Common Core Standards of the Nursary

1. ’WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD’
AN INSIGHT INTO
NEY FERENC KINDERGARTEN
IN EGER, HUNGARY
and the
Common Core Standards of the Nursery
3300 Eger, Ifjúság út 7-9.
Hungary

2. ’WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD’

3. OUR MISSION STATEMENT ’EVERY CHILD MATTERS’
The
kindergarten
is a place
where
children
are happy
to come
enjoy
playing
with their
peers
feel safe
and secure
are eager
to discover
new
knowledge
acquire
new skills
are ready
to face new
challenges

4. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE IN HUNGARY

5. THE CURRICULUM OF NEY FERENC NURSERY SCHOOL
Our Mission
'Every Child
Matters'
the
institution's
aims
quality
insurance
policy
basic values
principles
the social
network of
the
kindergarten
the
professional
goals

6. BASIC VALUES
 patriotism; be proud Hungarians
 environment protection; be environment
conscious
 Protect local and regional natural resources;
 traditions, celebrations
 justice; appreciation, self-esteem; honesty; self-
decipline
 humanity, democracy,love of people, respect,
tolerance, justice, freedom
 the importance of free play
 innovation, ready to acquire new knowledge and
face challenges

7. BASIC PRINCIPLES
 The child should
 acquire the skills of using the mother tongue
 be ready to start learning foreign languages
 be respected as an autonomous person
 be motivated for cooperation and communication
 be given the chance to celebrate the national
holidays and traditions
 gain positive experience; be positive
 live according to the basic values of the community
 keep loving and sharing contact with the smaller
and wider community

8. The teachers should
 let the children play and /or play with the children
 use the mother tongue for teaching communication
 motivate the children to start learning foreign languages
 carry out the principles of the kindergarten curriculum
according to th ebest of their knowledge
 be tolerant, love children, give equal treatment to every
child
 develop their professional knowledge
 be positive, friendly and tolerant
 ensure the democratic atmosphere int he kindergarten
 be cooperative, be helpful
 smile, smile, smile
BASIC PRINCIPLES

9.  free play
 attract children into activities through child initiative
games and play
 accurate expression of their thoughts in the mother
tongue
 give the child all the necessary help and knowledge
that contributes to developing the child’s personal
development, happiness and self-esteem
 give special care and treatment to special needs
children
 protect the environment, be an environmental friendly
person
 be open to other nations’ culture
 learn about Hungarian traditions, customs, folk songs,
folk dances, tales
BASIC PRINCIPLES

10. THE CURRICULUM OF NEY FERENC NURSERY SCHOOL
 The local curriculum contains why the
institution was established , what its aims are,
who the services are for, how and where the
services are provided.
 The location, social network , needs of the
community
 Professional goals are specified fx) basic and
extra services, the significance of education,
staff in-service trainings, forms of partnership,
childcare work in practice

11. THE CURRICULUM OF NEY FERENC NURSERY SCHOOL
 It includes care and education tasks (healthy
lifestyle, support to emotional development,
socialization of cognitive processes, etc.), the
most typical situations of care and education,
life in th nursery and forms of activity (care,
play, movement, story telling,
dramatization,poems, rhymes, singing,
creative activities, observation of the
environment, education of special needs,
their care and early intervention, extra
services (puppet theatre, swimming pool,
festivals, etc

12. THE CURRICULUM OF NEY FERENC NURSERY SCHOOL
 Partnership with parents
 Monitoring Child Development
 Flexible Start of School
 If the child is not ready to go to school, a
Committee of Experts decides if the child
remains int he kindergarten or goes to a
school for special educational needs.
 The Kindergarten Core Curriculum sets out
the development features to be reached by
the end of kindergarten education.

13. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Important to learning and performing the arts
 dance, sing, act,paint, explore the world through
senses and improve perceptual skills
 children can act like cats; move to music, rhythm, and
sounds; and turn everyday movements such as
walking and jumping into dance.
 listening to music, they repeat the tempo with rhythm
sticks and pretend and act out the stories they hear
and the pictures they see by performing group
pantomimes, improvisations and acting out.
 children like to talk about what they see in pictures
and use glue and scissors with enthusiasm while
learning about line, color, shape, texture, value, and
space in the world around them and in
works of art.

14. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
While learning vocabulary in each of the arts
disciplines, they see, listen, and respond to
dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts from
various cultures and time periods. For
kindergarten students, the arts are among their
first exciting adventures in learning. They are
beginning to develop the vocabulary and skills
unique to the arts.

15. DANCE
Children learn many ways to move through space and respond to their
teacher’s instructions to hop, turn, wiggle, or be still. They use this ability to
control their movements, express ideas, and respond to different types of
music.
By learning folk and traditional dances, they can talk about how the dances
are the same or different by using such terms as melody, music, costume,
speed, and force. They also learn to distinguish between everyday
movements and dance movements.

16. DANCE

17. MUSIC
 Through music activities,
students sing and play
instruments, become aware of
music in their daily
experience, and learn about
music from various cultures.
Creating movements in
response to music helps them
connect to dance and discern
variations in rhythm, tempo,
and dynamics.
 Every March, Ney Ferenc
Kindergarten invites and hosts
the children from other
kindergartens in the town and
the region to take part in the
Folk Festival. Children sing
folk songs, performs, tell folk
tales, dance folk dances, and

18. THEATRE
Children learn that
sense memory, which
involves sight, smell,
touch, taste, or
hearing, is an
important skill for
acting out a character.
With their new skills,
they can retell a
familiar story, myth, or
fable and enjoy adding
costumes and props to
their performance.

19. THEATRE
By portraying different
characters they like or
they know, they learn
acting skills.
And by developing
important skills through
working together in
dramatizations, they
learn how to put a story
on stage. Like actors,
they begin to use their
senses to observe the
world and people around
them.

20. VISUAL ARTS
In visual arts
 children observe,
 identify lines, colours, shapes and forms,
textures,
 observe changes in the shadows and in
sunlight,
 to talk about what they have experienced,
 notice how objects appear to be larger
when close and smaller when far away.
Childen use this visual information
 to create works of art on paper and in
several different constructions,
 use geometric shapes and lines that
express feelings,
 they start speaking about what they have
discovered,
 make stories in works of art to tell their
experience to their peers, teachers and
families at home.
 They use different colours, shapes, and
textures in their own work to express their
feelings and emotions.

21. IN HUNGARY, NURSERY SCHOOL IS COMPULSORY FOR
EVERY CHILD FROM THE AGE OF 3.
SCHOOL LEAVING AGE IS 16. COMPULSORY EDUCATION FINISHES WITH
THE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF FINAL
EXAMINATIONS AT THE AGE OF 18.
Grades
9-12
Grades
1-4
(1-2 & 3-4)
Grades
5-6
Grades
7-8
The National Core
Curriculum defines
the educational
phases of the 12
grades of compulsory
education
Grades
9-12
Grades
1-4
(1-2 & 3-4)
Grades
5-6
Grades
7-8

22. THE NATIONAL CORE CURRICULUM
COMMON VALUES IN SCHOOL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OF KEY COMPETENCES
 democracy
 humanism, respect for the
individual,
 the freedom of conscience,
the development of
personality,
 progress towards
cooperation between
fundamental communities
(family, nation, community of
European Nations,
mankind)equality between
people, nations,national
minority and ethnic groups
and gender
 Communication in the Mother
Tongue
 Communication in Foreign
Languages
 Mathematical Competence
 Competence in Ntural
Science
 Digital Competence
 Learning to Learn
 Sence of Initiative and
Entrepreneurship
 Aestethic and Artistic
Awarness and Expression

23. KEY DEVELOPMENT TASKS
 Self-image and Self-knowledge
 Homeland and People
 European Identity - Universal Culture
 Education for Active Citizenship
 Economic Education
 Education for Environmental Awareness
 Learning to Learn
 Physical and Mental Health
 Preparation for Adulthood
 Principles of Promoting Equal Learning Opportunities
THE NATIONAL CORE CURRICULUM

24. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
FOLK FESTIVAL
MARCH 16TH
WE KINDLY INVITE YOU ALL TO COME AND
ENJOY CHILDREN SINGING, DANCING AND
PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.