Recruitment of Regular Users for Dongjak-gu Infant Forest Experience Center

For daycare centers and kindergartens licensed by the 29th... Final selection on February 5... From March, each institution can choose to participate in a Basic Forest or Autonomous Forest experience group with around 25 children

Last year, children participated in an experiential program at Sangdo Children's Forest Experience Center.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) is recruiting regular user institutions targeting daycare centers and kindergartens that have received facility approval ahead of the opening of the '2021 Early Childhood Forest Experience Center.'

The Early Childhood Forest Experience Center is an eco-friendly play space where children can freely run and play in the forest and interact with nature through their five senses. Currently, the district operates two centers: Seodal Mountain Early Childhood Forest Experience Center (San 49-36, Sangdo-dong) in Hyeonchung Neighborhood Park and Sangdo Early Childhood Forest Experience Center (533-3, Sangdo-dong) in Sangdo Neighborhood Park.

The experience centers operate from March to November for nine months, Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., divided into morning and afternoon sessions. They are categorized into a basic forest experience class led by a professional early childhood forest instructor and a self-guided forest experience class led by the institution’s head teacher.

Each institution can use either the basic forest experience class or the self-guided forest experience class once a week for three hours per day with about 25 children.

Institutions wishing to participate must submit the application form, forest experience class organization list, and parental consent forms by visiting the District Office’s Parks and Greenery Division (74 Noryangjin-ro, Yuhan Yanghaeng Building 3rd floor) by the 29th (Friday), or send them by mail or email to the person in charge (hhchoi48@dongjak.go.kr).

The district will review the eligibility based on ▲regular forest experience activity availability ▲parental consent ▲accompanying teacher presence, and announce the final selected institutions on February 5.

Operating hours and participant numbers of the Early Childhood Forest Experience Center may change depending on the COVID-19 situation.

Meanwhile, last year, the district operated two Early Childhood Forest Experience Centers, which were visited by about 840 children from local daycare centers and kindergartens.

Kim Won-sik, Director of the Parks and Greenery Division, said, “Through this project, we hope children will feel the forest with their five senses in the urban environment and enhance their creativity. We look forward to the participation of many interested related institutions.”

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