Proposed activities
The volunteer would be an additional person who could add his/her ideas to create an intercultural and multilingual dimension for the kindergarten. Intercultural learning from the early childhood can be only achieved by means of personal contacts and communication. The daily work with children offers a wide variety of exchange possibilities (music and songs, cooking, dance, story telling & literature, …). Creating an open mind and an interest in discovering other languages and countries is achieved so in a very natural way based on a daily contact and exchange - it becomes a sort of natural effect of becoming familiar with each other.
The children will have access to other languages, other cultures and will naturally learn intercultural openess and positive interest. The employees of the kindergarten will get an intercultural surrounding at their work place. The volunteer and the children can benefit from each other. The work with children offers many ways of exchange.
 The methods are developed together with the employees of the kindergarten. Depending on internal agreements between the EV and the kindergarten, the programmes developed can be implemented together in small teams or by the EV alone. But the later only if the EV wishes so. The focus of the implementation will be the afternoons, when only a smaller number of children attends the kindergarten and interaction can be organised in a more intensive way.
What kind of programme could be developped by the EV? For example, a small language training based on regional songs from the country of the EV or the common elaboration of a theater piece after a traditional story from the EV country of origin - just to name two examples. Creative input of the volunteer is very much appreciated.
A typical day:
The children are brought by their parents at the latest around 8:30 a.m. At this time the EV should also start contributing to the kindergarten activities (possiblity to come by car with the hosting family). There are 4 groups, each of them with around 20 children. The EV can assist the different group leaders with the activities (playing, preparing snacks, accompanying the children in the garden, singing, … etc.). Around noon lunch is prepared and some of the children leave the kindergarten. In the afternoon, 2 groups with around 15 children are in the kindergarten. They have also special programmes (like music and dance). The EV can follow these activities and step by step also develop and implement the own programme (see ideas above). The special programmes are decided internally between the volunteer and the employees of the kindergarten. The day ends at around 4 p.m. (on Friday at 1 p.m.) when the last children are picked-up by their parents. At this time, the EV can also join the father of the hosting family to go back home by car or to follow his/her own spare time activities.
The Pfarrcaritas Kindergarten is closed during Christmas holidays (two weeks), and for Easter holidays. Summer holidays are in August. Best would be when the volunteer could start end of August (in order to be already actively involved in the preparatory activities and detailed planning for the whole kindergarten year) and stay until July.

Volunteers Profile
We generally look for open-minded and outgoing personalities loving the rural surrounding and the nature. The EV must be interested in working with small children in the age of 3 to 6 years old. Experience with the age group is essential (like by babysitting, activities in childrens associations and/or educational background like school for kindergarten pedagogics). Good communication skills and creativity (especially music, dance, other performing arts or other) are equally important. The work with children can be stressful and needs the ability to keep one's nerve. The volunteer should aim creating own methods, approaches or programmes and be happy to have a surrounding allowing him/her to implement own projects with the children. But the EV will be never left alone during the implementation of the project.
We are interested in a long-term cooperation (11 to 12 months), as the children need time in order to get familiar with the volunteer and his/her cultural background. This is a necessary condition for intercultural learning. This is also valid for the parents who are following very closely the activities in the kindergarten.
We are also interested to provide a more balanced representation of gender in our kindergarten. Like in many European countries, the employees in the Pfarrcaritas Kindergarten are only women. A young men would be very much welcomed to join the team. Young women should also not hesitate to contact us, as we are also very much interested to start cooperation with creative and communicative young ladies.

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