2019 Business trip to Europe: Liepaja-1

Visit a tremendous public kindergarten," Christian Pre-School of Liepaja"

Preschool education in Latvia is free. Parents only need to pay for food. Children from 1.5 to 6 years old are accepted here. Children over 5 years old are compulsory education. Before enrolling in the school, all parents must sign the consent form for video and photo taking. That's why the principal said that children could be photographed when I arrived.

The class size here is up to 24 children. There are two teachers, one assistant teacher who leads a class, a speech therapist (I heard that some Latvian sounds are difficult to pronounce, and many children need speech therapy), and families. The counselor provides social and emotional treatment for children from disadvantaged families. Some classes here are integrated education. There are children with autism, Down Syndrome, developmental delay, and hyperactivity disorder in each class.

The bed for children in the big class is stowed, and other children are in bedrooms with lunch breaks. The school hours are from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening, so the teacher takes turns in the second shift, and the children eat three meals at school.

When Christmas is coming, children are doing related activities, making Christmas cards, and sending them to older people living alone or in nursing homes. 

參訪一所很棒的公立幼兒園，拉脫維亞的幼稚教育是免費，家長只要付一點食物費用，這裡收1.5歲到6歲幼兒，5歳以上是強制義務教育，所有的幼兒在入學前就簽署同意書，所以園長説小孩可以被拍照
這裡的班級人數最多到24位，有二位老師一位助理老師帶一個班級，還有語言治療師（聽說拉脱維亞有些音很難發音，有很多小孩需要語言治療)，還有家庭諮商輔導師提供弱勢家庭小孩的社會與情緒治療，這邊有些班級是融合教育，目前有自閉症、唐寶寶、發展遲緩和過動症等幼兒在各班上
大班小孩的床是可收納的，其他小朋友則是有午休的床位房間，小孩從早上7:00到晚上7:00，所以老師二班制輪流，小孩在學校吃三餐
適逢聖誕節來臨，小孩們都在做相關活動，其中一個是製作耶誕卡片寄送給獨居老人或老人院