April 21st, the Parent-Child Mini Marathon (Beijing Station) hosted by Xueersi under TAL Education Group and co-organized by Heschi Children's Fitness was held in the Olympic Forest Park. The event consisted of a 4.2-kilometer race with a total of 300 families participating. Coaches from Heschi Children's Fitness provided professional guidance to ensure a more scientific and safe sports experience for the participating families. The purpose of this event is to allow children to enjoy the fun of exercise and promote harmonious parent-child relationships through sports. A mother named Siyuan is a marathon enthusiast who runs in the Olympic Forest Park every week. Siyuan has always hoped to run together with her mother, and this parent-child mini marathon fulfilled Siyuan's wish. Siyuan's mother said, "Marathons can train a child's willpower and help them understand the meaning of perseverance." Running can also cultivate a child's tenacious character. During the race, a child named Kaikai was accidentally knocked down by other kids and lightly injured his arm. However, he still persisted and ran to the finish line. When his wound was being treated, Kaikai bravely held back his tears and told his father, "This minor injury is nothing, a man should be strong." Miki's father, from a family of four, expressed that participating in this parent-child mini marathon was meant to be a way for the children to have fun. However, during the actual race, he discovered that 4 kilometers is not just for play for children. It requires a strong willpower and mutual trust and encouragement between the parent and child. Loving sports and learning sports is an ability that can benefit a child for a lifetime. According to Kuang Wen, the head of natural sciences at Xueersi Elementary, although this parent-child mini marathon was only 4.2 kilometers, which is one-tenth of a full marathon, it carries beautiful expectations for every child and family. The goal is to make children fall in love with sports, maintain physical and mental health, and have a stronger physique in the marathon of life, thereby enjoying a higher quality of life. Xueersi has always been committed to "studying the science of learning to make children learn more scientifically." This collaboration with Heschi Children's Fitness, which is focused on scientific child fitness and comprehensive quality development, aims to help children master a more scientific way of exercising, improve their learning abilities, and give children abilities that will benefit them for a lifetime. Currently, Xueersi is also organizing a parent-child reading activity—Candy Reading, encouraging parents and children to join the reading plan. Under the guidance of experts, using a fun and easy reading approach, combined with online and offline extended activities, more families are encouraged to establish reading habits, helping children improve their reading abilities and have a better childhood. Education is not just about imparting knowledge, but more importantly, it is about cultivating a child's comprehensive abilities. Since upgrading its brand concept to "lifelong benefit capabilities" in 2017, Xueersi has placed a greater emphasis on cultivating children's future-oriented literacy and abilities. In the classroom, Xueersi integrates the cultivation of "literacy" and "abilities" comprehensively into the learning of subject knowledge. Outside the classroom, Xueersi actively helps children to build platforms for literacy practice, encourages children to apply their knowledge, explore the beauty of life, and solve practical problems. By giving children the ability to face the future, they will naturally run towards their own "direction" and "future"!