The Autumn Fairy, wearing her colorful clothes has come to Gradinita Rasarit! She has covered the ground with a carpet of golden leaves. Hardworking as usual, she has taught us how to make pickles, cakes, and to play with the riches of the autumn harvest. As the Autumn Fairy has arrived, we have also prepared a surprise for parents, grandparents, and our other friends – we are pleased to invite you to our annual Autumn Bazaar! There will be an exposition of crafts made by the children to celebrate the season. The festival will begin at 16.30, Tuesday at Gradinita Rasarit in Bucuresti noi and at 16.30 on Friday at the Mihai Bravu location. We will surprise you with a program full of games and fun activities in romanian and english. There will be many surprises for both parents and little ones!

Our kindergartens are open for enrollments! Please come and visit our newly renovated kindergartens! Gradinita Rasarit 1 (near to Parcul Bazilescu Sector 1) has a new dormitory, dining room and medical office. It also has a new facade, and newly tiled courtyard. Gradinita Rasarit 2 (in the Mall Vitan zone) has a new fence and facade, as well as a newly renovated play house and has been freshly repainted. We have a wonderful team of teachers waiting to welcome you and your child!

Vacanta de vara a inceput pentru copilul tau, dar si pentru tine? Va asteptam cu drag la Gradinita Rasarit nr 2 (zona Mall Vitan) pentru un program special de vara in luna iulie! Copilul tau se va bucura de razele soarelui, apa, activitati creative si multa distractie impreuna cu prieteni…

• 10 lectii de innot la bazin
• joaca cu apa in curte
• mestesuguri si pictura
• sport si jocuri
• picnic-uri la Parcul Tineretului

Varsta intre 3-8 ani
pret 950 RON program 7.30-14.00 (inlcude lectii de innot)

pret 1150 RON program 7.30-18.00 (include lectii de innot)

Diversity Day 2009: The Roma People from Grădiniţa Răsărit on Vimeo.

Children below six are full of joy and they can easily feel empathy and spontaneous love for all those around them. It is also a very impressionable age in which they are absorbing basic beliefs and attitudes about themselves, others and the world around them. In this formative period, children absorb many prejudices, directly from the verbal and nonverbal messages they receive from their surroundings.

Neo humanist Education makes a special effort to challenge stereotypes and prejudices and awaken empathy in children for minorities, special needs and all types of human diversity.

This year a special program was organized to recognize and appreciate the Roma minority in Romania.

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The children in both kindergartens prepared unique theater presentations for the parents for our Winter Celebration. The small children prepared a theater based on a neo-humanist story called the Magic Heart Crystal and the big children made a theater where they re-enacted memorable scenes from the past year of activities in the school, preparing to greet the New Year 2009 with enthusiasm. The piece involved dance, mime, poetry and songs and was created in collaboration with the children themselves, so that it would reflect their own creativity and imagination. In Rasarit Nr. 1 a very special Santa Claus came all the way from Finland – carrying an umbrella because he found rain instead of snow in Romania. He told stories and performed magic tricks that enchanted both children and parents alike.

Our annual “Autumn Bazaar”, one of the traditions of our kindergartens was held in the first week of November. The weather was chilly and rainy in Gradinita Rasarit (MB) and held indoors, but the weather was sunny and crisp in Gradinita Rasarit (BN) and there the courtyard was transformed into an open air market. Parents were the “customers” and the children were very proud and excited to play their roles of “sellers”. They had been busy for several weeks, making many crafts as well as jam, pickles and sweets for the Bazaar. It is also the time of year when we talk about Romania, and Romanian traditions. The children dressed in traditional costumes and in the MB kindergarten they also performed traditional dances for the parents. The events ended with a “tombolo” – a toy-exchange raffle.