DNV is global, so are we!
Since 1977 we host kids from more than 80 countries.
The fact that we are different is normal
In recent years, the kindergarten has become more and more international. As of today, more than 29 nations are represented in the children and staff group. We are proud that we have so many nationalities among children, parents and staff. This has meant that in recent years we have focused on language and culture. We think that having many with different backgrounds gives us a unique opportunity to work with equality and tolerance. Here the children can meet and get to know many different people. The fact that we are different is normal for us. We focus on shared experiences, inclusion and friendship.
Inclusion
To include all the parents, we hold the parent meetings in English, translate monthly plans and the parents who need it get their meetings in English.
Cultures and traditions
We work on how to make our international environment visible and also how to manage and disseminate Norwegian culture and tradition. We work with parents to find out how we can mark the various holidays that are represented in the children's group. Click on the images to read something about it.
The whole kindergarten was part of the marking of mother tongue day. All departments created their own “language tree” with hello in all the languages represented. At circletime we looked at how many languages are represented in kindergarten. We found out that there are 23 languages! We think this is great! Several of the adults acted the tale of “The Three Little Pigs” in their native languages; mommy pig spoke Polish, the first little pig spoke Tamil, the second little pig Vietnamese and the third little pig Polish. The wolf spoke Serbian. It was fun to hear the story in all the different languages! We sang “Fader Jakob” in all the languages we have found but we still lack some. We also watched a video of a song in swahili which we tried to sing. It was a nice marking of mother tongue day in kindergarten!
On Friday 22nd of June we marked ‘midsommar’ in the kindergarten for the children at Blåbærtua and Tyttebærtua. Except for Christmas, ‘midsommar’ is the most important celebration in Sweden. “Midsommerafton” (midsummer eve) is the longest day and brightest night during the summer. ‘Midsommar’ is always celebrated on the Friday closest to 24th of June and is originally an Old Scandinavian holiday. The children began the day before by making flowers to decorate ‘midsommarstangen’ (the midsummer pole) with. Two of the children came along on a walk the day before and gathered flowers and birch branches, also for the pole. On Friday we met outside where the midsummer pole was standing and all the children got to decorate it with the flowers they had made. It looked really nice! Then we had a little gathering out by the bonfire spot where we looked at pictures and spoke a bit about traditions in Sweden during ‘midsommar’; midsommarstang, flower crowns to wear in your hair, eating good food, herring and potatoes, and strawberry cake (jordgubbtårta) for dessert. We sang “små grodorna”, “björnen sover” and “reven raskar over isen” in Swedish while we danced and jumped around the midsummer pole. After lunch the children got some strawberry cake and cinnamon buns, just like they do during midsummer in Sweden! It was a lovely marking of the day and thank you so much to all the parents who contributed with food and content for the marking. God Midsommar (Happy Midsummer)
Sinterklaas is the dutch version of Sankt Nikolas. In November Sinterklaas comes to the Netherlands in a steamboat along with his helper Piet and the big celebration is on 5th December. The children leave a shoe by the fireplace. At night when they are asleep Sinterklaas comes riding on his horse and his helper Piet goes down the chimney and puts a treat in the shoes. Sometimes children can put things in the shoes of Sinterklaas. In the morning, all the children of Blåbærtua and Tyttebærtua coloured a drawing for Sinterklaas that they put in their shoe, together with a carrot for his horse. While we had circletime Sinterklaas had taken all the drawings and the carrot and left a treat for all the children. It was very exciting! During circletime we listened to Sinterklaas songs and watched small videos which showed what happens when Sinterklaas, his helper Piet and his horse come. We also saw a video from the Netherlands where Sinterklaas came in a boat and many people stood and welcomed him. A mother was also part of the circletime, which was very nice. Thank you very much for great help from parents.
More multi language
The kindergarten has an international group where more than half of the children have a different cultural background than Norwegian. We see this as a great resource in the kindergarten. We gathered some information about languages that can be useful for parents to read.
Bringing up children with multiple languages can be difficult. We have some documentation available to help you a littlebit.
Bringing up children with multiple languages can be difficult. We have some documentation available to help you a littlebit.
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