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Pilke Daycare Centres’ learning orientations

Learning orientations focus is to stimulate the child's natural curiosity and interest in learning and experiences!

Care and education, hand in hand

We offer innovative early childhood education based on active learning and professional teaching in all our daycare centers. Many of our daycare centres also offer a choice of differently focused early childhood education: languages, nature, physical education, music, science, art and expression.

These focus areas support the child’s strengths and interests. These priorities are written into the daycare centres early childhood education plan and are reflected in a variety of ways in the day-to-day life.

All Pilke daycare centres comply with the Finnish Early Childhood Education Act and our activities are guided by the national early childhood education plan. Naturally, the emphasis on early childhood education also includes a wide range of activities every day, such as outdoor activities, singing, crafts and play – not forgetting rest.

We are passionate about our work and building safe and inspiring learning paths for everyone.

Pilke orientation leaders familiarise the daycare staff and work together to plan the focus early childhood education activities. In addition, the daycare staff receive training on the emphasis from our partners, such as Suomen Latu and the Lasten Tiedekoulu.

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At Pilke, quality early childhood education involves learning through play and gentle interaction. We see and recognise each child’s unique talents and support their strengths.

Everyday pedagogy is present in every moment of the daycare. It is stopping together and wondering about things; counting peas in the salad, playing with colours while painting.

We cherish every unhurried moment we get to spend with the children, playing, talking and exploring the world together. We create a safe environment for children where emotional expressions are allowed, a hug is always available and there is time for play. Little by little, they will grow up to be independent agents, confident in their skills and daring to dream!

For us, the best customer feedback is a happy child who comes to the daycare – that’s how we know we’re doing quality and important work.

Art

The purpose of the art and expression-orientation is to foster children’s creativity, curiosity and experimental attitude. Through different forms of expression, the child gets to know himself or herself, deepening the emotional life, enriching also the imagination. Through artistic activities, children's thoughts and feelings take shape and colour.
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English

Pilke offers bilingual early childhood education in a variety of languages. We have fully English-language playschools (ICEC, Playschools), large-scale bilingual early childhood education and English-language language enriched early childhood education. The aim is that working in a multilingual environment stimulates children's linguistic curiosity and experimentation.
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Music

The primary purpose of music-oriented early education is to arouse children’s interest in music. Through music, children can express themselves, deepen their emotional life and enrich their imagination. The essential building blocks of our music-oriented education include songs, singing games, rhymes, playing instruments, musical movement and music listening activities.
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Nature

At a nature-oriented daycare centre, children learn a positive attitude towards nature and outdoor activities and adopt a sustainable lifestyle. The operation of our nature-oriented daycare units places emphasis on wondering and exploring various natural phenomena, making regular trips and organising outdoor activities in nature. In addition, Pilke has three At Home in Nature daycare centres in which outdoor life is the cornerstone of early childhood education. The activities of these units include, for example, occasional naps in lean-tos.
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Science

Pilke’s science-oriented daycare units focus on providing children with opportunities to explore and wonder the natural phenomena that arouse their interest. Depending on the children’s ages, the activities may involve studying space or the states of water, admiring rainbows or building three-dimensional objects. The exploration of phenomena is an educational form of play that provides children with experiences of success.
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Sports

The objective of our sports-oriented units is to help the children find the joy of exercise and adopt a sporty lifestyle. The children regularly participate in instructed, goal-oriented exercise, and the development of their motor skills is supported extensively.
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Swedish

Pilke has three Swedish-language daycare centres, located in Espoo, Turku and Vaasa.
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