Tag: Preschool

  • This is how the children are affected by the harmful air at the preschools

    This is how the children are affected by the harmful air at the preschools

    Ekot's unique review shows that the outdoor air at half of Sweden's preschools is harmful. Every second preschool is located in a location where the amount of air pollution is harmful to children, according to WHO guidelines. Per Kudodig reporter at Ekot, tells how parents react to the fact that the children's outdoor environment can…

  • What will I do with the children if the war comes?

    What will I do with the children if the war comes?

    The preschool and school are covered by civil preparedness. But will the school continue to function in war? Will there be staff who can work at the preschool in the event of a major crisis? And who will help me if I have a war placement? Preparedness today about how the Swedish National Agency for…

  • Call Karlavagnen and talk about the worst thing you've forgotten

    Call Karlavagnen and talk about the worst thing you've forgotten

    The wallet on the roof of the car or maybe the child at preschool, but wait…I must have forgotten that! The thought the silence and then the horror. We've all been there. But what's the worst thing you've forgotten? Call us on 020-221030

  • Malin Bergström – child psychologist and rabid dad hugger

    Malin Bergström – child psychologist and rabid dad hugger

    She detests pointing sticks, and often emphasizes the children’s unique abilities and abilities. That we, as adults, have a responsibility to adapt to them, not the other way around. Malin Bergström is the child psychologist and researcher who has spent a lot of time studying children with divorced parents, and who was able to show…

  • Carin Götblad

    Carin Götblad

    Expert on youth crime at NOA, the National Police Agency's operational department, who has investigated both gang crime and intimate partner violence on behalf of the state. As the first and only woman, she has been head of the Stockholm Police Region with 7,000 employees, for nine years. There she was at the forefront of…

  • Finnish Immigration Service witnesses decrease in reception centre demand

    Finnish Immigration Service witnesses decrease in reception centre demand

    In recent years, the number of asylum seekers has remained moderate. However, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 60,000 applicants for temporary protection have arrived in Finland. To address the surge in arrivals, nearly 100 new reception centres were established across the country. Before the invasion, Finland had 20 reception…

  • Part 1 of 10. Low-cost preschool

    Part 1 of 10. Low-cost preschool

    Hidden Agenda with Per Andersson is satire from Sweden’s Radio Drama from and on Per Andersson and Lola Zackow. Script: Per Andersson and Håkan Johnson Direction: Lola Zackow In the roles: Per Andersson such as Gunnar Frankman and Lola Zackow as Nina Woodjack. Also participates Janna Granström, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Johan Wahlström, Amanda Jansson, Samuel Astor…

  • Simone Biles – the gymnastics, the records and the abuse scandal

    Simone Biles – the gymnastics, the records and the abuse scandal

    Simone Biles (born 1997) is an American gymnast. After a turbulent first time in life, 3-year-old Simone Biles is adopted by her grandfather in Texas. A couple of years later, during a day trip with the preschool, she finds herself enchanted by the equipment and movements at the local gym. When she herself, on pure…

  • Mother of young children Annika’s fight against ALS

    Mother of young children Annika’s fight against ALS

    When Annika Andersson in Vilhelmina is 26 years old, she has just started her career, got pregnant and notices that something is wrong with her body. Her legs buckle and she falls down the stairs several times. After two years of commuting to experts in Umeå, she finally gets the news: She has ALS. She…

  • A preschooler was poisoned by “gum”, which turned out to be a nicotine bag

    A preschooler was poisoned by “gum”, which turned out to be a nicotine bag

    A child was hospitalized in Akureyri after trying a nicotine pouch at a kindergarten. He found a can of nicotine and offered his friend “gum”. The children tried the sachet but quickly spat it out. This proved insufficient, as one of them soon felt worse. The kindergarten staff reacted properly and everything ended happily. The…

  • Guardians praise the early childhood education and preschool education in the capital region

    Guardians praise the early childhood education and preschool education in the capital region

    This is evident from the results of the joint municipal survey. Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa organized a survey for the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-school education between October 26 and November 9, 2022. The survey was aimed at all guardians of children in early childhood education or…

  • Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash

    Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash

    A helicopter has crashed near a preschool on the outskirts of Kyiv, regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba says according to Reuters. Ukraine’s interior minister is one of those who died in the crash, writes Reuters. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast with Sveriges Radio’s Russia correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren.

