As we are admirers of art and nature, we organised an excursion to the National Glyptotheque which combines great sculptures in peaceful gardens. Accompanied by some mothers-volunteers and a guide, our pupils had the chance to discover, observe and also.. pretend to be different sculptures. A picnic and few games under the trees completed our unique day in the …Athenian Nature!
Our municipality kindly plow the earth around the trees in order to allow pupils to plant seeds of flowers.
On the 11th of May we planted different seeds to make a wild garden » with poppies…
After planting pupils had to water the earth. Of course they were very happy to water the future garden and a bit difficult for the youngest !
As we are having very hot days children watered the vegetable garden during the playtime. They are always very proud to take care of their garden and flowers !
Before our Easter holidays kids of Saint Joseph have participated in an experiential program titled “Herbs and plants” , where they were happy to discover the treasures of nature.
Firstly, we’ve learnt about planting the crops and drying the herbs. Then we cleaned the garden from the wild grass and watered it. After the hard work kids became farmers and fresh vegetables were gathered from the garden and ended in our plates ready to be eaten!! Finally, the most exciting thing was when kids fed the animals of the farm and dyed the eggs that they had previously collected from the chicken!!
Before our Easter holidays kids of Saint Joseph have participated in an experiential program titled “Herbs and plants” , where they were happy to discover the treasures of nature.
Firstly, we’ve learnt about planting the crops and drying the herbs. Then we cleaned the garden from the wild grass and watered it. After the hard work kids became farmers and fresh vegetables were gathered from the garden and ended in our plates ready to be eaten!! Finally, the most exciting thing was when kids fed the animals of the farm and dyed the eggs that they had previously collected from the chicken!!
Tuesday, on May 8 th, was another great day spent with our students outside the kindergarten. We went to visit the Rescue Station in Ploiesti, where a large medical team of nurses and volunteers taught the kids some resuscitation exercises on their own dolls. Also the children were invited to climb into the Rescue car and noticed the entire equipment, but also its role. In our response to the end of the visit to the Rescue Station we gave an interview to a local television in which we presented the purpose of our partnership.
This spring from 26th March to 6th April an exhibition called “Old to new” took place in Aruküla Kindergarten.
With great creativity children made various things with their parents from different reusable materials. Something new was made from something old. They used egg chells, food packs, peaces of old furniture etc.
Children were very happy doing this with their parents and proudly introduced their masterpieces. Also in groups we made mostly easter decorations for the exhibition.
Lots of parents was visiting exhibition and taking photos during several days.
An exhibition was organized in good purposes – Less waste, more fun and lets keep the planet clean!
The approach of art became a fascinating experience for our pupils. The Museum kit “Learning to respect the environment, through Art” that we had borrowed from the “Museum of Greek Children’s Art” offered us a variery of pictures showing paintings and sculptures. We exposed most of the pictures in our Erasmus+ Corner and kids asked to be sculptors and make sculptures using their bodies! Wonderful sculptures appeared in the schoolyard…Coming inside they choose their favorite pictures and they composed a story. They decided to present their story , so they got dressed up as real actors. Making drawings and collage could not be missing…we prepared a ‘buffet’ full of any kind of different elements and kids were happy to create crafts!
As beautiful spring has arrived to Aruküla, we decided to create some art in open air with natural materials to celebrate it.
Children collected all necessary materials, flowers, leaves, small stones, branches, into small baskets. With thick glue students created art-works as they wanted it to be.
An exhibition of done artworks was set up for parents and our young artists got many-many compliments about their creativity!
Lots of sun, happiness and positive emotions was in this beautiful spring day in Aruküla Kindergarten!
Great excursion in open air, with my children today!
Nice activities at ” Fattoria La Bosana”, on hills near Piacenza,in very outside atmosphere!!!
Horseback riding tour, pic nic on the garden and practical activities about the horses,
very nice experience also for teachers!!!
Hello, Spring! is an educational activity connecting outdoor studies with using modern ICT applications. It has run since 1994 and in 2018 there were about 7000 participating students from 400 educational institutions – schools and kindergartens from all over Estonia.
Students will observe changes that take place in the Nature during spring. They will study migratory bird and plant species – all together 35 common indicator species – and learn to identify them in nature – plants by appearance and flowering, birds by song and appearance etc. We have posters in our groups with photos of these species. Finding a new sign of spring, we send good message all over Estonia – spring has arrived to Aruküla!