每天早上，從小朋友起床的一刻開始，很多父母已經開始與時間賽跑，協助小朋友完成一件又一件事情，例如刷牙梳洗、穿校服、吃早餐等，為求小朋友可以準時出門上學。爸媽們有沒有發現，或許自己眼中那個小寶寶，已經可以自己完成這些事情呢？雖然小朋友因年紀和能力所限，需要更多時間去完成一個任務，但只要父母提供足夠的時間和空間，日常生活中有無數機會可以讓小朋友學習，培養他們的自理能力，這是他們在成長的過程中不可或缺的一課。   今期我們邀請到多個界別的資深人士，向各位爸爸媽媽分享培養孩子自理能力的原則和具體方法，讓爸爸媽媽在日常生活中，輕鬆掌握每個時機，扶助孩子在成長的路上踏前一步！   按此閱讀《童心．家Fun》Vol.6 幼兒學習的基礎：自理能力 瀏覽《童心．家Fun》其他期數     關於《童心．家Fun》 於2023年5月份創刊，以向家長及公眾分享本會累積多年的專業育兒知識為宗旨。雜誌每期主要收錄數篇幼兒照顧、幼兒教育、家庭服務等界別之專業人士的撰文，對於公眾的育兒知識有所增益。每期雜誌於各地點免費向公眾派發，派發地點包括本會屬下單位、私人診所、健康中心、各大母嬰健康院等。雜誌亦可從各大院校圖書館或公共圖書館借閱。  

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A heartfelt thank you to HOYA Lens Hong Kong Limited for their generous support in providing professional vision screening services to our senior kindergarten children.   From February to April 2025, their professional team visited four of our nursery schools, including the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Nursery School, Park’N Shop Staff Charitable Fund Nursery School, Cheung Sha Wan Nursery School, and Portland Street Nursery School, bringing expert care directly to our campuses.   The screening covered three key areas: standard vision tests, stereoscopic vision assessments, and colour vision evaluations.   To further raise awareness of eye care, HOYA also distributed the Children’s Myopia Handbook to parents and children, equipping them with essential knowledge of myopia and preventive measures, helping young children cultivate healthy eye-care habits from an early age.

Thanks to the sponsorship of A Zone Foundation, our Children and Family Services Centre (Sham Wong District), in collaboration with PaMa Kids Child Development and Parent Resources Project, hosted "TOY+ Fun Day" on 2 March at Kwun Tong Promenade. The event attracted the enthusiastic participation of 861 parents and children.   Focusing on diverse interactive experiences, the event featured inflatable bounce houses, giant building blocks, and creative booth games. Several parent-child workshops were thoughtfully planned, including STEM mechanical model car assembly, interactive story theater, parent-child stretching exercises, emotional expression clay painting, and a large cardboard toy creation open area, allowing families to learn and share together.   The event was designed with the theme of "Learning through Play," enabling childrento explore and express themselves freely in a safe and comfortable environment. Parents were able to learn how to inspire their children's language, social, emotional, and cognitive development through toys from the workshops. Participating families described the event as "unforgettable" and "fun and meaningful," particularly appreciated the clever combination of innovative games and educational elements. In the future, we will continue to design parent-child programmes that blend education and entertainment, promoting play-based learning in family life.

Our Fun Day 2025 was successfully held on 15 February at the Wadakiyama Plantation in Sha Tau Kok. The event attracted participation from 24 service units, with approximately 1,700 parents and children attending. This included our service users from Children’s Residential Home, 16 Nursery Schools, 5 Day Creches, and 2 Children and Family Services Centres.   Thanks to the funds raised from our “Little Artist”, we could sponsor parents and children to participate in this fun day, fulfilling our commitment to supporting play-themed activities.   The plantation offered a variety of exciting facilities, including grass skiing, water skiing, hand boats, high-speed slide, drift cars, and trampoline, etc. There is also an organic growing area and a hydroponic growing area, and visitors can feed goats and koi fish, allowing everybody to explore and learn in a fun way.   All parents and children enjoyed an unforgettable Saturday filled with laughter and memorable moments. We received glowing feedback from participants, who look forward to more events like this in the future.