  • Problem with kindergartens in the city

    Problem with kindergartens in the city

    Dozens of parents protested at Reykjavík City Hall because they did not get a place in a kindergarten for their children. “We are the parents of a 12-year-old boy who was in exactly the same situation when he was in preschool age. Now we’re in our fifties and have a 10-month-old baby, and we’re facing…

  • Total defense – it is expected of you if there is a war in Sweden

    Total defense – it is expected of you if there is a war in Sweden

    Increased preparedness in case of danger of war = total defense is activated In a situation where the government decides that there will be increased preparedness in Sweden, your everyday life will be affected. Michael Malm, who works with total defense issues at the Swedish Armed Forces, talks about who becomes a soldier, when you…

  • Changes in the summer childcare arrangements must be notified to Kela

    Changes in the summer childcare arrangements must be notified to Kela

    changes in daily treatment times changes in the day care fee a new day care facility or provider the child starts early childhood education organized by the municipality the child begins preschool or a two-year preschool experiment. Notification is not required if there are no changes in childcare arrangements or if the child is in…

  • How to protect your child from serious RS virus infection

    How to protect your child from serious RS virus infection

    In October, more than a thousand children in Sweden were hospitalized for treatment of this type of respiratory infection. It usually starts as a common cold and is in most cases mild. Agnes Gavelin, who has just had her second child, talks about the concern that the little baby will be infected, and the family…

  • Fully vaccinated can soon return to work without testing

    Fully vaccinated can soon return to work without testing

    Anyone who has been fully vaccinated, who has recently had covid-19 or who is under 6 years of age can return to work, school or preschool after 1 November when they feel healthy, without testing, even if certain symptoms persist, the Public Health Agency announced at a press conference . All children and adults are…

  • The village pays the family rent in exchange for the presence of social media

    The village pays the family rent in exchange for the presence of social media

    Many small municipalities in Finland have a bleak future due to declining population and migration to large cities. However, one small municipality is trying to harness the power of social media to combat this trend. Earlier this year, Luumäki said he was looking for a family that would sing the municipality’s praise on social media.…

  • How do you protect children in Finland?

    How do you protect children in Finland?

    In Finland, parents face the challenge of a wardrobe several times a year as the seasons change. It can be tricky to know what to buy, when and where. If you have moved to Finland from abroad, it may come as a surprise that Finnish children are expected to be outside regardless of the weather.…

  • Top 10 Soviet Athletes of All Time (PHOTO + VIDEOS)

    Top 10 Soviet Athletes of All Time (PHOTO + VIDEOS)

    Most of these athletes became living legends. And some changed their sport forever. Vladislav Tretiak (ice hockey) Vyacheslav Un Da-sin / TASS Tretiak is the legendary Soviet ice hockey player, who gained enormous fame on both sides of the Iron Curtain while playing for the Soviet national team as a goalkeeper. Tretiak started training relatively…

  • August brings changes to the school: Extended Compulsory Education, Preschool Pilot Program

    August brings changes to the school: Extended Compulsory Education, Preschool Pilot Program

    Finland’s new compulsory education law came into force on Sunday. The law extends compulsory schooling to one year when each student turns 18, after it has been at least 16 years old. Schools must also now offer books to high school students, making secondary education completely free. Until now, families have had to spend hundreds…

  • The road less taken: How Danes are sociable, not socialist

    The road less taken: How Danes are sociable, not socialist

    As America adapts to the new era with a Biden presidency, the Democratic Party is often accused of being too ‘socialist’. This generally evokes negative images and the slow destruction of the American dream. Denmark, typically proclaimed a ‘socialist’ country, has been voted one of the happiest places in the world for over 40 years…

