This daycare has approximately 130 children aged 1-6. Staff at Pacius Daycare believe in using positive pedagogy and value play, joy and ensuring a safe atmosphere in the everyday life of the children. Children attending this daycare get to participate in a variety of activities both indoors and outdoors, with a particular focus on ecological activities.
Pacius Daycare
Implementation of imoves
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Päiväkoti Pacius
Tailor-Made
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Overview
This implementation is a part of the project:
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Schools
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Educators
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Students
Updated
November 2023
When I do something for the first time with children, I’m more open for their ideas and views on things. Taking part on projects like this really enriches my teaching.
About the implementation
What did you do in practice?
Hanna integrated imoves into her everyday practice by doing 1-2 videos from the imoves programme in the morning and another video in the afternoon.
Why did you do this implementation trial?
In the beginning, her main objective was to just try imoves and see how it goes. She didn’t have any particularly large expectations for the programme. She didn’t see it as a way to dramatically change her classroom. Instead, she just wanted the children to have fun and try something that would keep them moving. This is especially important because her students have a lot of energy so Hanna and other teachers at Päiväkoti Pacius have been looking for ways to keep the children moving and motivated. Another bonus of using imoves is that it is a fun way to teach English.
Impact
How did the implementation go?
Overall, it has been an enjoyable experience for Hanna implementing imoves into her class. There are many things she enjoyed about the programme:
Students have become more interested in different kinds of movements
Teacher can participate in the activity together with her students
Students were exposed to English-medium teaching
Learning Journey
Initial Interest
Hanna found out about the imoves trial through Opehuone-Kielirikasteinen, an online portal for teachers to find opportunities to try new innovations in their classroom. The City of Helsinki put out a call for teachers interested in trying imoves to sign up through the platform. imoves was attractive to Hanna because she wanted to learn new methods to improve the learning experience for her students.
Trial
During their first week trying imoves, there was a yoga activity. The students enjoyed the yoga activity so much that it gave Hanna the idea to start focusing on doing yoga with them. This inspired her to start implementing yoga activities into her classroom even without the help of imoves. Now, she uses yoga cards every week to practise different yoga positions. And the kids love it! She can really see how yoga is helping her students to understand the importance of physical activity. For example, one student told her, “I need to stretch because I want to have strong muscles.”
Reflections
When asked what advice Hanna would give to a fellow teacher who hears about this innovation, she said “Go for it and have fun with the kids. Implementing this helps to increase happiness and joy. It helps the kids to enjoy and engage for the rest of the day. It has helped my group to remain motivated and happy throughout the day.”
Location
This daycare has approximately 130 children aged 1-6. Staff at Pacius Daycare believe in using positive pedagogy and value play, joy and ensuring a safe atmosphere in the everyday life of the children. Children attending this daycare get to participate in a variety of activities both indoors and outdoors, with a particular focus on ecological activities.
Päiväkoti Pacius