Southern hills preschool: SOUTHERN HILLS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

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We are so happy you found us! Our advanced program propels us far beyond the standard concept of daycare. Kids ‘R’ Kids of Southern Hills is a learning academy that will provide your child the educational foundation they deserve! We will be offering a unique mix of safe surroundings, advanced curriculum, technology-filled classrooms, live stream cameras, and highly trained educational staff.

We offer programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, pre-K, before/after school care, and camps.

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Discover the many reasons why we are the Smart Choice for a Smarter Child.

Tour our facilities, meet our teachers and see for yourself why we are a top-rated school providing academic excellence and an accelerated foundation for your child.

Our Accredited Programs

Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academy is fully accredited and offers the ultimate foundation for your child. We are very proud to provide the most effective educational programs and innovative facilities for children 6 weeks through 12 years of age.

Our Exclusive Curriculum

Our exclusive line of curriculum is designed specifically for every developmental stage of education with theme-based units, specific learning activities and teacher-friendly lesson plans. As a parent, rest assured your child is benefiting and advancing from the most innovative curriculum available.

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29/51: Large separate playgrounds are designed for ultimate play for infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children.

30/51: Our School Age Program provides an engaging and collaborative environment.

31/51: Introduction to literacy begins with our earliest learners with exclusive Infant Curriculum that exceeds other typical childcare services.

32/51: The Kids ‘R’ Kids exclusive STEAM Ahead® Curriculum implements various activities to develop skills in science, technology, engineering, art and math.

33/51: School buses with seat belts provide transportation to and from local elementary schools as well as to planned field trips.

34/51: Hands-on activities (such as patterns, measurements and shapes) are important for developing your child into an abstract thinker.

35/51: Engaging activities thoughtfully engineered to encourage innovation, collaboration and imagination.

36/51: The Kids ‘R’ Kids Staff is central to our success. Each member is carefully selected and extensively trained to provide the best in early childhood development and childcare.

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Preschool Childcare Program – Southern Hills – Now Open

Providing an advanced educational foundation for a higher level of success

At Kids ‘R’ Kids, we understand your eager preschooler is ready to go all the time. Rest assured, our program is well-equipped for this energy and constant thirst for knowledge through our accredited Preschool program. Our Kids ‘R’ Kids Preschool Program provides your child with the environment, nutrition, safety, and tools they need to keep their active minds growing and learning.

Our accredited program ensures that every child receives an accelerated foundation for elementary school.

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What We Provide Our Preschoolers

• Developmentally-appropriate practices — Each guided activity, station and procedure is tailored to fit a growing, eager preschooler. We prepare children for elementary school and beyond by building the foundation they need to thrive. Each day, the classroom participates in activities that are customized to each child’s abilities and growth

• Hands-on involvement — By using teacher-directed and self-directed activities, children are encouraged to learn through engaging, hands-on approaches that allow each child to explore their surroundings

• Decision-making and problem-solving skills — Starting at this age, children learn not only to react to their surroundings, but to anticipate, decide, and solve the problems in front of them. Our program offers them a safe, nurturing environment for them to begin building these important skills

• Character development — Emotional, behavioral, and social skills are developed through our program to help your child grow into a healthy, happy, and well-adjusted citizen

• Vocabulary — Preschoolers in our program will learn to build and grow their vocabulary in preparation for Kindergarten and beyond

• Social-emotional activities — As they are growing, preschoolers are learning how to display their emotions and interact with their peers and teachers. Our program is developed to further guide your child’s social-emotional growth through positive interactions with those around them

• Literacy skills — Learning to read is an exciting time in a child’s life! Your preschooler will start putting their alphabet skills to work as we learn to read together in groups and individual times

• Small group instruction — Using small group time to explore new concepts and activities increases your preschooler’s chances to explore with positive guidance while learning to cooperate and work together with their peers

Life is an adventure when you are a preschooler. Our Learning Academy provides plenty of opportunities for your preschooler to explore and grow. The sounds of children laughing and playing are the sounds of children learning at Kids ‘R’ Kids.

