AI时代,我们为什么更要给孩子做好美育? I In the Age of AI, Why Is Aesthetic Education More Important Than Ever for Our Children?

五月，我们的IEYC主题是“想象一下”。从一场美术馆之行开始，我们带孩子走进艺术的真实场域。

老师告诉孩子：“美术馆是一个挂满画的大房子”“每幅画都有小灯照亮”“画框也各不相同”。这是他们与艺术的第一次对话。

走进美术馆，孩子们在安静的氛围中，细细观察色彩、光影与笔触。窗外的自然景色与室内的艺术作品交相融合，宁静而愉悦。

被美术馆的艺术氛围感染，孩子们拿起画笔，用线条、色块，或心中想象的“窗”与“树”，把眼中的世界画了下来。

他们既是观众，也是小小的创作者。

从想象、观察到创作，孩子们不仅认识了美术馆，更学会了在静谧中感受美、在观察后表达美。

一颗美的种子，悄然播撒在心田。

为什么要让孩子亲手去“做”艺术？在彼一米，IEYC主题“想象一下”的每一个艺术活动，都在回答这个问题。

孩子们用皮筋、夹子将布料扎出各种形状，再滴上水彩颜料。每一滴颜料的流动都充满未知——展开的一刹那，独一无二的图案跃然眼前。

那一刻，孩子明白了：美不是标准化的，美可以来自“意外”。

孩子们用铅笔在吹塑板上刻出线条，涂上颜色，再像变魔术一样印到纸上。反复尝试，每一次印刷都是对“预期”与“结果”的验证。

那一刻，孩子学会了：创作需要耐心，作品需要反复打磨。

将布料浸入染料，静候色彩慢慢渗入纤维。

孩子们学会了等待——美不是即时的，它需要时间的沉淀。

随着主题单元的深入，我们在六一节的结题展上迎来了这场美学探索的最绚烂绽放。这不仅是一场展览，更是一次打破边界的狂欢。

全园小朋友穿着与家长共同制作的环保纸袋服装，自信地走上T台。

废旧的纸袋在亲子协作下变成高定“礼服”，这不仅是创意的碰撞，更是两代人关于爱与陪伴的双向奔赴。

校门口的草坪前，100张纯真灿烂的笑脸汇聚成一幅巨大的能量墙。

在这个充满不确定性的世界里，孩子们不加掩饰的快乐，比任何高清像素都更具感染力，瞬间治愈了每一位驻足的大人。

我们特设了互动环节，让大小朋友尽情释放天性。

在草间弥生式的波点艺术与自由涂鸦区里，没有对错，只有纯粹的表达。

斑斓的色彩将现场变成欢乐的海洋，每一个人都成为了艺术的共创者。

In May, our IEYC theme was "Imagine That." We began with a visit to an art gallery, taking the children into the real world of art.

The teacher introduced the art gallery to the children: ‘A big building full of paintings’, ‘Each painting is lit by a little lamp’, ‘The frames are all different’. These were their first impressions of art.

Upon entering the art gallery, the children carefully observed the colours, light and shadow, and brushstrokes of the paintings in the quiet atmosphere. The natural scenery outside the windows blended with the art inside, creating a sense of tranquillity and joy.

Inspired by the artistic atmosphere, the children pick up their brushes and use lines, blocks of colour, or their own mental images of ‘windows’ and ‘trees’ to depict the world as they see it. They are not only viewers but have also become young creators.

From imagination and observation to creation, the children have not only become familiar with the art gallery but have also learnt to appreciate beauty in tranquillity and to express beauty through observation, quietly planting a seed of beauty in their hearts.

Why should children ‘make’ art with their own hands?

At BeeMee, every art activity in this month’s ‘Imagine That’ theme answers this question.s ‘Imagine That’ theme answers this question.

The children use rubber bands and pegs to tie the fabric into various shapes, then drip watercolour paint onto it. The flow of every drop of paint is unpredictable—the moment the fabric is unfolded, a unique pattern is revealed.

In that moment, the children realise: beauty is not standardised; beauty can arise from the ‘unexpected’.

Children carve lines into styrofoam boards with pencils, colour them in, and then, as if by magic, transfer them onto paper. Through repeated attempts, each print serves as a test of the relationship between ‘expectation’ and ‘result’.

In that moment, the children learn: creation requires patience, and a work of art needs to be refined through repetition.

Immersing fabric in dye and waiting for the colour to slowly seep into the fibres.

The children learnt to wait—beauty is not instant; it requires the passage of time to settle.

As the thematic unit deepened, we witnessed the most dazzling blossoming of this aesthetic exploration at the final exhibition. This was not merely an exhibition, but a celebration that transcended boundaries.

Children from across the school confidently took to the catwalk wearing eco-friendly paper bag outfits they had crafted together with their parents. Through parent-child collaboration, discarded paper bags were transformed into haute-couture gowns; this was not only a collision of creativity, but also a mutual journey of love and companionship between two generations.

On the lawn by the school gates, 100 innocent, beaming smiles come together to form a massive wall of energy. In this world full of uncertainty, the children’s unguarded joy is a work of art more infectious than any high-definition image, instantly healing every adult who pauses to look.

We have specially organised interactive activities to allow children and adults alike to fully unleash their inner selves. In the Yayoi Kusama-style polka dot art and free graffiti zone, there is no right or wrong—only pure expression. Vibrant colours transform the venue into a sea of joy, with everyone becoming a co-creator of art.