Naavapuisto and Savio visited at Unescoschool Koekelberg. It was a really big school and there are children from age 3 months to 18 years. 


We had a possibility to visit at many classes with children 3 months to 6 years old. Usually there was only one teacher at a class with 20-25 children. Some classes had a shared assistant, who helped two hours per class.

In school they have usually theme which comes from the children. Teacher observes childrens interests and plays and choose the theme about them.



But it`s not so easy to notice every children ideas or needs when you are alone with them

There were a lot of technology at the school. There was a special fablab class with 3D printers and little programming robots. Some class had a interactive whiteboards and the children can choose which play they want to do by touching the own name from the board.





There was lots of whole group learning lessons where they practised colors, numbers, abstracts (for examble up, down, forward), comparing and songs.



In Finland we are going out much more than here. Today here was raining a bit and many class stayed inside. 

One difference between Kerava`s and Unescoschool early childhood education was that in Brussels they have own gymnastic teacher who is teaching every class one hour per week. And there is 12 different classes.



Overall this experience has been so great. We are really thankful for this possibility to see and learn different kind of early childhood education system and to have more ideas to our work! After all we have many similar things with Unescoschool but also differences. The biggest difference is how many adults are in the group. Here is only one and in Finland usually three. We are lucky that we can give much more attention, care and time for the children! 🥰