Hosted by SALL , contributed by villyoikonom on 26 May 2024
This program is a partnership of two kindergartens of the Municipality of Kalamata: 24th Kindergarten of Kalamata & Kindergarten of Sperhogeia with the common goal of adopting healthy eating habits by the students. The purpose of the project is our students learn to reduce the organic residues of their food by making use of it through composting. The process is achieved by children taking missions , planting , making activities, painting, making crafts,cooking healthy meals, eating healthy breakfasts & meals. The completion of each of which lead them to adopt enviromentally habits. At this point we would like to note that we are aimed at kindergarten children & the activities must meet their capabilities & in addition, in the group of our schools there are students with disabilities & Roma students, who require special handling to be included in the educational process. The direct group is our pupils & the indirect groups are their families , other schools , the Municipality of Kalamata & other institutions. In achieving our goals were helped by the Municipality of Kalamata with the provision of agricultural tools, fertilizers, pots and the Department of Agronomy of the University of Peloponnese with the provision of plants and advice for the cultivation of plants. Our efforts were supported by the parents of our students. At the end of the project , observation of changes in children's behaviour : they starded to adopt healthy eating habits of breakfast & lunch in the kindergarten , stared composting , developed ecological awareness. The children's paintings reflectes the knowpedge they had acquired and their love for the enviroment.