he had communicated with the child's teacher about the "punch-in" problem, but the teacher said that it was not easy for them.
"The teacher publishes tasks every day and counts the completion status, but there are always people who have not completed them. He has to supervise and remind them one by one. It is not easy to think about the teacher."
It is not only common for elementary school students to "check in", but today's kindergarten children are also busy "checking in".
The young child Bingbing started her "punch-in" when she went to kindergarten at the age of 3: Whenever Bingbing's mother got off work, finished cooking and washing dishes, and just wanted to lie down and rest for a while, in the group of kindergarten parents, the teacher would suddenly " Come out: "Has the baby clocked in today?" In just a few minutes, other parents in the group posted videos of their children reading clocks in English, and Bingbing's mother had to jump up from the sofa and give Bingbing a message. Record a video of the reading.
"Recording a video and punching in is not as simple as taking a photo. First, you have to help the child copy the English letters on the blackboard at home, and then organize the surroundings. It would be embarrassing to take pictures of the messy environment at home, so come to me He said that cleaning up the house before recording the video has also become part of the punch card, and these preparations have to be done for at least 15 minutes, and then persuade the baby to read the letters on the blackboard aloud, and record it again if the sound is not too loud.”
Bingbing's mother told reporters that in addition to the class group, Bingbing's extracurricular class group must also punch in.
Since the child started punching in, Bingbing's mobile phone is full of all kinds of homework pictures and homework videos.
Bingbing's mother feels that now she is more and more like a "director", and she sometimes clicks on the videos of other parents in the group, but the more she watches, the more guilty she feels, "The children of other people can read letters very standardly, even already. I can read English picture books fluently, but my baby is still stuttering, it seems that I need to read more."
"Too many check-ins can indeed make people anxious. Now that the child is only in kindergarten, parents have to deal with various check-ins in their workplaces, and they dare not neglect the various check-in requirements of school teachers." Bingbing said.
Individual "punch cards" are difficult:
"Parents are exhausting to complete"
"Not all punch-in projects are in line with the actual ability of young children, like some manual punch-in." Citizen Mr. Huang told reporters that since his children went to kindergarten, the school will arrange a handicraft project every so often. Manual "clocking" is quite difficult for young children around 3 years old. Most of the time, parents do it themselves, while children play the role of "aesthetic".
Mr. Huang was impressed that the kindergarten once asked to collect some branches and leaves on the weekend, and then make them into a pen holder.
These materials are not provided by the school, but children are asked to pick them up on the roadside.
"Except for picking up leaves and branches, I did it together with my child, and I did almost everything that followed." At that time, Mr. Huang was afraid that ordinary glue would not stick to the dry leaves, so he also bought some 502 glue. In the process, the glue was accidentally spilled, and the scene was very chaotic for a time.
"At the time, I could only be thankful that it was not a child who did it by himself. It was too laborious to complete."
"Although we can understand that the original intention of kindergarten is to enhance parent-child relationship and cultivate children's more hands-on ability, but not every parent has so much free time." Mr. Huang said that he will work hard to complete it when time allows, but When the "punch-in" is too difficult or conflicts with his time, he will choose to give up.
He believes that the "punch-in" project should be in line with the age characteristics of children and provide real help to children's growth.
Calculate the account for "punch card":
Tablet computers become "standard" and some people spend hundreds of thousands more per month
Will the daily "check-in" of children increase the corresponding living cost for parents?
The reporter conducted an investigation for this.
Citizen Ms. Chen told reporters that since labor and sports have become the focus of the school's "punch-in" areas, she has purchased a lot of corresponding items: "For example, I bought a professional skipping rope for my child, and the price is not cheap; I also bought good sports shoes for my feet. In terms of labor, the more difficult check-in content is to grow vegetables and do farm work, because our family is not big, but we still put some soil and apply some fertilizer on the balcony; Let the children experience that the dough turns into bread, and we bought another oven... Since the children started to check in in elementary school, the cost of this aspect has been several hundred yuan every month." Originally, this was not a big cost, but Chen The lady said that in the past few months, the children have extra expenses when they "check in": "For example, the children accidentally broke the table lamp at home when they practiced skipping rope; and the children experienced farm work and soiled the walls of the home."
"Punch" usually involves uploading videos. Citizen Ms. Zhang told reporters that because of her busy work, her mother has always been responsible for recording the video. "My mother's mobile phone configuration is relatively backward. After shooting a few videos, will it indicate that the memory is insufficient, or It just couldn't be uploaded, so we had to spend money to buy her a new phone later."
