Parent participation in VRTEC ŠENTVID is very important. There are several different types of cooperation, some are listed here:

• Individual talks with pre-school teachers before a child’s enrolment and his/her presence in the play-group during the settling-in period.
• Daily exchange of information about the child.
• Monthly open hours for in-depth discussions about the child.
• Parents’ participation in the play-room (assistance, sharing of individual talents and interests; accompanying children and teachers on excursions...).
• Written information about the current focus of the curriculum in the play-group - shown on the notice board - and ideas for continuing and extending learning at home.
• Parental meetings within the play-group.
• Parental meetings before a child’s enrolment.
• Lectures, discussions and workshops with psychologists and other child specialists.
• Joint celebrations, events, workshops for staff, parents and children.

Parents can also participate through the ‘board of parents’, which consists of a one-parent representative from each group. Involvement in the board ofparents means playing an active part in the decision-making process at the nursery.

The tasks of the board are...

• proposing of and giving consent to extra programs
• approving the annual work plan and a plan of development
• dealing with complaints
• voting representatives onto the nursery council.