"Reviving" discarded milk cartons into toys for children. With both her professional and personal experience, teacher Thanh Tuyen impressed with her innovative teaching methods and creativity in making tools and toys for children; thereby integrating them into lessons to help children understand and remember easily. With the motto "learning while playing, playing while learning", Ms. Tuyen's lessons always bring new and interesting things to children. With her dexterity and creativity, Ms. Tuyen often makes use of scrap materials to create tools and toys for teaching as well as decoration in the activity corners of the classroom.

Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Tuyen, teacher, Deputy Head of the Leaf Block of Vo Thi Sau Kindergarten, Di An City, Binh Duong Province. Photo: NVCC.

Recently, the young teacher and her school won 3 first prizes for "Reviving milk cartons" in the contest "Classifying, collecting and recycling milk cartons" organized by the Provincial Youth Union in collaboration with the Department of Education and Training of Binh Duong. From discarded paper milk cartons, the teacher and her colleagues invented toy cars, made hats to wear, cut them into decorative flowers for photo frames, etc. As for plastic milk cartons, she turned them into lanterns or poured cement after placing water pipes in the middle to create a support for traffic signs or as targets for ring tossing games, etc.

Ms. Tuyen turns used milk cartons into toys and utensils.

The young teacher also actively researched documents and sought new teaching methods using the STEM/STEAM method to help children become more interested, thereby improving the quality of teaching. Thanh Tuyen also contributed to her school winning 3 first prizes at the city-level STEM/STEAM product display contest (award for the most effective STEM product applied to students' learning; award for the most beautiful product display; award for students guided by teachers to introduce STEM products).

... and used for children when participating in outdoor activities. Photo: NVCC

Ms. Tuyen said that, for her, child-rearing is not just a simple job but also a mission to care for and love, bringing special attention to each child. However, at first, like many other teachers, she encountered many difficulties. “At first, I simply thought that preschool teachers only taught children to sing, dance and add a little knowledge. But when I actually started working, I understood my role as a multi-talented mother, caring, nurturing, sometimes like a doctor, sometimes like a cleaner...”, Ms. Tuyen said. Besides, at first, some parents did not put their trust in young teachers like her. “Children at a young age sometimes come home from school and are not taught correctly, causing parents to have wrong thoughts, views or distrust. At those times, I felt very sorry for myself. Thinking that my job was already hard, and having to endure unnecessary pressure from parents, many times I wanted to give up,” Ms. Tuyen shared. However, with love for children and the encouragement and help of family and colleagues, Ms. Tuyen overcame everything and loves her job more and more.

After being used, plastic milk cans are creatively turned by teachers into lanterns, classroom corner decorations,...

As a preschool teacher, Ms. Tuyen also got used to having to talk a lot and clean up after the children. “As for the children's toilet, at first I was not used to it. When I asked if they had gone to the toilet, the children did not answer. My colleagues and I had to go to where each child slept and pull out each pair of pants to smell. At those times, I wondered what I was and what I was doing,” the teacher laughed. Ms. Tuyen always determined that “children are like a mirror, the more we love them, the more love we will receive from them.” “I always tell myself to try hard, try to work with all my heart and soul, and surely parents will understand, share and see me more correctly,” Ms. Tuyen said.

Ms. Tuyen and her colleagues at Vo Thi Sau Kindergarten in the "revival" of milk cartons. Photo: NVCC.

For 5 consecutive years, she has been recognized as an outstanding teacher. Gradually, Ms. Tuyen's dedication has been reciprocated by the love of children and the trust of parents. The young teacher is the one who trained students to participate in the provincial-level Beautiful and Good Doll contest, winning 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize and 1 Third Prize; trained students to participate in provincial-level painting, winning 1 First Prize, 4 Second Prizes and 6 Encouragement Prizes. She also actively supports, advises and guides schools to effectively implement the content of designing educational environments according to the viewpoint of "Building schools with children as the center".

Photo: NVCC.

With her efforts and dedication to her profession, the teacher has received many certificates of merit from all levels. The 9X teacher has won the title of "Outstanding Young Teacher" at the provincial level for 5 consecutive years (from 2020 to 2024). This is an unprecedented achievement at Vo Thi Sau Kindergarten and is also the only one in Binh Duong province. She has also won the title of Emulation Fighter at the grassroots level 5 times; "Excellent Teacher" at the provincial level in 2021; Certificate of Merit for the "Outstanding Young Teacher at the Central Level" award in 2022. Recently, Ms. Thanh Tuyen is one of three outstanding teachers of Binh Duong province honored by the Ministry of Education and Training as an Outstanding National Teacher in 2024.

Photo: NVCC.

Ms. Tran Thi Kim Chung, Principal of Vo Thi Sau Kindergarten, commented that Ms. Tuyen is a very dynamic and creative teacher, always trying to find new educational methods for children and is recognized and highly appreciated by parents. Ms. Tuyen said that she is not satisfied with her achievements, always telling herself to try harder in her career of educating people. "I always want to research and be creative in new teaching lessons with new methods so that children have more opportunities to participate, experience and be more interested in going to school," Ms. Tuyen said.

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