Municipality of Windeck

Family-friendly offers in the municipality of Windeck

1. Digital participation of children and young people
   Via the website wi-ju.de (Windecks Jugend), children and young people in Windeck can anonymously submit suggestions, share their thoughts and concerns and view information about the youth center. The platform is being further expanded together with young people. The platform was also used to involve children and young people in the decision to purchase a mobile pump track as part of the Hertie Foundation's "Jugend entscheidet" project.
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2. Practicing democratic participation: children's consultation hour and 8-member council
   From an early age, children and young people in Windeck should be able to participate in political decisions at a low threshold. To this end, it is important to know about opportunities for participation and to practice expressing opinions. In Windeck, kindergarten and primary school children are involved in the planning of playground equipment. There are also children's parliaments at elementary school and daycare centers, to which the mayor is invited.
   
   There are also plans to introduce a council of 8, made up of young people from the eighth grade, to decide on the distribution of financial resources in a democratic role play.
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3. LiLa time: Make reading aloud a habit
   The "LiLa-Zeit" is a "read & listen" hour in which stories are told and read aloud. Refugee and newly arrived children of nursery age can playfully engage with stories and words. Stories are brought to life through movement and the use of natural materials, light and theater props. Reading aloud and engaging with language and stories should thus become firmly anchored in the children's everyday lives.
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