Knowing your preschooler is safe is crucial to your peace of mind

Safety

Clean Classrooms: Include a personal place for your child’s belongings, organized learning centers, disinfected toys and play areas, and child-sized sinks for washing hands
Certified Teachers in: Infant/Child and Adult CPR, and First Aid
Glass Walls: Unlike typical day care centers or childcare providers, our classrooms feature tempered glass walls for maximum visibility and safety. This promotes an open, bright atmosphere, as well as a clean environment
Safety Guard on Door Hinges: Our doors are padded at the hinges so that little fingers don’t get pinched when doors are opened and closed between classrooms
Regular Drills for: Tornado, fire, hurricane and school lock-down

Secure environments put the focus where it belongs…on your child

Security

Electronic Security: Coded entry so only authorized visitors may enter the facility
Hiring Process: All staff undergo extensive state-mandated background checks
Front Desk: Our front desk is always staffed so that a watchful eye is supervising the facility, ensuring authorized entries only
Security Cameras: Every classroom in our facility has security cameras that are monitored at the front desk. The owners and staff can easily observe classroom activities throughout each day. Families can login to a secure, password-protected website to check in on their child periodically

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Invaluable connections are made while meals are shared

Meals

Children eat all meals together using family-style seating
Teachers monitor all eating times
Meals are prepared in our commercial-grade kitchen, which is kept separated from the classrooms
Each day, our in-house chef prepares nutritious meals that exceed USDA guidelines
All allergies are documented and kept in the front office with administrators
Our school is a nut-free zone

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“Jett struggled with food allergies in his first day care. Now with Kids ‘R’ Kids, I feel confident with his care. ”

Our programs emphasize the development of every aspect of curious preschoolers through our whole-child approach! We facilitate Brain/Cognitive, Social, Emotional, Physical and Behavioral Development, while aiding in the enhancement of communication, language and literacy skills.

Experiential learning expands your child’s mind infinitely

Brain & Cognitive Development

At the successful conclusion of our Preschool Program, your child will:

Understand quantity and numbers, as well as the concepts of distance, weight, dimensions, and time
Create patterns, understand spatial relationships, shape concepts and use mathematical problem solving
Demonstrate scientific inquiry skills
Demonstrate knowledge related to physical science
Demonstrate an understanding of community, culture, ethnicity and geography
Demonstrate an awareness of community economics and how events are related
Participate in dance, visual arts, voice and drama while exploring the use of instruments and objects to express creativity

Lasting friendships are formed on a daily basis

Social & Emotional Development

With the aid of our highly skilled teachers, your child will:

Develop self-awareness
Engage in self-expression
Demonstrate self-control
Develop relationships and social skills with adults
Develop relationships and social skills with peers

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Playtime develops a healthy attitude towards wellness

Physical Development

Through a blend of engaging activities both inside and outside of the classroom, your preschooler will:

Practice safe, healthy habits
Participate in activities related to nutrition
Demonstrate an awareness of the body in space and its relationship to objects in space
Use senses to explore the environment and process information
Develop gross motor skills
Develop fine motor skills

Engaging activities that encourage teamwork and allow imaginations to flourish

Behavioral Development

Before moving on to Kindergarten, we’ll ensure that your child:

Demonstrates initiative and self-direction
Demonstrates interest and curiosity
Sustains attention to a specific activity and demonstrates persistence
Engages in a progression of individualized and imaginative play
Demonstrates a cooperative and flexible approach to play

The art of expression is vital to your child’s development

Communication, Language & Literacy

By the successful conclusion of our Preschool Program, your child will:

Listen to conversations and demonstrate comprehension
Acquire vocabulary introduced in conversations, activities, stories, and/or books
Use non-verbal communication for a variety of purposes
Use increasingly complex spoken language
Demonstrate increasing knowledge of the alphabet
Demonstrate awareness of print concepts
Use writing for a variety of purposes
Acquire meaning from a variety of materials read aloud
Develop early phonological awareness

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Transport and logistics

The Demikhov Machine-Building Plant (DMZ, part of Transmashholding) produced 11,000 electric train cars.

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The new rolling stock in the Russian Railways corporate color scheme was inspected and appreciated by the Deputy General Directors of Transmashholding JSC Artem Ledenev and Alexander Loshmanov, as well as the Deputy General Director of Russian Railways JSC Dmitry Pegov.

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Production

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The St. Petersburg manufacturer of marine engines and heavy gearboxes PJSC Zvezda has completed the development, manufacture and testing of the 6RP aggregated gearbox complex for the project 20386 corvette with a gas turbine power plant. This was reported to Sudostroenie.info by a company representative during the XI International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2023).

Recall that the 6RP gearbox complex includes two gearboxes and an intergear transmission united on a single frame. The total weight of the complex is about 100 tons.

