Testing Reveals Ettlinger Kites' Enhanced Focus on Physical Activity through Project "Bee"
The Biene project, also known as "Movement offers always and everywhere," is making a significant impact in kindergartens across Ettlingen. This innovative educational program, which encourages physical movement and social skills development in young children, is expected to be implemented in all kindergartens eventually, although it will take time.
The project, named after the bee, symbolizing movement and activity, has already been successfully established in multiple Ettlingen kindergartens. Cooperation agreements have been concluded with kindergartens such as St. Elisabeth Schöllbronn and St. Vincentius 1 in Ettlingen for the new kindergarten year.
The Biene project offers a great and valuable experience for the children, as stated by the mothers. Activities like role-playing bees flying and collecting nectar help develop motor skills and coordination, while group tasks related to bees encourage cooperation, communication, sharing, and understanding social roles.
Stefanie Benazzouz, the kindergarten director, emphasizes the importance of addressing children's hunger for movement appropriately, depending on their developmental stage. The project's goal is to instill a joy of movement in children aged four to six from an early age.
The Biene project goes beyond just games for the children. For instance, the carrot game is one of the exercises in the program, as mentioned by a child named Melina. The exercises are integrated into a didactic concept, with many movement stories, for example, about carnival, Easter, and Christmas.
In the kindergarten Kunterbunt, children have been doing somersaults every Wednesday for a year, with movement expert Irmi Vater. The educators in the kindergarten gain additional competencies in the area of movement promotion through further training and observation due to the Biene project.
The personnel costs borne by the Citizen Foundation for the Biene project amount to over 15,000 euros annually. Despite this, many parents are sad that the Biene project at Horbach park is ending and the next kindergartens are starting. Papa Philipp Scherer mentions that the bee gymnastics were always the highlight of the week.
Manfred Reuter, a board member of the Citizen Foundation, has been coordinating the project since its inception three years ago. Two kindergartens per year are gradually implementing the Biene project. The concept "Movement as a pedagogical principle" is conveyed to the parents through the Biene project, enabling the topic to be permanently anchored in daily life.
For detailed, current specific information about the Biene project in Ettlingen kindergartens, it would be best to consult local kindergarten websites or municipal education resources from Ettlingen directly, as no direct references were found in the search results.
The Biene project, with a focus on health-and-wellness via fitness-and-exercise, is not limited to just games for the children. Instead, it integrates movement into a comprehensive didactic concept, including stories about various themes like carnival, Easter, and Christmas (health-and-wellness). Furthermore, this project in education-and-self-development aims to instill a love for movement in young children, providing them with valuable experiences for their motor skills and social development (science, education-and-self-development).
