{"id":8837,"date":"2014-08-08T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/?page_id=8837"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:38:39","slug":"children-and-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/children-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMY organizes a wide range of activities for children and families.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Participating in the activity supports the development of language skills, and can encourage creativity and inclusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Activities are organized in Finnish, English and Russian. Developing native language skills helps children learn new languages and reinforces their cultural identities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">As a rule, the activity is organized in SMY&#8217;s own premises. You can join the activities at any point of the year, and there is no pre-registration. Both Finns and children and young people who have moved to the country are welcome to participate. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Piano Lessons <\/strong><br \/>\nTeacher Nataliia Koivuniemi<\/p>\n<p>Children get to know music in a fun way. Playing the piano develops logic, concentration and accuracy. Lessons are planned taking into account the children&#8217;s age and personal characteristics. After the music, we discuss the topic together with the children. The children get performance experience when they perform at joint evenings.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14153\" src=\"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191129_173610-1.jpg\" alt=\"piano_joulujuhla\" width=\"381\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In order to participate in the association&#8217;s regular activities, the child&#8217;s guardian\/parent must become a member of the association.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More detailed payment information can be found in the schedule. <a href=\"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/course-calendar\/\">Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coffee and Company (free)<\/strong><br \/>\nCasual hanging and talking over coffee with a changing theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DUO Living Room Family Cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an intercultural, multilingual meeting place open to all. Whether you want to stay<br \/>\nfor the whole time or just drop by, you are warmly welcome. Coffee, tea, and snacks will<br \/>\nbe served.<\/p>\n<p>In the Family Cafe, you get to know other parents in the community who are in the same situation,<br \/>\nand the children get to play with other children of their own age.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMY organizes a wide range of activities &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28578,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8837\/revisions\/28578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}