Best Practices
The program of regular activities, thematic workshops and events in village community centers
1. Name of the practice
2. City
3. Years in operation
4. Objectives
‘- supporting families, integration of children and parents,
– supporting children’s development, development of their abilities, imagination,
– support the creation of a hobby, learning support,
– activation of parents and children,
– teaching mothers how to spend time with young children in a relaxed way
– creating places where mothers can be together and exchange experiences,
5. Description - overwiew
There are 14 village community centers in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Municipality. The buildings are new, modern equipped and adapted to the activities taking place there. As part of the program in village community centers we have free activities for children, teenagers, parents and grandparents from rural areas. Classes are held regularly, run by qualified specialists, animators and experienced instructors. The community employs a coordinator who watches over the whole. The program offers, among others:
– “Pilates with baby” – activities for mothers with baby from 1.5 years old (this action teaches stretching and relaxing exercises that can be done with a small child),
– “Koziolki Fikolki” – activities for children from 6 months to 3 years old (these classes combining songs, movement games, mini-plays and art games),
– Theater workshops, music workshops (guitar, keyboards, drums) and rhythmics activities with elements of the musical for children aged 4 between 15,
– Ceramic workshops, handicrafts (various decorative techniques such as decoupage, scrapbooking, felting, making animals from hay),
– “Little Alchemist” workshop (simple chemical experiments),
– Literary classes, Lego bricks, games,
– Model-making workshop (creating models and using them in strategic games),
– Construction, sports (table tennis, karate), dancing (zumba), and also:
– joint activities of children with parents, as making Christmas and Easter decorations from wool and jute,
– workshops for women and girls
– making jewelry,
– classes for adults, including seniors: theater workshops, handicrafts, fitness, Zumba, rehabilitation exercises, relaxation exercises with balls.
6. Field of application
Networking, involvement of families, services.
7. Target
8. Budget
9 Evaluation - impact - outcomes
Summary:
Kinds of classes (general): 22
Number of classes per month: 325
Number of hours per month: 429 A
verage number of participants per month: 568
