Children's Group Hradčany

The Children's Group Hradčany project, reg. no. CZ.03.1.51/0.0/0.0/19_101/0011195, was funded by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program Employment.

The main goal of the project was to expand childcare services at the implementation site and improve conditions for the employment of women with children. In addition to preparing children for regular kindergarten (or elementary school) enrollment, the goal of the children's group was to create suitable conditions for the employment of parents with children. By operating the Children's Group, we expanded the range of childcare services, which are inadequate or financially inaccessible for many of our clients. As part of attending, children learned skills that they will use in life.

Who was the project intended for:

• parents with children until the start of the child's compulsory school attendance, i.e., parents of preschool children or persons caring for preschool children in the same household, who were employed or actively seeking employment,
• children aged from 1 to 6 years until the start of compulsory school attendance,
• groups of disadvantaged children and parents whose children do not usually attend kindergarten, mainly due to the family's low economic situation - the services were free of charge.

What we offered:

• Mainly activities similar to those in a traditional kindergarten: community circle, physical and movement activities indoors and outdoors, educational activities, graphomotor exercises, practicing social skills, artistic activities, music and movement activities, creative group activities, and more,
• Adaptation to working with children from different socio-cultural backgrounds - especially strengthening individual work with the child,
• Strengthening speech therapy exercises, activities to develop and expand vocabulary (fairy tales, rhymes, picture reading, etc.) and visual or auditory perception using children's knowledge from their socio-cultural environment (e.g. songs, dances, etc.),
• Cinema, theater, and trips,
• Utilization of some experiential learning methods,
• If necessary, regular support for children by a speech therapist,
• Creating a family environment.

Capacity of the children's group was 12 places.

Principles of provision:

• Providing services for FREE
• Discretion
• Supporting children in healthy development
• Individual approach

The Children's Group Hradčany project was implemented from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2022.

The project seamlessly followed the previous Romodrom Hradčany Children's Group, which was implemented from July 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019.