Guro-gu Neunggolsan Children's Forest Experience Center Opens in March

A 10,000㎡ Area Developed in Gocheok-dong San 8 with Various Play and Experience Facilities... Recruiting Participants for Forest Interpretation Programs with Gaewoongsan and Jatjeol Park Experience Centers Until the 31st

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Sung) will open the Neunggolsan Forest Experience Center for Toddlers in March.

Guro-gu announced on the 19th, "To provide urban children who have difficulty accessing nature with opportunities to play in the forest, we recently completed the construction of the 10,000㎡ Neunggolsan Forest Experience Center for Toddlers in the area of San 8, Gocheok-dong, and will begin operations in March."

The Neunggolsan Forest Experience Center for Toddlers is equipped with various play and experience facilities that children can enjoy and learn from.

Guro-gu maximized the use of the existing terrain and natural materials to install a log train playground, log hurdles, climbing facilities, stepping platforms, balance walking areas, storytelling spots, huts, and leaf tables. It also includes shelters and safety rest facilities to prepare for emergency situations.

Prior to this, Guro-gu opened toddler forest experience centers each with an area of 11,000㎡ at Gaewoongsan (San 53-3, Gaebong-dong) in 2015 and at Jatjeol Park (45-2, Gaebong-dong) in 2018.

The Gaewoongsan Forest Experience Center for Toddlers is equipped with a wooden playground, forest classroom, sand play area, and rest zones. It also features wooden chairs and tables made from recycled wood, a suspension bridge, tightrope facilities, shelters, comprehensive information boards, and gates.

The Jatjeol Park Forest Experience Center for Toddlers, located within Onsu Urban Nature Park, offers themed play spaces such as a woodcraft yard, treehouse, and Indian hut. It also includes experience facilities like tightrope crossing and rope climbing, as well as learning spaces for group classes and rest facilities.

Meanwhile, ahead of the new opening and spring opening of the toddler forest experience centers, Guro-gu is recruiting a total of 60 daycare centers and kindergartens to participate in the regular programs at the centers until the 31st.

Twenty institutions will be allocated to each of the Gaewoongsan, Jatjeol, and Neunggolsan Forest Experience Centers, with a maximum of 25 participants per institution. Participants can use the forest experience centers on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from March to December. However, this is subject to change depending on the COVID-19 situation.

A Guro-gu official stated, "We plan to assign professional toddler forest instructors at each experience site to support enjoyable and safe activities," adding, "We hope that through the forest experience programs, children will have opportunities to engage with nature using all their senses."

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