Mapo-gu Hotddul Hotddul Seoul Early Childhood Sports Team Successfully Completes Operation

Selected for 2023 Seoul City Public Project, Operating Early Childhood Sports Team Linking Childcare and Sports Facilities
Great Support for Children's Physical Activity and Growth Development, Contributing to Lifelong Sports Foundation for Residents
Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, "We Will Create an Environment Where Children Can Play Joyfully and Safely"

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that the ‘Hotdul Hotdul Seoul Early Childhood Sports Team’ project, which was operated for about 10 months from mid-March to December last year through a Seoul city public contest, has successfully concluded.

The ‘Hotdul Hotdul Seoul Early Childhood Sports Team’ is a project that connects local childcare facilities and sports facilities to form an early childhood sports team, providing regular and systematic physical activities for children aged 3 to 5. The aim is to establish a foundation for ‘lifelong sports’ that continues into adulthood through early childhood physical activity experiences.

At outdoor sports facilities where children can freely run and play, 22 daycare centers and kindergartens in the area, with a total of 602 children, participated three times a week in soccer and musical jump rope classes using various playground equipment.

Mapo-gu maximized the efficiency of the project and the successful operation of the sports team by frequently visiting educational sites and holding meetings with childcare and sports facility officials to listen to difficulties and gather broad opinions to seek efficient operation plans.

Additionally, during the hot summer months of July and August and the cold winter month of December, the program was operated at the Mapo-gu Citizens Sports Center’s multipurpose gymnasium, creating a safe environment for children to exercise. One professional instructor and one assistant instructor were assigned to enhance the quality of educational services.

A childcare facility official evaluated, “With the development of electronic devices such as smartphones, children’s physical activity has significantly decreased. Through the early childhood sports team, we were able to supplement the lack of physical activity, which greatly helped the children’s growth and development.”

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “We plan to continuously introduce various programs that reduce parents’ childcare burdens and allow children to enjoy physical activities. Mapo-gu will spare no support to create an environment where children, the future leaders, can play joyfully and safely.”

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