The curriculum of the Language nest follows the official curricula of preschool child care institutions in Estonia. Teaching the Võru language, culture, and heritage to 3-7 year old preschoolers is provided by local kindergarten teachers in 18 kindergarten groups of the region once or twice a week. As a method, the partial language immersion is applied.
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\nThe project managers of the Võru Institute assist in the implementation of the language immersion day twice a month. They have teaching experience and are well-informed with the methods of immersion. They support and advise teachers in teaching the language and culture, but also help to organise events, solve problems, and find teaching materials.<\/p>\n
At profesional development sessions, (in-service) teachers benefit from both exchanging best practices and building a sense of community; they are encouraged, and encourage each other to teach in the Võru language.<\/p>\n
With project assistance, teachers create and collect materials related to language immersion. These materials are used to build a special library with collections that can be used by all teachers applying language immersion methods.<\/p>\n
The Võru Institute organises different Võru-language events for language immersion groups: a singing day, a theatre day, and a Võru-language week. Additionally, the project people organize (coordinate) 2 to 3 tours of the mini puppet theatre where different Võru-language folk tales are told. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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