福州西湖国际学校于三月十二日至三月十四日举行了开放日（Open House）活动。在美式教育体系中，开放日当天，家长可以进入教室观摩孩子的课堂，了解学校的教学方式、日常活动与校园氛围。此次FLIS精心筹备的开放日活动可谓亮点多多！一起随照片回顾吧~
Fuzhou Lakeside International School held an Open House from March 12 to March 14. In the tradition of the American education system, an Open House is an event that permits parents to visit the classroom to observe their children's classes and learn about the school's teaching methods, daily activities, and the campus atmosphere. The FLIS Open Day had many highlights! Let's take a look!



幼儿园开放日当天，我们特地邀请了“亲子共读”倡导者，原福建新闻频道主持人王媛女士为诸位家长介绍幼儿语言发展阶段及其培养重点：鼓励孩子多说话，即使说得不对、发音不准，也没有关系；引导孩子多说句子而非单个词汇，用生动的语气与孩子对话，等等。王女士也强调了要在家中营造良好的语言环境，她还与在场家长分享了不少让孩子爱上阅读，养成“亲子共读”的小方法。希望这些对宝爸宝妈们有所启发！之后，家长们也纷纷进入幼儿园，观摩了萌宝们的日常课堂。
On the day of the ECE, or Early Childhood Education, Open House, we extended a special invitation to the advocate of the ‘Parent-child Reading Together’ program, the former host of Fujian News, Ms. Wang Yuan, to introduce the different linguistic stages of children and some advice on how to teach children to improve their linguistic competence. Parents should encourage children to speak more, even if they speak incorrectly or pronounce incorrectly. It doesn't matter. She advised parents to ask their children to speak in sentences, instead of single words, and to talk to children in a vivid tone. Ms. Wang also stressed the importance of creating a good language environment at home, and she shared with the parents many ways to make children fall in love with reading and develop ‘parent-child reading’ habits. We hope these tips are enlightening for parents! After that, the parents visited the kindergarten and watched their children’s daily classes.



第二天举行的是小学开放日。中文部主管Mia老师登台为大家介绍了FLIS中文部，我们根据孩子的中文程度差异，准备了几套不同的教材，让处于各种阶段的孩子都能跟上中文学习的进度，同时，我们也准备了许多意趣盎然的补充教材，让孩子更了解中国的历史文化。Mia老师还为在场来宾展示了我校新颖的中文教学方法，学习过程中孩子不仅能拓展思维，也锻炼了动手能力。而Juno老师则对家长们介绍了我校第二课堂——CAASEL情商中心（实践基地）。在此，我们让学生们接触各种不同种类的艺术（绘画、雕塑、书法、扎染、戏剧……），亲近大自然，拓展视野。Juno老师以一句箴言结束了演讲：幸运的孩子用童年充实一生，不幸的孩子用一生治愈童年。FLIS的学生都是很幸运的孩子，我们希望他们能在这里快乐自信地成长！
The second day was the Open House for Primary. Ms. Mia, director of the Mandarin Department, came on the stage to introduce the FLIS Mandarin Department. Ms. Mia explained that the school prepares several sets of textbooks for students at different Mandarin levels, to ensure everyone can keep pace with the progress of Mandarin learning. At the same time, the school also prepares many supplementary teaching materials to teach children more about Chinese culture and history. Ms. Mia also showed the guests our innovative Mandarin teaching method. During the learning process, children can not only expand their thinking, but also practice their hands-on ability. Meanwhile, Ms. Juno, director of CAASEL, the Collaborative Arts & Academic Social Emotional Learning center, introduced our school’s second campus, the CAASEL center to the parents. At CAASEL students are exposed to different kinds of art, such as painting, sculpture, calligraphy, and drama, and get close to nature in order to broaden students’ horizons. Ms. Juno ended her speech with a proverb, “Lucky kids enrich their life with their childhood, while unlucky kids spend their whole life attempting to cure their childhood.” FLIS students are very lucky. They can grow up here, happy and confident!



中学开放日别出心裁地邀请了学生代表们为家长介绍新学年FLIS特色学院制度。四个学院的学生代表依次登台为大家讲解各自学院的名称由来、象征标志与学院主题色的寓意。
The Secondary Open Day invited student representatives to introduce the FLIS brand new house system to parents. Student representatives from each of the four houses took the stage one by one to explain the origin of the name of their houses, the symbols, and the implications of their house-colors.


Juno老师对中学家长介绍了FLIS的CAASEL情商中心。插花、书法、雕塑、陶艺等等艺术课程极大丰富了学生的精神世界，也开拓了学生认知美的能力。
Ms. Juno also introduced the CAASEL center to Secondary parents. Flower arrangement, calligraphy, sculpture, pottery and other art courses offered at CAASEL have greatly enriched students' lives, and developed their ability to recognize beauty.


希望本次开放日活动能帮助家长更了解FLIS的教育理念，促进家校交流。FLIS鼓励家长与学校建立积极而良性的沟通，为学生的全方面发展提供更多帮助。未来，FLIS将有更多活动期待您的参与！
It is hoped that this Open House will help parents better understand the FLIS educational philosophy and promote family-school communication. FLIS encourages parents to establish positive communication with schools and provide more help for students' all-round development. In the future, FLIS will have more activities like these. We are looking forward to your continued participation!