ABOUT OUR KINDERGARTEN
"With a smile on your face to Nõlvaku!" (Naerul näoga Nõlvakule!) is the slogan of our kindergaten wich we hope everybody will feel with their hearts!
Nõlvaku Lasteaed (Nõlvaku Kindergaten) is located in Estonia, in Laagri. Laagri is located right next to te capital of Estonia, Tallinn. 
Our kinderten was built as a co-operative project (Saku and Saue parishes) in July 2012. In our kindergarten is a Estonian language municipal kindergaten that works based on the national curriculum of Estonia.
In our kindergarten there are 6 classes. All our children are in the age 3-7 years. All together there are 144 families with their children who grow, gain experiences about childhood and develop together with our family of teachers. In each class there are a maximum number of 24 unique children who come to learn, experience and play in our kindergarten.
The names of our classrooms are:
- Naerulinnud – Laughing Birds (4-5 years) – They take part in the Science club activities. Assisted by our teachers Meeli, Hege and Marge.
- Õnneseened – Lucky Mushrooms (4-5 years) – They take part in the Mathematics club activities. Assisted by our teachers Kätrin, Laura Lisanna and Tiina.
- Liblikad – Butterflies (5-6 years) – They take part in the Technology club activities. Assisted by our teachers Kaia, Kätlin and Kristina.
- Vikerkaar – Rainbow – (5-6 years) - They take part in the Technology club activities. Assisted by our teachers Merilin, Kaisa and Hele-Mai.
- Allikalapsed – Children of the Spring (6-7 years) – They take part in the Language club activities. Assisted by our teachers Eliko, Kristi , Monika and music teacher Katrin.
- Karu-Sellid – Bear-Buddies – (3-4 years) - They take part in the Language club activities. Assisted by our teachers Merike, Anne, Aigi and music teacher Katrin.
In every classroom there are 2 teachers and 1 assistant teacher.
Our personell conisists of 25 employees (12 teachers, 6 assistent teachers, 1 music teacher, 1 gymnastics teacher, 1 swimming teacher, 1 health teacher, 1 speech therapist, 1 headmaster, 1 head teacher).
Our kindergarten is a value-based kindergarten, wich means that all we plan and practice is connected to our schools values.
Our most important base values are:
- Friendly collaboration
- Environmentalism
- Health
- Creativity
ABOUT ESTONIA
Estonia (Estonian: Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km).
Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering 45,339 km2 of land and water.
Estonia is a democratic unitary parliamentary republic. Its capital and largest city is Tallinn. With a population of 1.3 million, it is one of the least-populous member states of the European Union.
(Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia ).
A short video presentation in English about our country and culture made by our teacher Hege Mardiste, accompanied by our famouse composers, Arvo Pärt's, music (suitable to watch with children - 11 min).
We take great pride in our Estonian Song Festival which is one of the largest amateur choral events in the world. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds simultaneously with the Estonian Dance Festival. The joint choir has comprised more than 30,000 singers performing to an audience of 80,000.
The song and dance tradition in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was included in the list of masterpieces of oral and spiritual heritage of mankind (UNESCO in 2003). The tradition of the song festival was born along with Estonian national awakening wich eventually led to Estonia gaining its independence.
A fastforeward video abou the beautiful paterns national dancers make when they dance can be seen in this video (3 min.) http://www.delfi.ee/news/laulupidu2017/video/kiirvaate-video-ja-fotod-ponevad-kujundid-hupnotiseerivad-mustrid-vaata-kolme-minutiga-tantsupeo-esimest-etendust?id=78743690
You can learn more about Estonia for the Visit Estonia website: https://www.visitestonia.com/en