Ms. Zhang said that many "punch-in" content in learning is inseparable from computer terminals. For example, she spent more than 2,000 yuan to buy a tablet computer for the convenience of children's online learning and "punch-in".
The reporter's survey found that nowadays tablet computers have almost become a necessary investment for children's online classes and "check-in", and many parents spend an average of 2 hours a day supervising their children's various "check-in".
"Spending a few hundred yuan or even a thousand yuan more per month is not a big expenditure for most urban families, but it will still be a little stressful for some families in difficulty." Ms. Chen told reporters.
"Punches" are beneficial
Labor "check-in" helps growth:
"Three days of the Dragon Boat Festival, the child swept the floor"
Although "punch-in" can make people anxious, parents generally report that this has improved the overall quality of their children.
Citizen Ms. Chen told reporters that if the child can indeed "clock in" as required, it will be beneficial to his growth.
Ms. Chen introduced that her child is currently in the first grade, and the teacher sent a notice about a month ago, asking the child to participate in the task of "checking in" in the applet, but the child did not complete it once.
In the past, compared to learning, Ms. Chen has always put less emphasis on children's participation in labor. "The child arrives home at 6:00 pm every day, completes the homework assigned by the school, eats, washes, and chats with the child after get off work until 9:00. ."
Before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Ms. Chen's child's head teacher sent a message to the class urging participation in family labor.
"The teacher said that at present, only 9 children have completed the labor practice tasks in the class. Parents should use the Dragon Boat Festival holiday to urge their children to participate in family labor." Therefore, Ms. Chen took advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday to check the relevant articles on how to guide children to do housework. , carefully guide the child, and the child finally successfully completed the "punch-in" of mopping the floor.
"After lunch at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, I taught the children to mop the floor by hand." Ms. Chen believes that the reason why the children do not do housework may be because no one teaches them.
Therefore, on that day, she patiently taught the child how to mop the floor with less effort, and the child did not have any resistance under the mother's patient and meticulous education.
"A 7-year-old child is still struggling, so teaching him how to save effort will make the child more motivated."
Ms. Chen admitted that this is the first time she has taught her child to mop the floor so patiently. It took her son 15 minutes to mop the living room. Even so, Ms. Chen looked at her sweaty son and praised him for his growth. , will help the house with housework and make the house clean and tidy.
After that, Ms. Chen uploaded the photo of her son mopping the floor to the applet in time, and completed a "check-in".
After this incident, during the three days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Ms. Chen's son took over the housework of mopping the floor.
"Conscientiously participating in the labor check-in is very beneficial to the child's growth." Ms. Chen recalled that when her son was in kindergarten, the teacher often asked parents to post videos of simple housework such as washing hands, eating, cleaning dishes, and taking out the garbage. Ms. Chen I didn't do it because it was troublesome, and now I regret it.
"Parents find it troublesome to punch in, and children will naturally not learn the corresponding skills from punching in."
However, Ms. Chen also suggested that "punch-in" should focus on a specific item for a period of time, so that parents will be more attentive and children will be more attentive. If faced with frequent, diverse and fragmented "punch-in", parents often Tired of running, "Similarly, children will be easily disgusted when faced with multiple punch-in tasks."
21 days of reading "punch cards":
"Children fall in love with storytelling"
"Reading check-in", "playing check-in", "manual check-in", "safety education check-in"... My daughter is only in kindergarten and she is faced with many "check-in" projects. Citizen Mr. Huang said that due to his busy work, he could not communicate with many projects. The children completed it together, but Mr. Huang was deeply impressed by the project of "Reading and punching cards for 21 days".
Mr. Huang recalled that in the first few days, the children, like their parents, were somewhat resistant to such a "task" that was created out of thin air, and the "punch-in" photo was also staged.
But in the next few times, after Mr. Huang really completed the task of telling stories to the children, the children gradually moved away from the cartoons they liked and began to pester their father to tell stories from books.
"Actually, it's not a particularly long story. A book is only a few hundred words, and the book is mainly about pictures." Mr. Huang admitted that he did not expect the stories in the book to be so attractive to a four- or five-year-old child. , So, every day after that, he and his daughter read and tell stories seriously together.
From the resistance at the beginning to the liking afterward, to the formation of the habit, Mr. Huang now likes reading with his daughter very much.
