Ruoholahti Päiväkoti

As in other occasions, the teachers warmly welcome us at the front. This center is a relatively new construction and shares its dependences and the garden with other services of the neighborhood where it is located.

They explain us its operation and its work methodology. While they do so, some dossiers with images circulate and we consult them. Looking at the images we understand they develop a very interesting job. They work in projects and each theme is undertaken through plastic expression, music, stories or experiences.

Our translator, Dolors Camarasa, follows attentively the explanations. The welcome is fantastic, they have prepared us an afternoon snack (although it is 3 in the afternoon)...

As in other occasions, we deliver a small present, a reminder of our visit.

The productions of the children, very original and of a great aesthetic value, fill up the walls of the school.

Natural materials are integrated in the school and are used to build various objects and to decorate some spaces.

Materials, pictures and other elements carried out by the children are used to create an original environment.

The computer’s corner.

The children’s dossiers are always at their reach, kept in order in this shelve.

A corner of the materials’ warehouse. We also observe the furniture, adapted to the children’s height and sizes.

Natural materials are combined with fabrics and other objects to create attractive spaces.

Some simple cut-off sticks can become a decorative element.

We also find spaces to rest and ready for intimacy. In this case, an original corner created with branches and leaves.

Furniture, shelves and tenants allow for the creation of adapted spaces, according to the different needs.

More ideas to work with, carried out outside the school.

In a quiet and relaxed environment the children keep working in their projects.

Outside we also find groups of children, accompanied by teachers, carrying out diverse activities.

The garden’s feature has been taken advantage of to create several possibilities of play for the children.

The garden is very large and open to all the neighbourhood.

The works of art leave of the school for to be exposed in a public space.

In the station Ruoholahti of the subway of Helsinki we find works of art carried out by the children and girls of this center.