Kindergarten Activities and Environmental Education

Forms of Activity in Kindergarten Life

• Implementation of environmental education in various forms of activity.

Forms of Kindergarten Activities in Hungary

• Play
• Poems, tales, storytelling
• Singing, music, singing games, children's dancing
• Drawing, painting, modelling, handwork
• Movement, physical activities
• Active knowledge of the outside world
• Work-related activities
• Learning (through activities)

Play

• "The children articulate their unstructured impressions from the outside world and their inner world in the game." (Basic Program)
• A lot of experience in the environment.
• Exchange of information between an individual and his/her environment.
• The experiences accumulated in children appear as the first scientific observations.
• Game locations: playgrounds
• Types:
  • Practice games
  • Symbolic games
  • Constructive games
  • Rule games
  • Sensitive game

Poems, Tales, Storytelling

• Realistic knowledge in the poem - nature.
• The moral “lessons” of the tale - society.
• Folk poetry - patriotism.

Singing, Music, Singing Games, Children's Dancing

• Sounds of nature (animals, weather).
• Experiences.
• Folk poetry.
• Classical music.
• Songs of other peoples.
• Instruments made from natural materials.

Drawing, Painting, Modelling, Handwork

• Aesthetic material of the environment.
• Experiences.
• Specific representation of reality.

Movement

• Exploring the environment from a different perspective.
• Health promotion.
• Motion games.
• Free air.

Active Acquaintance with the Outside World (with Environmental and Mathematical Content)

• Exploring, protecting and loving the natural and social environment.
• Developing positive emotional attachment.
• Active knowledge of the environment.
• "Active exploration of the environment, including nature, and protection of the environment."
• Nature and environment protection.
• Understanding the formal, quantitative, and spatial characteristics of the environment.

Work-Related Activities

• Aspects of work-type activities in kindergarten:
  • The tasks do not exceed the children's physical abilities and level of intellectual development.
  • Before working, they must be familiar with the accident-free use of the necessary tools.
  • They need to know and feel the value and significance of their work.
  • Children only do the work in kindergarten that they like. It is the responsibility of the kindergarten teacher to ensure proper motivation. This includes:
    • Plant and animal care
    • Self-service
    • Arranging your own environment
    • Day work - performance of duties
    • Occasional assignments - performed later as an independent activity – responsibility, sense of task
    • Helping the kindergarten teacher and other adults - helping skills, volunteering

Learning (Through Activities)

• The forms according to the basic program are the following:
  • Learning behavior and behavior following imitation pattern and model following
  • Spontaneous player experience
  • Playful, action-based learning
  • Acquisition of knowledge based on children's questions and answers;
  • Observation, experience, discovery led by the kindergarten teacher;
  • Practical problem solving