《幼儿园工作规程》和《幼儿园教育指导纲要》中都明确提出幼儿园教育要“以游戏为基本活动”。然而理想与现实存在着较大的差距,游戏的重要地位并未在幼儿园教育活动中真正确立。新世纪幼儿园主题探究课程围绕某一主题,让幼儿在自主探究活动中获得生动、活泼、主动地发展的课程设计思想,为实践“以游戏为基本活动”的教育理念提供了新的研究思路。我们感到主题探究课程突出的特色和优势在于:以主题探究活动为载体,重视幼儿的游戏体验,将以教师为主体的教学情境转变为以幼儿为主 “Kindergarten Working Rules” and “Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline” made it clear that kindergarten education to “game-based activities.” However, there is a big gap between ideal and reality. The important position of the game is not really established in kindergarten education activities. New Century Kindergarten Themed Inquiry Courses provide a vivid, lively and initiative curriculum design idea for young children to focus on a certain topic and provide a new research idea for the practice of “game-based activities”. We feel that the outstanding features and advantages of the theme inquiry course lie in that the topic exploration activity is the carrier, the emphasis is placed on the children’s game experience, and the teacher-centered teaching situation is transformed into the child-oriented