There is a kindergarten(幼儿园) in a mountain village of Tongren, Guizhou Province. Rao Si is the only teacher working there for 18 children.
Inside the kindergarten, various plants can be found in a small garden. Walking out of the kindergarten's door, the children can see terraced fields(梯田) in the clouds. It helps them get a better understanding of nature. When she sees children's pictures and artworks with imagination on the wall, she finds her work helpful.
"Most children in my class don't live with their parents. Their grandparents care for them. They are like my family. We care about each other and grow up together," Rao says.
There were no kindergarten sin Tongren when Rao was born there in 1991.Things have become greatly different over the past ten years. Every village has a kindergarten now.
In order to make children's learning interesting, Rao gets training and often visits city kindergartens. She watches how the teachers teach and shares teaching experience with them.
Though great changes have taken place, there are still some difficulties. For example, they don't have enough musical instruments and painting materials. "We don't have the material(物质) conditions like those in city schools, but we are close to nature. Nature is the best teacher," Rao says.