The 6RP complex is a new generation of gear units. When it was created, the designers abandoned the classic layout by placing the main equipment on a single frame. This made it possible to reduce the total weight, simplify installation, and increase the service life and reliability of the equipment.
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Sports facilities

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VLADIVOSTOK, 17 September. /TASS/. The rowing base in the village of Lozovoe, Primorsky Krai, reconstructed under the Demography national project to host international competitions, opened on Saturday, the press service of the government of Primorye reports.

Reconstruction of the Olimpiyskaya rowing base in the village of Lozovy, Primorsky Krai, where athletes have been trained for Russian and international competitions since 1988, began in 2020. In its place, a new year-round sports training center for national teams of Primorsky Krai and Russia in rowing and other sports has appeared.

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User’s blog Denis Denisoff

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To receive benefits, a ship repair company enters into an agreement that contains a list of measures to develop and modernize production capacities. Such an agreement must be concluded no later than December 31, 2024. It is valid for seven consecutive calendar years.

During this period, ship repair enterprises will have to allocate at least 20% of their revenue for their own development. This will allow shipyards to invest more in long-term projects and purchase expensive equipment.

In the event of termination of the agreement, the enterprise must pay VAT at a rate of 20% for the entire calendar year in which the agreement was terminated.
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Transport and logistics

Modern Transport Technologies Group of Companies, the largest distributor of commercial vehicles, begins supplying Gazelle NN and Sobol NN lean-to cars with a 2.5-liter diesel engine of the G 2.5 family to dealerships. The new power unit is characterized by an increased resource and provides vehicles with high dynamics and low fuel consumption.

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G-series engines have a modern high-tech design. Thanks to the cast-iron cylinder block and forged steel crankshaft, they are highly durable and wear-resistant, and thanks to the aluminum cylinder head, they are lightweight – only 220-228 kg, depending on the modification. In addition, due to the design of the gas distribution mechanism with hydraulic compensators and belt driven camshafts, diesel engines have a low noise level.

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Shipbuilding and shipping

Repair dredging of the inner water area and the approach channel of the bucket in the seaport of Shakhtersk has been completed.

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Dredging was carried out in accordance with the design documentation “Production of repair dredging in the seaport of Shakhtersk with the organization of underwater (marine) and coastal soil dumping for a period of ten years”, in order to achieve the required depth in the seaport of Shakhtersk.

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Transport and logistics

DC electric train EP2DM manufactured by the Demikhov Machine-Building Plant (DMZ, part of Transmashholding JSC), created on a domestic component base, has successfully passed certification.

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The certificate issued by the Certification Register for the Federal Railway Transport (FBU “RS FZhT”) allows serial production of modified electric trains for five years.

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Production

SIBEARIAN (a Russian brand that produces care products for clothes, shoes and sports equipment) has developed its own technology and launched a unique, indelible white paint for all types of shoes – SIBEARIAN RE:NEW WHITE. It does not turn yellow and does not form cracks on shoes.

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Photo facts

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Meteor-M hydrometeorological satellite No. 2-3 was taken to the Vostochny launch complex.

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Today, the Soyuz-2.1b space rocket with the Meteor-M No. 2-3 hydrometeorological spacecraft and 42 Russian and foreign associated small satellites was transported to the launch complex of pad 1C of the Vostochny cosmodrome.

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Contract signed…

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S7 Technics has been certified by the Federal Air Transport Agency. The service company was allowed to independently produce components for servicing foreign-made aircraft. This was reported by the press service of S7 Technics.

“S7 Technics has received a manufacturing organization approval certificate from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia). The document confirms that the company complies with the requirements of the current Federal Aviation Regulations and is capable of independently manufacturing aircraft components,” the message says.

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Production

ATB Electronics has started production of an industrial batch of ATB-ATOM-1 minicomputers.

Video report from production batch

Video report from batch production “The journey from product development to production of an industrial batch usually takes several years, during which the company goes through many stages. © avatars.dzeninfra.ru
- Lot size: 1950 pieces.
- Installation duration: June 2023.
- Enclosure: early July 2023.
- Purpose: to meet the current demand for this equipment.
- Batch scalability: up to 5,000 pieces in a period of 4-5 months.
- Production potential: up to 1 million pieces per year.
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Advanced developments, R&D, inventions

KFU named after. Vernadsky developed a vineyard drone for processing plants and soil

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Scientists from V.I. Vernadsky (KFU named after V.I. Vernadsky) created a prototype of an unmanned chassis. The device has a high ground clearance and is designed for processing vineyards.

