About / Our Story 关于我们
The story of Little Frog Initiative began in 2015 with natural science and outdoor learning. As the work gradually expanded into cultural activities, community service and other real-world settings, those early educational explorations grew into a youth community practice platform. Today, across Metro Vancouver, we create opportunities for students in Grades 6–11 to connect with communities, experience different cultures and grow through meaningful participation. 小青蛙义工联盟的故事始于2015年的自然科学与户外学习探索。随着实践逐步走进文化活动、社区服务与真实社会情境，这些最初的教育尝试逐渐发展为一个面向青少年的社区实践平台。今天，我们立足大温哥华，为六至十一年级青少年创造连接社区、理解多元文化，并在真实参与中学习与成长的机会。
About the Organization机构介绍
Little Frog Initiative was launched by Contemporary Heritopia Foundation. “Little Frog” is the name most often used in our work with young people, families and community partners, while the Foundation is the registered nonprofit that supports project planning, partnerships and long-term development. 小青蛙义工联盟由当代文化传承者联盟发起。“小青蛙”是我们在青少年活动和社区合作中更常使用的名称；当代文化传承者联盟则是在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省注册的非营利组织，为项目规划、合作协调和长期发展提供支持。
Founding organization 发起机构
A nonprofit organization registered in British Columbia, Canada. It launched Little Frog Initiative and continues to support its project development, community partnerships and organizational growth. 当代文化传承者联盟是在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省注册的非营利组织。它发起了小青蛙义工联盟，并持续支持项目规划、社区合作与组织发展。
Youth community practice 青少年社区实践平台
This is the name people most often encounter through our activities and community partnerships. Through Little Frog, we bring students in Grades 6–11 into real community settings where they can participate, contribute and grow. 这是大家在活动与社区合作中更常看到的名称。我们通过小青蛙带领六至十一年级青少年走进真实社区，在参与和付出中学习，也在持续实践中成长。
Beyond School and Home学术之外
Young people gain knowledge at school and care, values and belonging at home. Learning how to work with unfamiliar people, respond to different perspectives, understand social expectations and take real responsibility, however, requires experience in the wider world. Little Frog helps make that part of growing up visible and intentional.
许多亚裔家庭重视学业，也愿意投入大量时间，帮助孩子打好知识基础。但一个人未来能否适应新的环境、与不同的人合作，并在复杂的现实中作出判断，往往不只取决于课堂成绩。
学校传授知识，家庭给予关爱与价值根基；而生活经验和社会参与，则让孩子学习沟通、承担、应变，也逐渐理解自己与他人、与社会之间的关系。随着孩子走向更广阔的世界，这些能力对他们的适应力、独立性和未来选择会越来越重要。
小青蛙希望补上这一部分。我们通过具体的活动、任务和服务机会，让青少年在亲身参与中积累经验，在与人合作中认识社会，并为未来独立生活、继续学习和进入社会做好准备。
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Building knowledge, ways of thinking and the foundations for continued learning.帮助孩子建立知识基础、思维方式与持续学习的能力。
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Providing care, security, values, belonging and steady companionship.给予孩子情感支持、安全感、价值根基、归属感与持续陪伴。
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Encountering different people, cultures, institutions and public issues—and learning to make judgments, work with others and take responsibility through real tasks.接触不同的人群、文化、机构与公共议题，在真实任务中学习合作、判断与负责。
School and family lay essential foundations. Little Frog adds the opportunity to carry that knowledge and those values into real life: to meet people outside one’s familiar circle, understand different positions, make choices in real situations and see how one’s actions affect others. We do not replace school or family; we help connect what young people learn with how they live and contribute. 学校和家庭为孩子打下重要基础；小青蛙补上的，是他们走进更广阔社会以后需要学习的那一课：如何与熟悉圈子之外的人相处，如何理解不同立场，如何在真实任务中作出判断、承担结果，并逐渐发现自己能够为他人和社会做些什么。我们不是替代学校或家庭，而是帮助孩子把已经学到的知识与价值观，带到真实生活中去实践。
What We Offer Young People我们为青少年提供什么
Not giving up when things get difficult在困难面前不轻易放弃
Following through on commitments, persisting through difficulty and understanding how one’s actions affect others.答应的事情认真做到，遇到困难不轻易放弃，也明白自己的行动会影响别人。
Understanding oneself and seeing others理解自己，也看见他人
Understanding what others need, expressing oneself clearly and completing work with people of different ages and backgrounds.听懂别人的需要，也能清楚表达自己，并与不同年龄、不同背景的人一起完成事情。
Thinking independently amid complexity在复杂问题中独立判断
Noticing problems, considering different positions and making reasoned choices when there is no single correct answer.看见问题，理解不同立场，并在没有标准答案的时候作出有根据的选择。
Being accountable to people, teams and society对他人、团队与社会负责
Understanding one’s cultural roots, respecting difference and beginning to care about other people and public life.认识自己的文化根基，尊重差异，也开始关心身边的人和共同生活的社会。
Trying something new and taking a step forward敢于尝试，也愿意向前一步
