On the 1st of March we were happy to welcome spring by singing traditional songs in the outdoors. Accompanied  by a mother who studies traditional music and a musician who plays “kanonaki” (greek instrument) we enjoyed music under the sunny sky!

The Republic of Estonia celebrated its 100th anniversary of independence on February 24, 2018.
By lucky chance our kindergarten was opened exactly the same day in 1983, so we also celebrated 35 years of Aruküla kindergarten.
Various events took place all week:
On Monday we opened an exhibition of historical toys and books collected from parents and grandparents.
On Tuesday we had picnic event in our outdoor classroom, where we were singing and talking about our beloved homeland Estonia and our kindergarten. Hot sausages straight from the grill were real hit among children on a cold winter day.
On Wednesday we had a magician presenting tricks for children.Lots of surprises and real fun!
On Thursday we were drawing in groups and later these drawings were sent to presidental drawing competition “My present to Estonia”.
On Friday we watched a movie made by our enthusiastic teachers. In the movie children and kindergarten teachers were answering questions and analyzed life in Estonia and in our kindergarten.

The children played with the snow in our garden and then drew their play and expressed their joyful feelings.

The experience of visiting the virtual exhibition  “Van Gogh Alive” touched our artistic feelings and moved us to our Erasmus+ Corner in the schoolyard. There, our students reproduced their favorite Van Gogh’s paintings. We  were all enthousiastic to install an open-air exhibition. This unique artistic installation stayed open to the …audience ’till the end of the school day,  gaining a lot of  warm comments!

The poster with the theme “Secrets of a healthy student who loves outdoor learning” was made in February by six-year-old students in our kindergarten. They have expressed their artistic ideas through drawing, painting and applications that have illustrated the theme in the four seasons of the year with their favorite outdoor activities and games. At the end of their work, joy and delight were read on their faces for what they had done.