‘Children's Garden Education’ Held at Yongsan Family Park

Capacity of 15 children per session for 6-7 year-olds at local daycare centers
Free 19-session education every Thursday and Friday from May to July at Yongsan Family Park Garden
Ecological environmental education to connect with nature through various experiential learning
First-come, first-served registration via email until the 23rd

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) is operating the "Nature, Let's Play! Garden Playground" program for children at the gateway to summer, the season when life begins to sprout.

This education program is designed to help children born and raised in the city observe nature such as plants and insects in the garden within Yongsan Family Park and understand the diversity of living organisms.

It is an ecological environmental education that provides opportunities for children to get closer to nature through various hands-on experiences suitable for their level, by directly touching the soil and observing the movements of life. The tuition fee is free.

The district plans a total of 19 sessions, each lasting 90 minutes from 10 a.m. every Thursday and Friday from May to the first week of July, targeting 6-7-year-old children using local daycare centers. Each session will have a capacity of 15 children, and at least two supervising teachers will be assigned to ensure smooth operation.

The main topics are ▲ May: "Friends Born in Spring" ▲ June: "Living Underground" ▲ July: "Living in Water," focusing on frogs, butterflies, ants, earthworms, and various aquatic plants inhabiting the garden and pond within Yongsan Family Park.

In particular, the district plans to operate the education by finding various organisms according to the monthly garden environment, observing their characteristics, and connecting them to crafts or play to encourage children's interest and active participation.

Applications for the education program will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis via the person in charge's email until the 23rd of this month.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, "Through garden education, I hope our children, who have only lived in the city, will think of soil not as 'something dirty' but as a 'precious existence,' and insects not as 'disgusting' but as 'grateful beings.' I ask for your great interest and participation in this education that will let them feel the infinite vitality of nature and the importance of the garden."