  • The Achievement Princess

    The Achievement Princess

    “When I was sick, I had the ambition to pick up my children at preschool. I could not bear it every day. I was extremely ashamed that I could not bear to be with my children. It is shameful.” Hear Maria Larsson’s story about the Achievement Princess that went into the wall. And about how…

  • Reindeer herders are denied preschool places in two municipalities

    Reindeer herders are denied preschool places in two municipalities

    Due to reindeer husbandry, having preschool places in two different municipalities is not possible in Vindeln, despite the fact that it is a Sami administrative municipality. Sophia Rehnfjäll has been told that she must cancel her preschool place for her daughter in Vindeln if she is to have a preschool place in Ammarnäs, in Sorsele…

  • Babysitter on trial on suspicion of aggravated child sexual abuse

    Babysitter on trial on suspicion of aggravated child sexual abuse

    On Wednesday, the district court proceedings began against the young childminder who is suspected of aggravated sexual abuse of a child at a preschool in northeastern Skåne. The man has always denied the accusations and the trial was supposed to start in June last year but had to be postponed after the man’s lawyer requested…

  • He spread revenge porn on his ex – sentenced to prison

    He spread revenge porn on his ex – sentenced to prison

    After the woman finished, the man posted sex videos of his ex and pasted offensive pictures of the woman around her home in Sollentuna and around her children’s preschool, reports Middle of. The man is convicted of his refusal for grossly illegal invasion of privacy and gross slander, the punishment will be nine months’ imprisonment…

  • Enrollment in the Polish School for the 2021/22 school year is underway

    Enrollment in the Polish School for the 2021/22 school year is underway

    Enrollment to the Polish School for the 2021/22 school year has started today. We remind you that you should fill in the application form not only for new students, but also for those who continue their education. Link to subscriptions: POLISH SCHOOL preschool group: children born in 2017 and 2018 group of five-year-olds: children born…

  • Fully developed fire in preschool

    Fully developed fire in preschool

    The alarm about the fire in the preschool, on Flygaregatan, in Norrtälje came just before 11 pm on Monday evening. The rescue service has at least four stations, on site, that work with the firefighting work. Lars Lindberg, commanding officer at Greater Stockholm’s fire service, says that they are concentrating on limiting the fully developed…

  • Biden is expected to present a new reform package

    Biden is expected to present a new reform package

    When Joe Biden gives his speech to both chambers of Congress tonight, American time, it is considered an important opportunity for the president to point out the direction of future politics to a large television audience. Among other things, he is expected to present a third major reform package, which includes free preschool, and reimbursed…

  • 22 children and 19 kindergarten workers with COVID-19

    22 children and 19 kindergarten workers with COVID-19

    COVID-19 has been confirmed in 22 children and 19 employees. Helgi Grímsson, director of the school and leisure department, says it is therefore clear that it will not be possible to maintain a traditional kindergarten job next week. In addition to the children and kindergarten staff currently in isolation, fifteen members of their families have…

  • VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland •

    VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland •

    They are in the front line during the pandemic, but do not get access to the protective equipment they need everywhere – this is how the situation for the preschool staff is described by the Swedish Teachers’ Association and researcher Aida Alvinius from the Swedish National Defense College. Annette Nord, chief safety representative in Karlstad,…

  • In the kindergarten, 15 employees and 7 children were diagnosed with coronavirus

    In the kindergarten, 15 employees and 7 children were diagnosed with coronavirus

    “I’m just in bed,” said Bergljót Jóhannsdóttir, director of the Jörfi kindergarten, where 15 workers and 7 children were diagnosed with coronavirus. Almost a hundred students attend kindergarten. 33 people work there. Not all of them have been tested yet, and the process is expected to take about a week. All children and employees are…

  • Trial on abuse begins – charges of hundreds of aggravated rapes

    Trial on abuse begins – charges of hundreds of aggravated rapes

    On Monday, the trial starts against the preschool teacher and her former partner who is accused of a total of close to 400 aggravated rapes against children. And the children who are exposed are their own. The lawyer Maria Robinson is the lawyer who was appointed to represent the children during the trial and she…