Opis organizácie

Today, where are 11 groups working in the kindergarten:
*2 groups with Russian language for kids between the ages of 1.5-3 ;
* 1 group with Estonian language for 2-7 years old children;
* 3 groups with speech therapy in Russian language for 4-7 years old;
* 1 Good Start group with Russian language for 3-5;
* 1 group with Russian and Estonian language for kids between the ages of 3-7 ;
* 2 immersion groups with Estonian language for 5-7 year olds children ( the Estonian language immersion programme gives children with another home language the opportunity to learn Estonian via taking part in activities and studies in Estonian.)

Vindi kindergarten is a pilot kindergarten in "Immersion program".

Our Team:
32 pedagogues incl. Director, head of studies, 2 music teachers, 1 movement teacher, 3
speech therapist, 1 Estonian language teacher, 1 psychologist.

- Education in two language (early full and partial immersion) - value Estonian
culture and folk traditions, and we introduce to customs and traditions of other nations.

Inclusive education - ensuring equal educational opportunities for all children. Involvement, development and support for children with SEN. Children are worked on according to individual characteristics to support their active participation in daily activities.

– Multicultural environment - children of different nationalities enrich everyday life. One of the important aspects of integration policy is related to different ethnic and language groups. The kindergarten has created conditions for the formation and development linguistic and social readiness.

–Cooperation is the joint effort of a team to achieve a common goal. Our common goal is creat children's well-being environment and favorable conditions for development. Cooperation occurs when the team has agreed on common values.

– Different methodologies:
-Good Beginning methodology, which is a developmental teaching method that seeks to understand and evaluate a child's natural growth and development.
-Early and partial immersion goal - is the child's equally good skills in two languages : mother and estonian language, and the understanding and appreciation culture of the target language. Immersion programm - allows children to begin learning the estonian language in the same way as they learn their native language.
- 'Bullying-free kindergarten', which aims to create bullying a culture of preventive behavior, tolerant and respectful of each other.

Mission
Kindergarten is a kindergarten where creativity develops and teaching meets the interests and comprehensive development of the child.
The kindergarten supports the development of universal features through a safe, homely and cozy environment.

Vision
We want to be a child-friendly and multicultural kindergarten, where everyone values everyone, adults and children.

The motto of our kindergarten: A happy, creative and courageous child.

Basic values of Tallinn Vindi kindergarten
We appreciate courtesy
we are friendly to each other, attentive to children, parents and guests development
we value training at every level, comprehensive development of children creativity
does not inhibit creativity in the development of staff or children, reorientation openness
we are open to new ideas and challenges cooperation
management is not the sole decision-maker, but the accountant of all parties;
we cooperate with various kindergartens, UT, and all interest groups.