The time has shown as well how good the different personalities of volunteers with their different competencies and interests were integrated into the community with children. Also the previous volunteers could have gained various experiences. In many cases they started first in the kindergarten to find out their pedagogical competencies, they learnt to realize their talents, to use them and to develop selective offers for kids.
They experienced and learnt a lot about Germany , German culture,standards, values and pedagogy.They got a chance to learn and to manage dealing with children with disabilities.
The team from the Montessori school consists of 45 people (teachers, speacialised teachers, free-time pedagogues). As it is quite difficult for the volunteer, especially in the beginning, to orient her/himself in such a big team, he/she will be assigned to one teacher and to a classroom, where he/she is going to work with Moreover they will be in the closer contact with a language teacher who also overtakes a role of a tutor in their project.
The children and youngsters work mainly in the form of a free-activity, which means that they chose different materials and try to make up with then various tasks and things. The teachers have roles of tutors,, they support the children and give them help when needed.
Therefore the volunteers have enough free room for developing and offering their own ideas, projects. Especially they are supported by the langouge teacher as it is seen as an opportunity for children for example to get their interests for language and improve their English skills (English as an important communicative language in Europe).
Some of the activites which were run by volunteers - cooking and baking workshops with dishes from volunteers´home, role plays and theatre in English and French, traditional dances from the home countries of volunteers, conversation workshops in English and in French,volunteers accompanied small groups of children during school-exanges in Europe.
Moreover due to the stay of volunteer the pupils and the team should develop an interest für Europe, ist policy and opportunities.

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Deutsch:Die Freiwilligen sollten Freude im Umgang mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zwischen 9 und19 Jahren haben. Gute Englisch oder Französischkenntnisse sind wünschenswert.

Englisch:The volunteers should have fun dealing with children and youngsters between 9-19 years. Good English and French language skills are desirable..