About
My name is Agata Sidorovitch and I’m a Psychologist from Berlin.
I have been living permanently in Belarus since 2012. At that time we arrived in Minsk with our children and there was no school where children can learn in German, only one with English. In 2014, our third child was born and I thought a lot about which kindergarten she should go to. That's how the idea came about to create our own project. Our daughter needs a lot of physical contact because she is very active and at times cannot feel her body. Loving attention from the nursery teachers has meant that she now loves going to school and has been able to integrate very well into the company of children. With the vision that I would like to set up a project where children are treated individually, respectfully and above all lovingly, I founded the "Squirrel" in 2017. Our daughter is called Vivien. Many people here in Belarus couldn't remember her name and kept asking, "What's her name?" "Vivi"
After repeating the name several times, I gave up and answered "wiewiorka". This then became the name for the kindergarten. Over the years, the name changed to "IGS" ( International German School). The kindergarten groups are addressed by the teachers in English or German. The content of the teaching programme complies with the guidelines of the state of Baden-Württemberg and takes place in one of the two languages.
It was my dream to establish a meeting place for foreigners and Belarussians, which is why we work in the primary school according to the guidelines of the Belarussian and German Ministries of Education and, from the 22/23 school year, also according to the American guidelines. This way we can meet the needs of the families individually. I think that I was able to combine the best of the different cultures, traditions and education in my project.
I have been living permanently in Belarus since 2012. At that time we arrived in Minsk with our children and there was no school where children can learn in German, only one with English. In 2014, our third child was born and I thought a lot about which kindergarten she should go to. That's how the idea came about to create our own project. Our daughter needs a lot of physical contact because she is very active and at times cannot feel her body. Loving attention from the nursery teachers has meant that she now loves going to school and has been able to integrate very well into the company of children. With the vision that I would like to set up a project where children are treated individually, respectfully and above all lovingly, I founded the "Squirrel" in 2017. Our daughter is called Vivien. Many people here in Belarus couldn't remember her name and kept asking, "What's her name?" "Vivi"
After repeating the name several times, I gave up and answered "wiewiorka". This then became the name for the kindergarten. Over the years, the name changed to "IGS" ( International German School). The kindergarten groups are addressed by the teachers in English or German. The content of the teaching programme complies with the guidelines of the state of Baden-Württemberg and takes place in one of the two languages.
It was my dream to establish a meeting place for foreigners and Belarussians, which is why we work in the primary school according to the guidelines of the Belarussian and German Ministries of Education and, from the 22/23 school year, also according to the American guidelines. This way we can meet the needs of the families individually. I think that I was able to combine the best of the different cultures, traditions and education in my project.
Частный Детский Сад Минск / International Kindergarten / Erster Deutscher Kindergarten