Chassis is a rectangular frame with four telescopic struts on which wheels are mounted: swivel wheels on the front struts, and drive wheels on the rear struts. Clearance – up to 2200 mm, track – from 1200 to 1800 mm. All this allows the drone to move freely over the crowns of plants.

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Transport and logistics

Sinara – Urban Transport Solutions Krasnodar (Sinara – GTR Krasnodar, part of STM Holding) has begun replacing the rail grid and building a new track at the modernized tram junction in the Central District of the Kuban capital.

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The company will also improve the surrounding area, turning it into a modern transport and pedestrian space.

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Completion of a complex logistics operation for the transportation of steam generators for power unit No. 2 of the Kursk NPP-2 under construction with VVER-TOI power units.

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Each steam generator was delivered sequentially: first by river from the manufacturer’s plant, then by special transport to the city of Kurchatov.

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User’s blog Denis Denisoff

On June 26 at 05:00, the repair of the runway was completed. In order not to disrupt the flight schedule and the rhythm of the airport, all work was carried out at night.

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The construction of a new domestic passenger terminal continues at Magadan Airport. Works at the facility are carried out by LIMAKMARASCHSTROY LLC.

Arrangement of reinforced concrete foundation structures of the air terminal complex is completed by 75%, 3750 cubic meters have been poured. m. of concrete from the required 5000 cubic meters. Works on reinforcement and concreting of the basement walls were completed by 40% of the total volume.

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In the period from June 21 to June 22, 2023, a ground test of the installed radio equipment and aviation communications was successfully carried out on the runway under construction at the Vostochny Cosmodrome Airport, and on June 26, their flight testing using aircraft.

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The Yak-40 aircraft of the SibNIA-TEST Aviation Certification Center checked the range of stable reception of the signal of a separate drive radio station from the landing direction of 163 degrees. The crew received the signal from the radio station at a distance of 140 km and a flight altitude of 8 km, about which they informed the specialist of the traffic group via a VHF radio station.

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Russian farmers in the southern regions of the country have harvested 1.5 million tons of grain today against 875 thousand tons in the same period in 2022.

Cereals and leguminous crops were threshed from an area of 352.4 thousand hectares. Including wheat harvested from 18.7 thousand hectares, 83.4 thousand tons were harvested with a yield of 44.5 centners per hectare. In addition, 845.8 thousand tons of barley were harvested.

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Education

More than a hundred young professionals and scientists from 50 enterprises of the Ruselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation take part in the International Youth Industrial Forum “Engineers of the Future”, which takes place in the Tula Region.

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As part of the forum, the holding organizes the Faculty of Radio Electronics. Its program is focused on mastering modern approaches to solving engineering problems in the field of radio electronics, as well as managing the product innovation cycle – from the idea of creating a product to promoting it on the market. The curriculum is designed for 96 academic hours.

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Preschool education news

Regional stage of the All-Russian competition “Educator of the Year of Russia – 2023”

From March 20 to 24, the regional stage of the All-Russian competition “Educator of the Year of Russia – 2023” was held in Tomsk. From our district, by the decision of the organizing committee of the municipal stage, the following were nominated: Angelina Vasilievna Limanova, Alena Valerievna Guseva, Olga Andreevna Velikaya, Gulyalek Saparovna Ivashchenko.

An intense struggle between the most professional teachers in preschool education from 18 municipalities of the Tomsk region continued for several days.

At the end of the Competition, the results were summed up:

The finalist of the regional stage “Teacher of the Year of Russia – 2023” was Angelina Vasilievna Limanova, teacher of the MBDOU “Kindergarten” North Park “of the Tomsk region.

Participants of the regional stage of the competition were: Rybalovo” of the Tomsk region;

Olga Andreevna Velikaya, musical director of the MBDOU “Kindergarten “Raduzhny”, Zonal Station village, Tomsk region;

Gulyalek Saparovna Ivashchenko, musical director of the MADOU “Kindergarten with. Malinovka” of the Tomsk region.

We sincerely congratulate our dear teachers! We wish you a bright, interesting and eventful professional life!

Gathering of young Vasilis 2023

On March 22 and 23, a municipal competition for pupils of the Tomsk region “Gathering of young Vasilis” was held. 15 young Vasilis from all over the region took part in the competition. Pupils showed their business cards, creative performances, told fairy tales.

According to the results of the competition, the first place was shared by Alisa Rogacheva from the kindergarten “Northern Park” and Varvara Peshkicheva from the kindergarten in the village of Molodezhny.

