Description of organisation

Kindergarten dr. France Prešeren was established in 1947. Is it located in the centre of Ljubljana. Its three locations with nineteen departments are surrounded by the Tivoli Park and several cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and theatres. Kindergarden is attended by 322 children aged from 1 to 6 years. The kindergarten staff consisting of 19 kindergarten teachers and 21 assistans is permanently involved in training and projects on several areas of child's development and are constantly engaged in reflection and evaluation of their work. One of the Kindergarten's important goals, besides meeting best interes tof child's needs and promoting methods of active and meaningful learning, is to strengthen the process od identification by giving a child the opportunity to learn about Slovenian cultural heritage and at the same time enable the child to get acquainted with other cultures and to appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that artistic experience is one of the most important means of child's social, emotional and cognitive development therefore we apply techniques and elements of dancing, dramatiozation, drawing, painting and sculpturing in our daily activities. We are striving to establish strong partnership with parents and local community and are open to share and exchange our ideas and knowledge by networking and collaborating with different proffesionals and institutions on national and international level. The curriculum contains the objectives and principles of pre-school education, which importantly affect every-day activities, communication and classroom arrangement. In planning routine activities (eating, resting, sleeping, tidying up), the differences between children must be taken into account (gender, social and cultural origin, philosophy of life …) and such conditions must be created that those differences can be expressed. Children's particularities, the right to choose and their distinctiveness must also be regarded. The importance of communication for social lerning is especially emphasized. The classroom should be flexible, diverse, safe and stimulative.