  親子關係的經營，在於陪伴和溝通。幼兒的早期依附關係影響孩子的自我價值觀和安全感，以至他們與外在世界和與人聯繫的信心和能力，因此從小建立良好的親子關係甚為重要。如何聽懂對方的心聲，明白孩子不同身心發展階段的需要，對不少家長都是一種挑戰。   今期我們邀請到多個界別的資深人士，帶領大家了解適合不同年齡的親子溝通方法，從接納、傾聽、鼓勵三大步，培養家長成爲溝通大師。各位家長不如從今天起，每天給孩子一個擁抱，並抽出時間全心與孩子溝通，共建有傾有講、幸福美滿的家庭！   按此閱讀《童心．家Fun》Vol.5 親子溝通與培育 瀏覽《童心．家Fun》其他期數     關於《童心．家Fun》 於2023年5月份創刊，以向家長及公眾分享本會累積多年的專業育兒知識為宗旨。雜誌每期主要收錄數篇幼兒照顧、幼兒教育、家庭服務等界別之專業人士的撰文，對於公眾的育兒知識有所增益。每期雜誌於各地點免費向公眾派發，派發地點包括本會屬下單位、私人診所、健康中心、各大母嬰健康院等。雜誌亦可從各大院校圖書館或公共圖書館借閱。

    Over the past month, the Little Artist participants transformed their ideas of "play" into incredible art pieces while inviting their family and friends to donate in support. 107 individual or group participants submitted 63 artworks, including oil paintings, sculptures, photography, digital art, etc. The art pieces were exhibited at Phillips Auction in the West Kowloon Cultural District from 7 to 8 December 2024.   The event was well supported by celebrities in the city. HK$710,000 has been raised so far, and fundraising will continue until 31 December. The funds will go towards renovating the HKSPC centre playground and support other play-based programmes.         Featuring 63 artworks by 107 children on the theme of PLAY, including 5 collaborative pieces from HKSPC service units.  Specifications: 20cm x 20cm in paper Price: HK$50 each   Order now  

On 19 November, 2024, the Legislative Council Panel on Welfare Services visited three service units of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC), including the Children’s Residential Home (CRH), to learn about its work over the past two years.   Members first listened to a briefing from Mr. Vincent Lee, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Ms. Subrina Chow, Director, on its services and operations. During the meeting, Chow shared the current operational challenges faced by NGOs, expressing her hope that the government would review the subsidy model, allowing our childcare centres and nursery schools to more flexibly utilise their reserves to support more children and families in need.   Members then observed the facilities and environment of CRH, as well as the Air Cargo Community Day Creche and the Children and Family Services Centre (Sham Mong Districts), to learn about its childcare and family support services.   Members exchanged views with HKSPC representatives on issues such as establishing effective regulatory mechanisms, improving service quality, strengthening staff training and further promoting a culture of child safeguarding.   Looking ahead, we will be committed to planning new services and continuing to optimise existing services to respond to the ever-changing needs of society, creating a happy childhood for children in Hong Kong.   Members who participated in the visit were the Chairman of the Panel, Reverend Canon Peter Douglas Koon, and Deputy Chairman, Ms Doreen Kong; Panel members Mr Stanley Li, Mr Kenneth Leung, Mr Tang Ka-piu; as well as non-Panel members Dr Junius Ho, Mr Edward Leung and Ms Joephy Chan.  

The HKSPC “Happy Childhoods Uplift Us All” Conference was successfully held on November 1, 2024. The event examines the three key aspects that contribute to a well-rounded upbringing: physical health, mental health, and interpersonal relationships, has attracted over 400 childcare workers, social workers, teachers and parents from HKSPC and outside HKSPC.   We were honoured to invite Mr Chris Sun, JP, Secretary for Labour and Welfare HKSAR to deliver an opening speech for the conference and have more than 10 experts given keynote speeches. They contribute a lot to children's physical and mental health development in their professional fields. We believe that all attendees can gain rich knowledge and inspiration from them.   Mr. Sun expressed his pleasure at seeing HKSPC actively implementing s series of measures to enhance service quality and organizational governance over the past two years. To support the society in monitoring childcare services, the government has appropriated money from the Lotteries Fund, allowing the society to use AI technology in surveillance cameras. The AI-equipped cameras should be in use from Mid 2025.   We also held a press conference to release the results of the "Survey on Awareness and Perception Towards Child Safeguarding," which is the first large-scale survey in Hong Kong focused on public awareness of child safeguarding. The results found that about 75 percent lacked an understanding of the issue. In the future, we will continue to strengthen public awareness and education on Child Safeguarding and work with other stakeholders to make Hong Kong a child-friendly city.   We sincerely hope that this conference can promote cooperation between different social welfare sectors, educational institutions and parents. Everyone can contribute to bringing happiness to more families and children in the community.