visits since September last year our now five year-old Julius brave a "municipal pre-school educational institution, kindergarten, or - in view of the Russian love of Deminutivsuffixen -" Sadik, "garden called. 
this institution shall pay the lofty Designation "grammar school No. 1" also the cozy name Sönnchen. A special feature this particular facility is the early childhood teaching the German language and culture - this circumstance we owe at all also the place for Julius, for kindergarten places in Novosibirsk as in all of Russia rare and often only after years of waiting time and / or (!) to obtain a deposit in the "Parents Fund" in respectable level. 
spared us all this, however we pay - like all other parents in the "Sönnchen" - besides the state-set school fees of about 900 rubles (currently about 20 €) some minor allowances for "special services", eg physiotherapy (When I asked under what conditions the children it were to participate, I got the answer, actually not all children are somehow sick, so we decided not to our healthy Julius exclude them), vitamins (which you as a reward for good work during the be distributed or teaching denied in case of failure), or - from scratch - an "oxygen cocktail" that is reminiscent of foamed apple juice, spooned from the children but with great enthusiasm () is!. The largest item, but take the "voluntary donations" in the amount of 1,700 rubles, so that total on a monthly contribution of just under 3,000 rubles is - a whole Quantity for a Russian teacher's salary of about 8,000 rubles.
is, however, that the child also completely furnished - with an opening time of 7-19 Clock and four meals a day (breakfast of porridge, three-course lunch menu, milk and biscuits for "poldnik" after the nap and dinner). Included is also a strict medical surveillance of children by two in-house medical staff: from numerous required supporting research findings and analysis prior to the start of the Child on the close observation ("Your son has contact two pimples on the nose, please report it immediately to the competent clinic and let him at least a week at home! ") spontaneous and medication Transportation ("Julius has now coughed to sleep. Since we have given him a pill.") to collective vaccination and immunity tests to the national rate fixed points in time.
end Unfortunately, this round supply abruptly end of May - then start the Russian summer holidays, up to the grand reopening of the kindergarten and school operations on 1 September last. It is beyond me, as Russian families - and we! - Can survive three months hand-written child care.
The daily routine in the "garden" is by tightly organized: At 8 clock in the group of two series in the in-house cafeteria marched to breakfast, especially the bekittelte governess, behind her the two "on-duty" Children in apron, and help clear the tables of the tables. After breakfast, there are three or four "lessons", ie units of 30 minutes, in which 20 children are divided into two groups that are dedicated to the exchange the subjects: kneading and gluing, painting and drawing, computer science (logical thinking) , mathematics, literacy, reading, German, singing, sports.
Each lesson is interrupted by small "Fizminutki" where the children - of course all at once - get up and make small gym exercises. But otherwise they either sit at small tables, which in the bedroom establishes the rules and the teacher already lovingly with each required material "covered" were, or search on one of the classrooms in which the group is expected by the German teacher, music teacher or sports coach. Actually, the nursery also has a private swimming pool, but unfortunately the management tried unsuccessfully for about two years to obtain the necessary papers to start at the city council ...
also in the creative fields, there are clear guidelines on what to paint each, cut to stick with modeling clay or dough is. Thus, the parents each afternoon in the "gallery of children's creativity" 20 Snowmen admire stained paper, 20 or 20 ravens drawn kneaded trees. 
In mathematics and the languages of the children have regular school books, pencil cases and folders. Julius settled already quite secure in numbers up to 10 and can some Russian - write letters - and unfortunately also German. The groups are composed of old uniform. Julius attended the oldest group, from which the now mostly seven-year-olds will go in the summer in the first grade. This assignment is one of the teacher to thank, who speaks passable German, and Julius was able to facilitate in the first few weeks to settle in much. This teacher is also otherwise a stroke of luck: Very different from their usually very strict and often somewhat rabid fellow she meets the children very carefully, empathetically and with noticeable affection. These properties, they could even have a three-month double-layer maintained from October to December last year was the second teacher of the group suffering the long term, so not as usual during the afternoon sleep of the exchange took place, but this one teacher 12 hours a day, the 20 children alone in charge.
goes after the lessons, the group concluded for at least an hour outside - only at extremely low temperatures below -20 degrees no longer playing in the fresh air.
