EVS in Danimarca in un asilo per bambini dai 3 ai 6 anni

YouNet (2010-it-93) as sending organisation is looking for volunteers for the project proposed by the Danish hosting organisation Kindergarten Sunshine (2010-DK-13) that will start from April 2011 and last 9 months. If you are interested be very quick and send your CV (with photo) and motivation letter immediately to evs@you-net.eu before the 21th of October. Bear in mind that the first suitable candidate will get the place so hurry up.

Project environment

The Kindergarten Solstraalen is a large institution with four home groups, each having their own rooms. The fact that the children has their "own" room and that they are taken care of by the same staff members every day, makes them feel more safe and relaxed. However, they are of course allowed to be in all the other areas of the institution as well. We also have a big activity room where we can do major activities with the activities.

Our playground is large and provides the children with a lot of possibilities for play.

The kindergarten is located in Tarm at the southern end of the Ringkøbing Inlet in West Jutland.

Tarm is ideal If you would like to experience the countryside of Denmark, as it situated in natural surroundings with open heath areas and is close to the sea.

Activities such as windsurfing, fishing, kite flying, walks or boat trips on the Fjord are just some of the outdoor activities you can do here. There are also plenty of possibilties for activities such as walking, cycling, bird watching or horseriding.

You can find more information about Tarm and surroundings at http://visittarm.dk/content/view/1/2/lang,en/

At the homepage http://www.solstraalens-website.dk/galleri/index.php you can see pictures from the Kindergarten Solstraalen.

Proposed activities for EVS volunteers

We hope that the presence of the volunteer will give both staff, children and parents an intercultural learning experience.

The EVS-activities will be adapted to the qualifications and interests of the individual volunteer and he/she will be working together with one of the staff members who will support and guide him/her when needed.

The volunteer will be attached to one of the home groups and will help the staff in the daily work of the home group.

The volunteer is very welcome to make his/her own activities with the children, and we will do our best to help and support the volunteer so that the EVS-stay with us will meet his/her expectations.

Examples of activities in the kindergarten:

- outdoor games: e.g.ball games, playing in the sand box, rope skipping etc.

- indoor games: e.g. drawing, painting, bead work, preparing fruit and making bread together with the children, playing board games and other creative activities

- various seasonal themes during the year

- excursions in the nature every Tuesday

- work with the language capabilities of the children through reading, story telling, rhymes, and play

Lodging and boarding

AFS will provide a host family for the volunteer. The life in a host family will facilitate the integration in the local community and will accelerate the process of both language and intercultural learning.

The volunteer will be invited to social events arranged by the local AFS chapter and in that way he/she will meet other volunteers, exchange students and host families.

Volunteer profiles and recruitment process

The volunteer should be interested in working with children of this age group and must also have the patience required.

We also expect the volunteer to be openminded and able to speak english on a conversational level.

Description of the hosting organisation

Solstraalen is a public kindergarten. We have 100 children at the age 3 to 6 who spend the weekdays in the kindergarten. There are 18 staff members taking care of the children.

Care, play, respect and experience are the basis for our work with the children, and one of the main objectives of our work is to help the children develop their self-esteem and teach them how to interact with other people in different contexts.

The children are divided up into four "home groups", and each staff member has the responsibility for a limited number of children.

Approx. 20% of our children have Danish as their 2nd language and for 15 hours every week they receive intensive Danish language training and an introduction to Danish culture and traditions in order to facilitate their integration into Danish society.