II place: Varvara Kushnerevich, a pupil of the kindergarten “Raduzhny”, Zonal Station village, Alena Dedyukhina, a pupil of the kindergarten with. Bogashevo, Polina Babushkina, a pupil of the kindergarten in the village of Rassvet.

III place: Alena Klimson, pupil of the kindergarten from. Malinovka, Anastasia Denisova, a pupil of a kindergarten with. Kaftanchikovo, Darina Argunova, a pupil of the kindergarten “Romashka” in the village of Kopylovo, Varvara Chebakova, a pupil of the kindergarten “Ryabinka” in the village of Zonal Station.

Congratulations to the winners and all participants of the contest!

Young commanders (“Heroes of the XXI century”)

On March 14, the final of the municipal competition “Young commanders” (“Heroes of the XXI century”) took place on the basis of the kindergarten in the village of Rassvet.

Young heroes, together with their dads, passed 4 competitive tests: for ingenuity (assembling a mosaic), experience of generations (dads of young commanders showed how to sew buttons correctly), heroic wisdom (guessed riddles), made toys from improvised materials together with dads.

Congratulations to the winners of the contest:

1st place — Matvey Golov, a pupil of the MBDOU “Kindergarten “Romashka”, Kopylovo village, Tomsk region;

II place – Zhikin Zakhar, pupil of MADOU “Kindergarten with. Malinovka” of the Tomsk region;

III place — Beldyagin Maxim, a pupil of MBDOU “Kindergarten” Ryabinka “KV Zonal Station” of the Tomsk region.

Teacher of the Year – 2023 in the Tomsk region

On February 16, the final of the municipal stage of the All-Russian competition “Educator of the Year of Russia” in 2023 ended.

In a solemn ceremony, the winner – Limanova Angelina Vasilievna, teacher of the MBDOU “Kindergarten “Northern Park” of the Tomsk region, was given a crystal pearl – the symbol of the competition “Teacher of the Year”.

Guseva Plena Valerievna, teacher of MADOU “Kindergarten OV with. Rybalovo” of the Tomsk region.

Laureate of the II degree – Velikaya Olga Andreevna, musical director of the MBDOU “Kindergarten” Rainbow “p. Zonal Station” of the Tomsk region.

The finalists of the Competition are:

Ivashchenko Gulyalek Saparovna, music director of the MADOU “Kindergarten with. Malinovka” of the Tomsk region;

Kozyreva Tatyana Igorevna, teacher of MBDOU “Kindergarten “Polyanka”, Mirny settlement, Tomsk region.

Participants of the Contest:

Labetskaya Oksana Vladimirovna, teacher of MBDOU “Kindergarten with. Oktyabrskoye” of the Tomsk region;

Evtukhova Olga Borisovna, educator MADOC “CRR – Kindergarten in the village of Kislovka” of the Tomsk region.

Congratulations to all participants of the municipal stage!

Good luck at the regional stage of the competition “Educator of the Year of Russia – 2023” Angelina Vasilievna, Alena Valerievna, Olga Andreevna and Gulyalek Saparovna!

Order No. 108 dated February 17, 2023 On approval of the results of the municipal stage of the All-Russian competition Educator of the Year in Russia in 2023

Inter-district practice-oriented seminar

On February 9, an inter-district practice-oriented seminar on the topic “Modern technologies in working with children of preschool age” was held on the basis of the MADOU “CRR – kindergarten in the village of Kislovka” of the Tomsk region. The seminar was attended by 38 teachers from Zarechny, Tugansky and Zonalny districts. The work of the seminar included activities of a diverse nature. There were open viewings of joint activities with children of different age groups. The teachers presented rich master classes, where each participant could test in practice the use of various modern technologies in working with children. All participants of the seminar received a lot of positive emotions and impressions, and the acquired skills, according to teachers, will be very useful in everyday work with children.

Action “Zbere”

During the month in the Tomsk region an action for preschool educational organizations “Zbere” is held. Pupils from 23 preschool educational organizations, together with teachers and parents, made more than 340 angel charms for our soldiers who are on a special military operation in Ukraine.

Meeting of the municipal methodical association

On October 26, an organizational meeting of the municipal methodological association was held, which was attended by senior educators of preschool educational organizations, deputy heads of educational institutions and heads of preschool educational districts from 31 educational organizations. At the meeting, the issues of introducing a new organizational model of interaction between educational districts and the development of pedagogical skills were considered. The participants of the meeting shared their best practices of working within the educational districts, expressed their suggestions for improving the work and their wishes.