Also on the Outside there is very organized to: Each group has its own area, so that a total of 6 slides, 6 sand boxes, 6 cottages on the veranda of land disposed. After the "free floating" it's for lunch, after which one of the two group rooms, extended the drawers and beds to the already seven-year-olds crawl with pajamas for two hours (!) To bed.
to sleep is still read a story. A governess is all the time in the bedroom there, to call those children to rest, which will it will not fall asleep ...
After sleeping and strengthen the "poldnik" can the children - now it's about 15.30 clock - Play for Free! This daily structure has led to Julius earnestly after the first weeks settling a question asked, "very long" to be allowed to remain.
The frequent changes of activities and locations during the course of a kindergarten day asked the children several times
- independently - to move (!):
When morning arrived to be felt boots, snow suit, fur hat and gloves stowed in a small cupboard and exchanged for shorts, T-shirt and sandals. Even at -40 degrees outside temperature prevailing in kindergarten chubby 25 degree heat. For sport which - of course uniform - sports uniform, consisting of orange T-shirt and worn black shorts. Unfortunately, this is not provided centrally by the institution, but it is up to parents to comb the entire city to buy an orange T-shirt without any imprint. Here, the boundaries between dark and bright orange on the part of the teachers strictly adhered to. To play on the outdoor terrain, the children have to re-create the course, warm clothing, and then again for lunch the group of normal clothes, but after eating a sleeping suit - or for hot-blooded - only their underwear. After sleeping all pull again to the group dress, and if the parents come naturally to her again snowsuit and boots .... In
"Sönnchen are celebrating along with the many Russian and all German holidays and festivals, which sometimes leads to an unbearable accumulation.
After the German Martin and Nikolaus Fest, the German Christmas and the Russian New Year in December, followed in January, the Russian Christmas dance (in old costumes), a German Karnevaltag, in February, a sports festival and a parents' evening and the "Day of Defender of the country "and, finally, the" butter week ", an ancient Slavic feast for the expulsion of the winter. For every occasion, the children learn proper German or Russian Songs and poems, each coming on stage for the performance. Currently practicing Julius touching songs about the best of all mothers and grandmothers with golden hands. On 8 March is Women's Day that is ...
this institution shall pay the lofty Designation "grammar school No. 1" also the cozy name Sönnchen. A special feature this particular facility is the early childhood teaching the German language and culture - this circumstance we owe at all also the place for Julius, for kindergarten places in Novosibirsk as in all of Russia rare and often only after years of waiting time and / or (!) to obtain a deposit in the "Parents Fund" in respectable level. 
spared us all this, however we pay - like all other parents in the "Sönnchen" - besides the state-set school fees of about 900 rubles (currently about 20 €) some minor allowances for "special services", eg physiotherapy (When I asked under what conditions the children it were to participate, I got the answer, actually not all children are somehow sick, so we decided not to our healthy Julius exclude them), vitamins (which you as a reward for good work during the be distributed or teaching denied in case of failure), or - from scratch - an "oxygen cocktail" that is reminiscent of foamed apple juice, spooned from the children but with great enthusiasm () is!. The largest item, but take the "voluntary donations" in the amount of 1,700 rubles, so that total on a monthly contribution of just under 3,000 rubles is - a whole Quantity for a Russian teacher's salary of about 8,000 rubles.
is, however, that the child also completely furnished - with an opening time of 7-19 Clock and four meals a day (breakfast of porridge, three-course lunch menu, milk and biscuits for "poldnik" after the nap and dinner). Included is also a strict medical surveillance of children by two in-house medical staff: from numerous required supporting research findings and analysis prior to the start of the Child on the close observation ("Your son has contact two pimples on the nose, please report it immediately to the competent clinic and let him at least a week at home! ") spontaneous and medication Transportation ("Julius has now coughed to sleep. Since we have given him a pill.") to collective vaccination and immunity tests to the national rate fixed points in time.
end Unfortunately, this round supply abruptly end of May - then start the Russian summer holidays, up to the grand reopening of the kindergarten and school operations on 1 September last. It is beyond me, as Russian families - and we! - Can survive three months hand-written child care.
