This online resource contains information for parents about why children in Norwegian kindergartens spend a lot of time outside, how children's languages develop and what kindergarten teachers do to create a multilingual environment.
Kindergarten teachers and public health nurses will find useful tools that can be used in parent-teacher conferences and health centre consultations, as well as tools to assess individual children's language skills.
In addition, there are several resources aimed specifically at Polish-speaking parents and kindergarten teachers living in Norway.
Resources
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Children's outdoor play
In Norwegian kindergartens, the children spend time outdoors all year round. Learn more about children's outdoor play.
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Multilingual children's language development
Many children speak several languages every day at home and in the kindergarten. Learn more about children's multilingual development.
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Creating a multilingual environment in kindergarten
Kindergartens shall support children's language development in all their languages and create a multilingual environment. Learn more about how to work on a multilingual environment in the kindergarten.
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Kindergarten collaboration with multilingual families
Kindergartens need knowledge about children's language environment at home and in their free time. Download tools to assess children's language environment.
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Delayed language development
Some children struggle with language. Learn more about delayed language development and download assessment tools for children's language skills.
About the resource
About PolkaNorski Implemented
The PolkaNorski Implemented (2024–25) project is an extension of the Polish–Norwegian research project PolkaNorski (2020–24), which has been a collaboration between the University of Warsaw, the University of Oslo and OsloMet.
We have examined the importance of training for parents to-be growing up with Polish and Norwegian, children's language development at the age of 0–6 years, language assessment tools for Polish-speaking children of kindergarten age living in Norway, and the differences between Polish and Norwegian kindergartens in outdoor play.
The research is currently being published. Some of the resources in this resource are results of the projects PolkaNorski and PolkaNorski Implemented.
More information can be found on the PolkaNorski project page (multilada.pl.en).
Core group
External members
Pernille Bonnevie Hansen from the University of Inland Norway
Contributors
External contributors
- Sviatlana Kharkevich, part-time lecturer and student at OsloMet
- Rina Kristin Frej, Steinbråten naturbarnehage
