Proud volunteers dor solidarity 5

In this activity, participants will be involved in the daily life of educational institutions by running activities on language
learning (English and participants’ native languages) and their culture as well as activities according to their interests (e.g.
theatrical and music performances, handicrafts workshops, etc.) and the needs of the institution (e.g. activities focused on
supporting children’s autonomy), supporting the staff in helping to arrange rooms after activities, assisting children in selfhelp
activities, playing games with children under the supervision of a tutor, teacher, or an assistant, going on trips and
participating in meetings with parents. The activity will include participants from and outside of the EU, from different
social, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Participants will carry out the following tasks:
- getting to know the principles and rules of an institution, teacher’s tasks, and specifics of working with children
- establishing friendly relationships with the staff through integration meetings and daily work together
- building friendly relationships with children through play and learning to respond to their needs accordingly and
appropriately
- establishing mutual principles of cooperation with a teacher by defining specific tasks
- giving support in activities of child care: helping young children in self-help activities
- supporting children during games and other activities (crafts, drawing, didactic classes, etc.)
- assisting a teacher when taking children to the garden to play and outside of the kindergarten (trips to museums and out
of town)
- presenting one’s country through workshops, visual aids, dances, and other activities for children and their families
- engaging and co-organising institutions’ events (e.g. Children’s Day, Mother’s Day, Teddy Bear Day, sports
competitions, etc.)
- creating workshops according to participants’ interests (ecological, dance, art, drawing, playing musical instruments,
theatre, etc.)
- teaching children simple phrases, games, songs, poems, numbers, colours, days of the week, etc. in the participant’s
mother tongue
- helping to improve the aesthetics of the institution by making decorations for special occasions and decorating rooms
and corridors together with staff
- organising days of one’s culture (e.g.making traditional food, teaching traditional dances and songs)
- proposing and co-organising activities promoting the activity and its results
- creating visual content related to their volunteering activity