On a spring day, the chill of the mountain village gradually faded away, and the beautiful voice of cucurbit flute rang out on Tongzi Street in Qingnian Town. This voice originated from the teaching point of the Youth Primary School. In the "Small Musical Instruments" class of the third and fourth grade after-school time-delay service, the children's cucurbit reed pipes bloomed one after another with cheerful notes.
In the former youth primary school, there were only a handful of music teaching equipment, and children's cognition of musical instruments mostly stayed on the TV screen. In September 2019, the 35-year-old Dai Jun became the counselor of the Village Children's Palace at the Youth Primary School. After in-depth understanding of the Youth Primary School, Dai Jun decided to bring some changes to the school's musical instrument education: taking the "small musical instrument" classroom as the incision, by guiding the children to learn musical instruments such as cucurbit flute, open the door of art for rural children.

Group teaching and careful guidance, so that students can learn thoroughly

"Press the mouthpiece with the front tongue, release it quickly, and make it elastic. Use vibrato and breath control to make the sound more even and soft..." On February 23, in the multimedia classroom of Youth Primary School, a cucurbit flute teaching class in progress. On behalf of the army shouting passwords, while doing movements, to set a demonstration for the students. Under the leadership of Dai Jun, the students earnestly performed the blowing movements such as tongue-out, tongue-flicking, and air-breathing.
"If you want to learn the cucurbit flute, the most important thing is to have a solid foundation." Year students are divided into groups, and fifth and sixth grade students are divided into two groups each week. At the same time, the teaching music is selected according to the students' music foundation and preference for music, so that the teaching becomes more transparent and smooth, so that students can understand and learn quickly. "For example, when the children have mastered the basic playing skills, I will find a piece of music that everyone is interested in and has a moderate difficulty to teach, and then gradually increase the difficulty of teaching, and gradually realize the improvement of 'quantity' and '' a qualitative leap," he said.
"Perseverance and perseverance" is the request of the army to himself. In each class, he will carefully observe the students' learning and keep an eye on the students' performance. Once he finds that the students' playing skills cannot keep up, he will guide them hand in hand until the students master them.

Build the stage, actively participate in the competition, and help students improve their skills

"Next, let's invite the fourth and fifth grade students to bring cucurbit flute to everyone..." During this year's New Year's Day, the fourth and fifth grade students of the Youth Primary School performed the classic cucurbit flute song "Under the Moonlight" for the whole school. Phoenix-tailed Bamboo. The song is elegant, graceful, and intriguing.
The outstanding performance of the students is inseparable from the daily careful guidance of the army generation and the active construction of a stage for the children to show.
Dai Jun told reporters that at first, due to the few opportunities for children to appear on stage, when they officially appeared on stage, problems such as nervousness, wrong shooting, and rushing were very common.
In response to these problems, the army tried every means to solve it. On the one hand, in daily teaching, we simulate stage performances to encourage students to have the courage to try, exercise their courage, and enhance their psychological quality; Opportunities to report performances during the festival and let students perform on stage. "Thanks to Teacher Dai's encouragement, I have overcome my inner fear and can boldly perform on stage." said fifth grade student Luo Yating.
Giving will always pay off. In the 2020 district-level primary and secondary school musical instrument talent competition, the youth primary school's cucurbit flute performance won the third prize in the district. "This competition is of special significance to me and the children. It is not only a great progress, but also a brand new beginning. Next, I will continue to stick to my teaching position and educate every child with heart and emotion. Not only teach them to play the cucurbit flute, but also teach them to play the piano, recorder, etc., so as to help more rural children realize their musical instrument dreams." Dai Jun said.

Pay attention to students, care for students, and solve students' practical difficulties

In addition to being serious and responsible in teaching, Dai Jun also cares about the daily life of students and helps them solve practical difficulties.
Since both parents are migrant workers, Xiao Zhou (pseudonym) lives with his grandparents for many years. Xiao Zhou likes Hulusi very much and actively signed up to participate in school performances, but his grandparents did not support it. Since the school's cucurbits could not be taken out of school, and the grandparents did not support the purchase of cucurbits, Xiaozhou practiced less time than his friends and couldn't keep up with everyone's rhythm. Seeing the performance was imminent, Xiaozhou cried anxiously. After learning about the situation, Dai Jun bought a cucurbit silk for Xiao Zhou with his own money, and used his spare time to guide Xiao Zhou in his practice. Under the guidance of Dai Jun, Xiao Zhou made rapid progress and finally reached the level of performing on stage.
Yaoyao's (pseudonym) family used to be a poor household in Wansheng. When Yaoyao needed to buy costumes to participate in the performance, Yaoyao's parents were powerless. After the army found out, he paid for Yaoyao's costumes and let Yaoyao participate in the performance smoothly.
In addition to giving the children material help, Dai Jun is also very concerned about the mental health of the children. He often chats and talks with the children to understand the children's living and learning conditions, and helps the children solve practical difficulties in life and learning. Children create a good environment for growth.
"As a rural children's palace counselor, I will create a good environment for children within the scope of my ability, help them seize all opportunities to exercise, and constantly improve themselves. I hope I can use loving education to make children's hearts feel The 'flower of dreams' blooms." Dai Jun said.