Skuodo vaiku lopselis-darzelis

Skuodas nursery-kindergarten is located in the city of Skuodas which is settled in the Northern part of the Klaipeda county. The city is considered to be the provinces as it only has up to 5, 000 inhabitants. Our institution has been actively working in the field of preschool education focused on its target group 1,5 - 7 year old children and their parents since the year 2001. During this time efforts have been made to consistently improve child's educational system and to discover innovative teaching techniques. That is why the staff of professional preschool educators now work with other specialists such as: speech therapists, public health care professionals, arts and music teachers, social pedagogues. The institution has two buildings (Liepaite and Saulute) in which there are: -14 preschool education groups -4 pre-primary education groups -3 special education groups. The priorities of our institution are to provide high-quality preschool and pre-primary education services, ensuring active child's self-expression in the educational process. Strengthen community interaction, create positive relationships between the child, the family and the teacher, based on partnership, communication and cooperation, and respect towards one another. Skuodas nursery-kindergarten works 5 days a week from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. till 7 p.m. The state holidays are not working days. The institution has one month holiday in summer (usually in July). Preschool and pre-primary education programs are carried out in accordance with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania.Those programs offer a whole framework of well-thought-out methods, measures, approaches and specific practical tasks that help educators develop child's personality foundation that is social and emotional skills. Since a few years now we have been implementing as well an international program called "Friends of Zipis" in order to promote healthy life style, sensibility to environment and creativity. Children participate in daily group classes, sport, art and music lessons, through which they are getting used to the routine of school, the process of focusing and learning, and obtaining social skills needed in making new friends. Our future volunteer's main task would be to help our educators prepare and carry out these activities in children's groups.