Lepola’s kindergarten

Lepola’s kindergarten (Lepolan päiväkoti in Finnish) is a public kindergarten in Jokela. It is situated next to a school with which it works in close cooperation. The staff of the kindergarten includes thirteen persons. There are about 75 children in the kindergarten.

Project's activities:
There are four groups in the kindergarten, and the children are aged from one to six. The kindergarten gives quality early childhood and pre-school education. The staff takes care of children and provides them with daycare in a safe environment together with parents and specialists, for example, psychologists and speech therapists. The kindergarten also tries to make days peaceful and unhurried for the children, and a child-centered orientation is very important in the activities of the kindergarten.

Volunteer's tasks:
The volunteer works as an assistant in a group with children aged from three to five. They also help the staff to organise the daily routines of the kindergarten, such as setting the table, bed-making, clothing arrangement and children’s play moments and games. We can offer the volunteers the possibility to experience Finnish daycare and its ways of working. We can teach the volunteers some methods used in daycare work.