I have seen a lot of introductions on the Internet about the items that foreign children need to bring to kindergarten. Among them, there are many introductions to Japan. People in the comment area often lament that it is too complicated. The situation in Korea is simpler than that in Japan, but there are also some Many *** same points. Today I will introduce the items that Korean children must bring to kindergarten. Because the child is still in the childcare stage under the age of 4, here we will first introduce the situation of the childcare institution (children's home).

First of all, when you first enter the kindergarten, you need to bring a toothbrush cup. The toothbrush is usually replaced every 1 to 2 months. The teacher will tell the parents to give the child the next day according to the damage of the toothbrush when it needs to be replaced. Put a new toothbrush in your bag. Toothpaste is provided in the kindergarten so there is no need to bring it from home. Some kindergartens also require each child to bring a small towel to hang on their own fixed hook in the bathroom to use when wiping their hands and face. The kindergarten we went to used disposable paper towels to wipe our hands. The principal said that towels can easily breed bacteria, so we chose to use paper towels.

Secondly, there are 1 to 2 sets of spare clothes, usually short-sleeved shorts in summer, and thicker sweatshirts and pants in winter. When the children get their clothes dirty, the teacher will help them put on spare clothes, especially It is often used after participating in some activities or when taking a nap to pee your pants. After the spare clothes are used, a new change of clothes needs to be packed in the child's schoolbag the next day. Depending on the situation of each child, younger children generally need to bring a large pack of diapers. Before the diapers are almost used up, the teacher will notify the parents to bring new ones.

There are no cots in Korean kindergartens, and children sleep on the floor. Kindergartens require parents to bring pillows, quilts, and mattresses for their children to spread on the floor. You can buy kindergarten-specific mattresses in South Korea. These mattresses are thicker than those usually laid on beds, and they have anti-slip glue on the bottom to prevent the mattress from shifting. When the child first entered the kindergarten when he was 2 years old, because we were worried that the child would wet his pants during his nap, we prepared a separate tarpaulin for the child to spread on the mattress. This varies from person to person, but now that he is older, we no longer bring it. Bedding needs to be taken home and cleaned every two weeks.

The above items are all stored in the kindergarten, so that there is not much to bring in the schoolbag when I go to the kindergarten every morning.

The child's schoolbag looks very big, but in fact it only contains a lunch box bag, which contains dinner plates and cutlery. School bags, lunch boxes and dinner plates are issued uniformly in kindergartens. Tableware needs to be prepared by yourself, so children have their own spoons and chopsticks. I often hear children come back and say what cartoon character chopsticks a certain child uses, and I feel that the children really pay attention to each other's belongings. Kindergarten in Korea does not require bringing meals like some kindergartens in Japan, which I am secretly glad about.

After lunch, the teacher only helped to empty the leftover food from the lunch box and briefly disposed of the remaining food on the tableware before putting the plate and cutlery back into the child's school bag. The lunch box was taken home. Just washed. (When the child’s grandfather learned about this method, he said that it would breed bacteria, and I was also worried. But the food in Korea is lighter and there is not so much grease, so we can only comfort ourselves... Try to be the first priority after the child comes home. It’s time to iron and wash the lunch box first)

There is another point that I only learned about recently. Because we were worried about COVID-19, we sent our children to kindergarten for a while in the morning to play for two hours before taking them home before lunch. I think because the schoolbag only contains tableware, I don’t need to carry the schoolbag if I don’t want to eat. But the teacher found that the child did not carry a schoolbag and said that there was no way to help the child record attendance. Only then did I realize that the small sign hanging on the child's schoolbag was not just a decoration, but also had the function of clocking in and recording attendance. After a period of time, the children always carried empty schoolbags, which was also very funny.

The above are the items that children need to bring during childcare in Korea. Children often have a whim to put their own bears, dolls, dinosaurs, candies, stickers, crowns, etc. into their schoolbags before going to kindergarten. , only what parents can’t think of, there is nothing that children can’t take care of. No, today our children prepared two bags of lollipops and put them in their schoolbags, saying they would take them to the children tomorrow. Parents and teachers are generally more casual and will let their children bring whatever they want or not.

Overall, there is no pressure on Korean parents to pack school bags for their children during childcare. I am looking forward to the new situation when my child enters kindergarten. I think it might be a little more complicated than it is now.