Why Is Jongno-gu's 'Smart Early Childhood Education' Project Gaining Attention Overseas?

Taiwan Hualien County Training Group Visits Seonjae Children's Center on the 13th for Benchmarking... 16 Members of Taiwan Training Group Visit Jongno-gu to Experience Digital Creative Playground and AI Food Scanner... Jung Moonheon, District Mayor, "We Will Strive to Develop Competitive Early Childhood Education Content Unique to Jongno"

Jung Moon-heon, Mayor of Jongno-gu, is having a conversation with children during a visit to the Creative Playground class.

Jongno-gu (District Mayor Jeong Mun-heon) is attracting global attention for its pioneering smart early childhood education project aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of daycare centers.

On the 13th, a delegation from the Hualien County Government Education Department in Taiwan will visit the Jongno-gu-run Seonjae Daycare Center to benchmark advanced cases.

The delegation of 16 members, led by Section Chief Lin Yu-Min, who are in charge of early childhood education, primary and secondary education, lifelong education, physical education, and information education at the Hualien County Government Education Department, will experience the 'Digital Creative Playground' and the 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Food Scanner' on that day.

The Digital Creative Playground is an early childhood art education content developed in May to enhance the learning level of daycare centers and provide differentiated childcare services unique to Jongno.

It was designed to continuously expose children to masterpieces at the daycare center without the need to visit an art museum, fostering interest, creativity, and imagination in art. Based on 282 masterpieces by 32 great artists such as Van Gogh and Monet, it not only delivers information about the artists and their works but also offers a special experience where children can touch the electronic whiteboard to color the artworks and assemble puzzle pieces.

It was selected as an excellent case at the Korea Childcare Promotion Institute’s forum on ‘Various Infant and Toddler Play and Improving the Quality of Future Childcare’ and is linked to the 4th standard childcare curriculum, receiving positive feedback from childcare teachers and parents.

The ‘AI Food Scanner,’ introduced in March this year to improve children’s eating habits and manage customized diets, is also noteworthy.

Utilizing artificial intelligence technology, it provides parents with daily reports measuring the amount of food consumed along with nutritional components such as calories, protein, fat, and carbohydrates, focusing on helping maintain healthy eating habits.

After meals, scanning the tray displays different character images depending on the amount of leftover food, allowing children to perceive mealtime as a kind of fun play and helping to correct picky eating habits. Parents can also check what their children ate outside during the day and supplement any lacking nutrients at home, making it very useful.

Mayor Jeong Mun-heon stated, “We hope that this visit by the Hualien County delegation will serve as an opportunity for continuous cooperation in the development of early childhood education between the two countries,” and added, “We will continue to devise policies that support the healthy growth of children and strive to develop competitive early childhood education content unique to Jongno.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.