The daily routine in the "garden" is by tightly organized: At 8 clock in the group of two series in the in-house cafeteria marched to breakfast, especially the bekittelte governess, behind her the two "on-duty" Children in apron, and help clear the tables of the tables. After breakfast, there are three or four "lessons", ie units of 30 minutes, in which 20 children are divided into two groups that are dedicated to the exchange the subjects: kneading and gluing, painting and drawing, computer science (logical thinking) , mathematics, literacy, reading, German, singing, sports.
Each lesson is interrupted by small "Fizminutki" where the children - of course all at once - get up and make small gym exercises. But otherwise they either sit at small tables, which in the bedroom establishes the rules and the teacher already lovingly with each required material "covered" were, or search on one of the classrooms in which the group is expected by the German teacher, music teacher or sports coach. Actually, the nursery also has a private swimming pool, but unfortunately the management tried unsuccessfully for about two years to obtain the necessary papers to start at the city council ... 
also in the creative fields, there are clear guidelines on what to paint each, cut to stick with modeling clay or dough is. Thus, the parents each afternoon in the "gallery of children's creativity" 20 Snowmen admire stained paper, 20 or 20 ravens drawn kneaded trees. 
In mathematics and the languages of the children have regular school books, pencil cases and folders. Julius settled already quite secure in numbers up to 10 and can some Russian - write letters - and unfortunately also German. The groups are composed of old uniform. Julius attended the oldest group, from which the now mostly seven-year-olds will go in the summer in the first grade. This assignment is one of the teacher to thank, who speaks passable German, and Julius was able to facilitate in the first few weeks to settle in much. This teacher is also otherwise a stroke of luck: Very different from their usually very strict and often somewhat rabid fellow she meets the children very carefully, empathetically and with noticeable affection. These properties, they could even have a three-month double-layer maintained from October to December last year was the second teacher of the group suffering the long term, so not as usual during the afternoon sleep of the exchange took place, but this one teacher 12 hours a day, the 20 children alone in charge.
goes after the lessons, the group concluded for at least an hour outside - only at extremely low temperatures below -20 degrees no longer playing in the fresh air.
Also on the Outside there is very organized to: Each group has its own area, so that a total of 6 slides, 6 sand boxes, 6 cottages on the veranda of land disposed. After the "free floating" it's for lunch, after which one of the two group rooms, extended the drawers and beds to the already seven-year-olds crawl with pajamas for two hours (!) To bed.
to sleep is still read a story. A governess is all the time in the bedroom there, to call those children to rest, which will it will not fall asleep ... After sleeping and strengthen the "poldnik" can the children - now it's about 15.30 clock - Play for Free! This daily structure has led to Julius earnestly after the first weeks settling a question asked, "very long" to be allowed to remain.
The frequent changes of activities and locations during the course of a kindergarten day asked the children several times
- independently - to move (!):
When morning arrived to be felt boots, snow suit, fur hat and gloves stowed in a small cupboard and exchanged for shorts, T-shirt and sandals. Even at -40 degrees outside temperature prevailing in kindergarten chubby 25 degree heat. For sport which - of course uniform - sports uniform, consisting of orange T-shirt and worn black shorts. Unfortunately, this is not provided centrally by the institution, but it is up to parents to comb the entire city to buy an orange T-shirt without any imprint. Here, the boundaries between dark and bright orange on the part of the teachers strictly adhered to. To play on the outdoor terrain, the children have to re-create the course, warm clothing, and then again for lunch the group of normal clothes, but after eating a sleeping suit - or for hot-blooded - only their underwear. After sleeping all pull again to the group dress, and if the parents come naturally to her again snowsuit and boots .... In
"Sönnchen are celebrating along with the many Russian and all German holidays and festivals, which sometimes leads to an unbearable accumulation.
After the German Martin and Nikolaus Fest, the German Christmas and the Russian New Year in December, followed in January, the Russian Christmas dance (in old costumes), a German Karnevaltag, in February, a sports festival and a parents' evening and the "Day of Defender of the country "and, finally, the" butter week ", an ancient Slavic feast for the expulsion of the winter. For every occasion, the children learn proper German or Russian Songs and poems, each coming on stage for the performance. Currently practicing Julius touching songs about the best of all mothers and grandmothers with golden hands. On 8 March is Women's Day that is ... 
