Gimle Student Kindergarten

From Farm to Table – Children as Eco-Citizens

We work to raise awareness among children about the environment and sustainability by growing food, using natural resources, and sorting waste. Children should learn where food comes from, and develop an understanding of the value of food and food production. They will be involved in the entire process, from sowing, planting, harvesting, and eating. The oldest children have a program to become familiar with waste sorting.

The plant boxes in the outdoor area are cared for and tended by both children and staff together. The children are active participants; from farm to table.

Children as Eco-Citizens is a project that highlights how children experience, act upon, and develop their rights as child citizens, and how they live and act as eco-citizens in projects related to food production as an overarching theme.

We have varied natural areas in the local community that are great destinations for excursions.

We open at 07:30 and start the day with play and a welcome time until breakfast at 09:00. The kindergarten offers a full meal plan and serves breakfast, lunch, and fruit. The menu is varied, with both cold and hot meals, as well as fruit and vegetables.

Play, exploration, and educational activities take place both indoors and outdoors. The departments have designated hiking days, preschool activities, creative sessions, singing and reading time, and self-selected play.

The children's own opinions, thoughts, ideas, and feelings shape the daily routines. The departments collaborate to ensure that all staff get to know all the children.

We have a large communal room with a loft, Valhall, in the middle of the kindergarten, which is used by both the younger and older children. The youngest children sleep outdoors in their own prams, and those who need to rest have a nap time in their respective departments.

The kindergarten closes at 16:30.