He told reporters that after completing the 21-day reading "check-in" task, his daughter would come to him from time to time with her favorite books, and let her father read a story or two, and only after listening to the story was she satisfied. go away.
"Sticking to reading and punching cards seems to have accidentally opened a new door of interest for my daughter."
"Pick-in" has a focus
Principal: Physical education and handicraft classes are the focus of punching
The principal of a primary school in Guangzhou told reporters that with the advancement of the "double reduction" policy, more and more schools began to assign creative and interesting personalized homework to students, emphasizing on students' practical ability, social practice ability and application. Knowledge of problem-solving skills.
Each school uses different software to "check in" for various extracurricular purposes according to its own situation, and the school will also fully respect the feedback from teachers and students, "publish tasks every day, and count the completion of this work. It is mainly done by teachers, so the use of punch-in software must be fully functional and intelligent, if it is very inconvenient to use, then we will not choose.”
The principal gave an example, in addition to the school newsletter, many apps on the market have a "check-in" function, which teachers and students can use according to their own needs.
He said that among the various daily "check-in" tasks required by the school, physical exercise programs are "standard" that must be completed.
From a trend point of view, more and more attention is paid to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality, so the requirements for physical education are getting higher and higher. Many schools in Guangzhou have increased the proportion of physical education courses, and schools are the "gatekeepers" of students' physical fitness.
The principal believes that the prevention of myopia, obesity and other diseases cannot be separated from sports.
For example, the school has arranged special physical fitness assignments based on grades, covering squatting, high leg raises, skipping rope, running, aerobics and other items, which not only enhances students' physical functions during exercise, but also develops them. Habits of healthy living.
In addition, the school also has some special handicraft courses.
For example, let students and parents make steamed buns together, which requires students and parents to use flour to knead, knead, and rise together, and then witness a small ball of flour turn into a large fluffy dough; there are also reading classes, and now Chinese teaching The requirements for extracurricular reading are getting higher and higher. Therefore, the school has coordinated and controlled the number and time of homework in different grades and subjects, and arranged practical and exploratory homework, such as "parents and children read a book together", allowing students and parents to read together Extracurricular books, do some communication and discussion on the content of the book, and write your experience.
Teacher: Labor "check-in" benefits children for life
Teacher Zhang, the head teacher of a primary school in Shenzhen, said that the task of "pulling in" is a test for parents.
How to avoid "punch-in" becoming a burden on parents?
Teacher Zhang believes that as a teacher, you should reduce the possibility of disturbing parents in the class group.
For example, instead of assigning homework in the class group, let the children write down the homework in the classroom, which not only develops the child's habit of remembering homework independently, but also exercises the child's autonomy in learning.
"If it is posted on the WeChat group, the homework seems to become the responsibility of the parents, and the parents are obliged to inform the children of the content of the homework and urge the children to do the homework, which is not good for the parents or the children."
Teacher Zhang believes that parents should actively cooperate with those "punch-in" content that needs feedback, and for content that does not require timely feedback, parents can guide their children to do well as required, and there is no need to worry about whether to "punch-in".
"For example, if the teacher asks the children to record a video of reading the text aloud, if the teacher will watch them one by one and give targeted comments, parents should actively participate." Teacher Zhang said, if the teacher does not watch the comments one by one, then the parents Let the child complete it at home, there is no need to follow the trend and "clock in".
"For long-term accumulation projects such as piano practice, calligraphy, and sports, the actual meaning of punching in is not great. Parents do not need to spend their energy on punching in." Teacher Zhang said that these projects require long-term accumulation, and punching in one more time , One less card punch will not have much impact on the results, and there is no need for parents to waste energy here.
On the contrary, for life skills such as housework, Mr. Zhang believes that "checking in" is essential.
Teacher Zhang said that for first-year students, such as wearing a red scarf, arranging school bags, tying shoelaces, and cutting nails are all life skills that need to be mastered.
Housework such as helping to fold quilts, take out garbage, and wash vegetables at home is generally not dangerous, and children should be encouraged to do more. Parents should also let their children do more work and take pictures of the corresponding videos, which can not only be kept as souvenirs, but also a means of encouraging children.” Teacher Zhang believes that children need to improve their physical coordination and do housework. It is easy to appear some "conditions", which will indeed trouble parents, but to a certain extent, the "clocking" of housework can help children form good living habits, which will benefit children for life.
Teacher Zhang suggested: "Parents should not be afraid of trouble and deprive their children of the opportunity to participate in housework."