Programme for early childhood and pre-primary education

Serlachius Manor

1. GUIDED TOUR FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AT SERLACHIUS MANOR

What kind of thoughts and feelings does art evoke? The guided tour, which includes both early art and contemporary art, explores the exhibitions implementing the principle of search, grasp and discover. The aim of the guided tour for schoolchildren is the joy of discovery and the enjoyment of art. The spirit of the tour is playful, and it activates and encourages one’s own observations. Small verbal tasks are done while watching. 

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, Swedish, English
Price: 1 €/student, minimum fee per group 20 €. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L4, L7

2. FOREST TRAIL

See and experience the many possibilities of the forest! With the experiential Forest Path guided tour, you will set off and get to know the forest and its importance for us and art. The tour begins with a tour on the museum’s own Taavetti Island at Serlachius Manor, doing fun tasks and observing nature. At the end, we will take a look at artworks inspired by forest nature in the museum. 

The guided tour can also be combined with a half-hour workshop inspired by the forest.

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1–1.5 hours
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1–€2/student, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L3, L4, L7
ECEC: L1, L2, L3, L4

3. COLOR HAS AN EFFECT

We cannot touch color, but color touches us in many ways. How have colour-related phenomena been utilised in art? How is colour used to express emotions and impressions? On the exhibition tour, we will explore the artists’ use of colour and its significance in works of art. We experience and perceive how colours affect us and our environment, and how they even fool us. In the workshop, we will make our own colourful works.

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2

4. ON THE PAW PRINTS OF BÉBÉ THE CAT

Virginie is confused. Her pet Bébé has disappeared! Might the cat be pawing in the exhibition spaces – at least there are paw prints on the floor. The Little People On the Paw Prints of Bébé the Cat is a surprising museum tour built around Albert Edelfelt’s painting A Girl with a Cat (1881), where you will not only look for a lost cat, but also get to know the museum and its works together. The tour is suitable as the first museum visit for a small art lover.

Suitability: For kindergarten children and the youngest children in primary school
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: Finnish
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. The teacher or the accompanying staff of the daycare group are free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2
ECEC: L1, L2

5. MR. LEVEL TOOL’S EXPEDITION

What reflections do you see? How do the structures sound? As they move around the museum building, the youngest museum visitors encounter surprising details. The architecture tour explores the house and spaces through functional play. The museum’s new building consists of three consecutive parts that follow the contours of the terrain. The impressive spaces offer great views of the surrounding park and exhibition spaces.

Suitability: For kindergarten children and the youngest children in primary school
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. The teacher or the accompanying staff of the daycare group are free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L7
ECEC: L1, L2

Serlachius Headquarters

6. GUIDED TOUR FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AT SERLACHIUS HEADQUARTERS

On the tour we dive into exhibitions and the world of the past at the Serlachius Headquarters. The guide leads the group through the museum and tells stories about history. Things are discussed in a fun and experiential way. Along the way, you will learn about the birth of the Finnish forest industry, the construction of an ideal society and the way of life in the old days in a small factory town in the middle of forests. The tour includes functional tasks and a touch of art.

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, Swedish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L4, L7

7. LEARN AND COMPREHEND IN THE WORLD OF FOREST

How do the seasons influence the forest? How has the forest inspired artists? And how can we benefit from the forest? On the tour, the pupils tour the different activity points of the World of Forest in small groups and learn new things with the help of fun, tricky, forest-themed questions. If you wish, you can combine the tour with a 30-minute workshop, such as a paper workshop

Suitability: Suitable for primary school children
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Group size: Maximum size 20 pupils
Curriculum: L1, L2

8. PAPER WITH YOUR OWN HANDS

In the workshop, everyone gets to make paper on their own. Papermaking is suitable for people of all ages. With the guidance of the instructor, a screen is used to create, for example, a unique sheet of paper or a paper craft to take home. When ordering a paper workshop session, it is agreed in advance what kind of work your group will do. 

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 45–60 min
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Group size: Maximum size 30 pupils.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L3, L6, L7
ECEC: L1, L2, L3

9. PAINT WITH BLUEBERRIES

Paint beautiful, atmospheric nature motifs with different shades of blue derived from blueberries! The theme can be forest animals or even a fairytale forest landscape. We admire blue, purple and reddish tones, and at the same time explore how close colours fit harmoniously with each other. We study the artists’ use of values and close colours, and paint different degrees of darkness in our own work with blueberry colour. The workshop includes a visit to the experiential The World of Forest

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2

10. FROM A SEED TO A TREE

Planting a forest is a good environmental act. But how do the trees in the forest grow? In the workshop, we will study how seeds develop inside a cone, detach and enable a new tree to grow. We hide tree seeds in a fun-shaped planting tray made of papier-mâché, which everyone can plant in the ground or in a pot as they wish at home. The workshop includes a visit to the experiential The World of Forest.

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group

Duration: 1 hour
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L3, L7
ECEC: L1, L3, L5

11. IN THE FOREST ON THE TRAIL OF THE MASTERS

Get inspired by the landscape paintings in our art collection and paint your own forest landscape! At first, we will examine the masters’ forest nature-themed works, their themes, colours, composition and other implementation. After this, we design and paint our own forest landscape. The workshop includes a visit to the experiential The World of Forest.

Suitability: the content is tailored to the age group
Duration: 1.5 hours
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €2/pupil, minimum fee per group €40.Teacher with a group of pupils free of charge.
Curriculum: L1, L2, L4, L7

12. ON THE TRAIL OF FOREST ANIMALS

The experiential The World of Forest inspires children to explore, hustle and sense and learn about the forest! In the årpgramme On the Trail of Forest Animals, we get to know the different seasons of the forest through play and functional tasks. At the end, we put on our long ears and empathise with the secrets of the forest as little rabbits!

Suitability: For kindergarten children and the youngest children in primary school
Duration: 45 minutes, including a small art making
Language: Finnish, English
Price: €1/pupil, minimum fee per group €20. The teacher or the accompanying staff of the daycare group are free of charge.
Group size: Maximum size 20 children
Curriculum: L1, L2
ECEC: L1, L2

Also ask for guided tours and programmes on plain language, as well as programmes for groups with special needs! 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT

Päivi Nieppola, Head of Audience Development
paivi.nieppola@serlachius.fi

Serlachius, Sales service
sales@serlachius.fi
tel. +358 (0)3 488 6801 (on weekdays from 9 am–3 pm)