ESC : Tallinna Päikesejänku Kindergarden

Work tasks and proposed activities
The typical tasks for the volunteer would be helping teachers in everyday indoor and outdoor activities and participating in learning activities. The volunteer will join in our visits to museums, art exhibitions, sports events, outings. He/she will introduce his/her country, nation and cultural traditions to our children, parents and staff (e.g. easy games and dances for children, national food). The volunteer will participate in our traditional kindergarten events and folk calendar celebrations.

Volunteer is a part of a team whose task is to assist the teacher in the learning process. The duties are:

Directly assisting the children individual work preparing teaching devices if necessary.
Taking part in the study visits , in outdoor education and in the movement activities.
Assisting the teachers in the preparation of the traditional house events – sports days, play nights, folklore festival, health mornings, study visits, field trips etc.
Volunteer would be fully included in organizing the events. Kindergarten is equipped with an innovative and modern information and communication technology (ICT) tools. We have computer network and also WiFi hot spots, which facilitates the use of ICT tools. This enables to diversify the learning activities. ICT tools are used actively in learning, creating learning materials, making animations and videos with children etc.

Learning outcomes
The volunteer will get an opportunity to explore how to work with and teach pre-school children. They will learn cooperation skills, flexibility, innovative teaching methods, self analysis skills and self-management skills, responsibility, self-confidence, creativity and acceptance of different cultures and people.