Beskrivning av organisationen

The Kindergarten “Storchennest” is a child care institution with the tradition of more than 60 years. The Kindergarten is situated 6 km north of Potsdam Centre in Golm and has the capacity of 60 children aged between 1-6 years, who in their development are accompanied by 7 educators/teachers, movement coordinator and other support persons like trainees and volunteers. The Kindergarten has activity rooms on 2 floors that are occupied based on the themes and age categories of children and a big playground and garden for outdoor activities. The Kindergarten is supervised by LSB SportService Brandenburg gGmbH, that was set up in August 2004 as a 100% subsidiary of the Brandenburgische Sportjugend im Landessportbund Brandenburg e.V. (Sports Youth Brandenburg within the Sports Federation Brandenburg). Organization's tasks are the acquisition of Kindergartens and after school care centers and providing them a profile of an exercise and movement oriented institution.

The project foresees that through their daily work in the Kindergarten the volunteers gain insight knowledge of the concept of the sport and health oriented Kindergarten, which was developed by the Brandenburgische Sportjugend in co-operation with the Potsdam University. A new concept plans to fight motorial and development deficits at early child stage. The concept nowadays is considered to be an example of best practice in the Federal State of Brandenburg. Volunteers will be integrated in the "on the move and health oriented" program of the Kindergarten by supporting the pedagogues in their daily activities. Sport, movement and healthy lifestyle are the key words in the daily work at the Kindergarten. For this reason, the "on the move" education has the highest priority as a pedagogical basic principle and the slogan of the Kindergarten is ‘Always on the move’. The move is seen as a mean to implement the education and healthy development of children. Volunteers will help pedagogues with on the move exercises, communicate with children and lead them to the better consciousness for the health. In this way they will promote healthy lifestyle, foster social inclusion and social cohesion and raise awareness and tolerance between children and also Kindergarten stuff.

The Kindergarten as the receiving organisation will closely cooperate with the Brandenburgische Sportjugend, who is going to act as the coordinator in this project.