Moving from waiting for instructions to noticing needs, proposing action and inviting others to take part.从等待别人安排，逐步走向主动发现需要、提出办法，并邀请他人一起行动。
Knowing oneself and finding a way forward认识自己，也找到前行的方向
Discovering interests and strengths through different tasks, while practising time management, adaptability and self-management.在不同任务中发现自己的兴趣与优势，练习时间管理、适应变化与自我管理。
Activity-led Growth用活动带动成长
Our Story我们的来历
Little Frog did not begin as a fully formed organization. Its present direction developed gradually through three periods of educational exploration, real-world learning and shared community practice. 小青蛙目前的工作方向，是在三个阶段的实践中逐步明确的：先从自然科学和户外学习出发，再把学习带入文化活动与社会生活，最后发展为一个面向青少年的社区实践平台。
2015 – 2016 2015 – 2016
After arriving in Canada, the idea of an “Ecology of Education” prompted a deeper reflection on the relationship between learning, people and the natural world. Natural science and outdoor learning became the first field of practice, guided by the phrase “Feeling, doing and being with the well-being of the Earth.” The frog first emerged as a meaningful symbol during this period. 2015年，来到加拿大后，“教育生态”（Ecology of Education）成为最初的思考起点：教育不仅关系到知识，也关系到人如何认识自然、理解自身与环境的联系。2015至2016年，我们主要通过自然科学与户外学习开展实践，并以“感受、行动，并与大地的安好相连”（Feeling, doing and being with the well-being of the Earth）概括当时的方向，强调通过亲身参与建立对自然环境的理解与责任。后来沿用至今的“小青蛙”形象，也在这一阶段出现。
2016 – 2021 2016 – 2021
The understanding of learning gradually widened from nature into the different situations of real social life. Music, cultural events and other community settings became places for young people to observe, communicate and understand society. Encountering British Columbia’s renewed curriculum around 2018–2019 further reinforced the importance of intellectual, human and social, and career development. 2016至2021年，我们逐步把学习场景从自然环境扩展到音乐、文化活动和其他社会生活场景。青少年不只参与活动，也在其中练习观察、沟通与合作，学习与不同年龄、不同背景的人相处，并加深对社会和多元文化的理解。2018至2019年前后，我们开始了解BC新教育大纲。其中对智力发展（Intellectual Development）、个人与社会发展（Human and Social Development）以及职业发展（Career Development）的重视，为前期实践提供了更清晰的教育参照，也帮助我们进一步明确：青少年成长既包括知识与思维，也包括社会能力、自我认识和未来发展。
2022 – 2026 2022 – 2026
In 2022, a shared commitment to heritage, culture and community marked the shift from long-term individual exploration to collaborative action. Working with a partner made it possible to serve more young people and families, support larger community activities and build a more organized foundation for ongoing practice. Contemporary Heritopia Foundation and Little Frog Initiative gradually took shape within this shared work. 从2022年起，两位发起人因为共同关注文化传承、青少年成长和社区参与，开始一起推进这项工作。合作使原先以个人为主的长期探索，逐步转变为可以服务更多青少年与家庭、支持并开展规模更大社区活动的持续实践。当代文化传承者联盟在这一阶段逐步建立，并发起小青蛙义工联盟，为项目规划、合作协调和长期发展提供组织支持。
Origin & Meaning小青蛙的由来
The frog was not created specifically for branding or website design. It emerged through early natural science and outdoor learning practice, as we reflected on ecology, cultural continuity and the ways young people learn. The frog gradually became a way to hold and communicate those ideas. “小青蛙”并不是为了品牌宣传或网站设计而专门创造的形象。它产生于早期自然科学与户外学习的实践过程：在持续思考生态环境、文化传承与教育方式的同时，我们选择小青蛙来承载这些想法，并逐步赋予它今天所代表的象征意义。
The original design carried three connected ideas. The long evolutionary history of amphibians echoed our interest in the continuity of culture. A frog's life across water and land offered a way to think about adapting across cultural environments without losing one's roots. Its sensitivity to environmental change reminded us that culture, too, needs continuing attention, learning and transmission. 早期的标志设计包含三层相互关联的含义。两栖类漫长的演化历史，对应我们对文化历史与传承的关注；青蛙能够生活在水陆两种环境，也让我们思考如何在跨文化生活中适应新的环境，同时保留自己的文化根基；它对环境变化的敏感，则提醒我们，文化的延续同样需要持续的关注、学习和传承。
The lotus leaf and globe added two further ideas. The leaf represented the belonging and support that culture can offer; the globe pointed toward understanding different cultures, participating in the community where one lives and growing as a global citizen. Today, the frog connects our origins in outdoor learning with our continuing work in cultural understanding, community responsibility and youth growth. 标志中的荷叶和地球进一步补充了这层含义。荷叶代表文化能够带来的归属感与支持；地球则指向对不同文化的理解、对所在社区的参与，以及全球公民意识的形成。今天，小青蛙既保留着早期自然教育的起点，也连接着我们持续关注的文化理解、社区责任和青少年成长。
Community partners, educational institutions and media are welcome to contact us to learn more about the Initiative and its development. 欢迎社区伙伴、教育机构及媒体与我们联系，进一步了解小青蛙义工联盟及其发展历程。
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