Director of Tengchong ECD Library in Menglian Village,Yang Rongsu

At the age of three, a child begins rapidly to develop cognition, imagination and language, and develops a unique personality. However, children's growth cannot be unified according to a certain standard to master new skills. In this process, the correct guidance of parents and caregivers is needed in order to realize children's comprehensive development.

Han Han is 3 years old, and her grandfather takes care of her most of the time. In Tengchong’s Menglian library, her grandfather said that instead of letting the child watch TV and play in the mud at home, he would like to bring her to the library to play with other children and learn.

Although she is 3 years old, Han Han still stutters and is reluctant to say much. She likes to say "humhum ~~~" no matter what she does or when someone talks to her. Grandpa also said that her father thought the child could not speak clear enough.

In fact, this is not a problem for Han Han. It has nothing to do with whether she is willing to learn to speak up clearly or not. With a little guidance from her parents, she can overcome her stutter by practicing and speaking more. So Yang Rongsu, the head of the library, suggested that Grandpa talks to Han Han more when he gets home, and guides the child to speak more smoothly and completely, so that the family could communicate with Han Han more.

The next day, Grandpa went to the llibrarian and told the person in charge that it didn't work. Some people talked to Han Han at home. If she was happy, she would say a few words, and if she was not happy, she would just "humhum ~~~", or even cry and resist.

I spent some time with Han Han and found that she was smart and cute, and also very naughty. Han Han likes to play with other children. If she is having fun, she will use her hands to pat other children's backs with force or suddenly run to them to pick them up. Han Han's parents feel that Han Han is too strong, and other children are often made to cry by her.

When she finds a toy she likes, she snatches it from the other kids, Shouting, "HUMMMM, I'll take that toy."

Such a way of communication and exchange, always make other children resisting , they neither like it.

Because of her stutter and unwillingness to communicate with other friends, the "humhum" girl, whom her father described as reluctant to make an effort to talk, was upset when she found that no one wanted to play with her.

In response to Han Han's problem, Yang Rongsu, who is in charge of the llibrarian, decided to get rid of her habit of saying "humhum" and learn how to communicate and get along with others.

By chance, she found that Ultraman's songs were deeply liked by Han Han. So whenever she met Han Han in the library every day, Rongsu would play Ultraman's songs to Han Han and ask her to sing along with her. By mobilizing and encouraging other children in the library to sing together, Rongsu would create opportunities for each child to express and communicate in more languages, so as to form a mutual learning group and mutual communication among children such creating a good learning atmosphere. At the same time, Rongsu also instructed Han Han's grandfather to guide the child to practice more from the aspects that the child is interested in.

According to the person in charge of the library, the "humhum" girl is just one of the many manifestations of 1-4 year old children in rural areas, and most parents tend to emphasize "raising" rather than "teaching", lacking proper guidance in early childhood education and rearing. Although a few parents will learn some professional knowledge about child rearing and education through mobile Internet, the channels and types of content for learning are limited.

The project has broken the limitation of parents' learning and accompanied parents to help children grow up happily.

Where there are children, there is joy, "Humhum" girl little Han Han, energy and spirit are always there.

Project introduction:

Tengchong Genwell-HPP Children's Library project is supported by Genwell Foundation and Planet Aid Inc., HPP cooperation with Tengchong Women's Federation and Tengchong Education Bureau. By setting up a children's center, the project carries out a variety of interesting activities, trains child development and librarians, and visits families regularly to help parents understand the knowledge of child rearing and education, master the skills of parent-child interaction, and promote the early education and sustainable development of rural children aged 0-4.

Genwell Foundation 

The project is funded by the Genwell Foundation and Planet Aid Inc.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and have nothing to do with the position of the funder.