What to call a children's club, kindergarten?

Coming up with a name for your children's center is almost as responsible and sometimes as difficult as giving a name to your child.

To be successful, a children's club must surprise. Imagine: a mother walks into a children's club. Let's say it's called "Rainbow". He sees that the chairs are exactly the same as in kindergarten, only newer. The cabinets are from the neighboring furniture store. Toys from Detsky Mir are opposite.

“What are you doing here with the children?” “We draw, sculpt from plasticine, do exercises,” she answers. “What materials do you use?” - “We work according to this coloring book and this ABC book.”

Do you think mom will pay money for this? I doubt! Why?

Reason #1. Mom will think: “Yes, I can buy a coloring book, an ABC book and plasticine myself. What's so difficult about it? Why would I pay money for this? So, not only can I conduct classes myself, I can open the same club myself.”

Reason #2. The name “Rainbow”, familiar chairs - all this evokes associations with the Soviet past. Mom saw a children’s “circle” in the House of Folk Art or in the House of Culture of the Soviet years. And genetic memory tells my mother: “The Soviet “circle” should be free!”

Hence follows Rule No. 1 of a Successful Children's Club . With all your might you need to “detach yourself” from straightforward Soviet images! Not because Soviet preschool education was bad—it was often very good. But because in people’s minds, Soviet things should be free. Therefore, do not call your club by hackneyed Soviet names: “Ladushki”, “Ladoshki”, “Fairy Tale”, “Spring”, “Firefly”, “Luchik”, “Morozko”, “Rainbow”, etc.

The most successful and modern names of Moscow children's clubs are, in my opinion, “Smiley”, “Mozart-Effect”, “Talentville”. I still think that the name under which my club operated in the first year of its existence was wonderful - “Studio-Pups”. Then we taught very young children, and when we started teaching children from 5 to 9 years old, we had to change the name to a more “adult” one.

The names sound cool and fresh with words borrowed from European languages, such as Baby (Baby Club, Baby Star), Kid (Kid Land, Kid House). Anglicized words sound even more perky when combined with the good old “scoop”.

For example, the children's club "Romashka" makes my cheekbones ache with boredom. “ROMASHKA BABY STUDIO” is much more impressive.

Or give your club a name similar to the Soviet canteen No. 1 - BABY CLUB No. 1. At a minimum, they will be interested in you and want to visit you.

Another article on the topic: “How to create a good logo for a children’s center.”

Useful tips

Let's give some useful tips on how to name a parent group on WhatsApp! Use this simple algorithm - you will definitely be able to come up with a cool name that all participants will like and remember.

Focus on the topic. You have gathered in one WhatsApp chat to discuss school affairs, homework and other school-related events. The name of the conversation should indicate the school affiliation;
Be original. There is no need to try to name the dialogue with an incredibly funny name (it may accidentally offend people, others will not like the joke). But a little humor is always appropriate, unless strictness and formality are mandatory;
Use different symbols, icons, uppercase and lowercase letters - but don't go overboard with decorations and emoticons. The name should be easy to read and look decent.

Bonus tip! If teachers and the class teacher will be added to the WhatsApp chat, choose a more official option.

If you couldn’t figure out what to name your parent chat on WhatsApp on your own, don’t worry – we’ve prepared a selection of cool names that you’ll find below! Choose one of the proposed options - you can copy it completely, you can modify it a little. There can be hundreds of groups on WhatsApp with the same names, so you don’t need to worry about uniqueness.

Don’t forget, the examples contain random letters and numbers - you must indicate the school/class number and class letter that correspond to reality (we also fantasized about this topic in another article, see the options here). Ready? Catch a selection of cool parent group names on WhatsApp!

Selection of titles

Parents Committee (with the addition of numbers and letters)
Parents and teachers
All yours
There are no other people's children
Chat for parents
Essentially
Children's questions
Parents Community
School community 8A
Important Discussions
Cool things to do
Class 7B cases
Necessary communication
Useful group
School information
Dormitory
Parent question
Parents' advice
Dear classmates
Class 3A Committee
Parent meeting
Children at school
Parent diary
Experience exchange
Accomplices
Favorite 9B
Veche
Parental eye
Closed parent group 5A
Training company
Children under supervision
Class 9B group
Class 6A meeting
School get-togethers
Debriefing
Important gathering
Back to school
School gurus
The best class of school No. 22
Organizational issues 9B
Discussions and decisions
Closed company 4B
Parent conglomerate
Parents Syndicate 1A
Rodovsovet
Organizing Council 10V
Parental watch/supervision
Our best in the world 3B
Parents' Council 1B MOUSOSH 33
Secondary school 122 class 4B
Children and parents 6B

Family club - as a form of working with parents (from work experience)

Family Club –

as a form of working with parents

(from work experience)

CONTENT:

Relevance and prospects of experience______________________________________2

Pedagogical idea and feasibility of organizing a family club_______________________________________________________________4

The purpose and objectives of the school family club _________ 5

Principles for building the work of the club __________________________ 6

Technology of experience_________________________________________________ 7

The main directions and forms of activity of the club___________9

Factors contributing to increasing the level of parental competence__________________________________________________12

Performance analysis______________________________________________13

Applications________________________________________________14

Relevance and perspective of experience

The need and importance of family-school collaboration has never been questioned. The effectiveness of a school in educating children largely depends on how well it interacts with the family. We, educators, know that teenagers whose families do not interact with school experience great difficulties in relationships with both family and school. It all starts from childhood. Character is formed, friends are chosen, relationships with loved ones are formed, norms of behavior are developed, and most importantly, traditions of family education are laid in the future family - everything starts in childhood.

The family has the strongest influence on the process of raising children. It is no coincidence that popular wisdom says: “Happy is he who is happy at home.” But, at the same time, in conditions when the majority of the families of our pupils are concerned with solving problems of economic and sometimes physical survival, a tendency has emerged for many parents to withdraw themselves from solving issues of the upbringing and development of the child. Often parents do not have sufficient knowledge of the age and individual characteristics of the child’s development and carry out upbringing blindly, intuitively. All this, as a rule, does not bring positive results. In such families there are no strong interpersonal ties between parents and children and, as a result, the external, often negative environment becomes “authority”, which leads to the child falling out of the influence of the family, and then inevitably from the influence of the school. Therefore, it turns out that those closest to the schoolchild and the problems of his upbringing are teachers who are interested in creating favorable conditions for the development of each child, increasing the degree of parental participation in the upbringing of their children, since the full education of a schoolchild occurs only under the simultaneous influence of family and school. Whatever tasks society sets for the school, without the help and support of parents, their deep interest, and their pedagogical and psychological knowledge, the process of education and training will not give the desired result. And in order for parents to become active assistants to teachers, it is necessary to involve them in the life of the school and class.

Most of the titles can be divided into categories:

Based on cartoons and fairy tales:

Teddy, Pinocchio, Totosha, Babayka, Robin Hood, Kapitoshka, Baloo, Umka, Fairy Tale, Teremok, Miracles, FanFan, Chunga-Changa, Goldfish, House of Wizards, Giants, Akuna-Matata, Scientist Cat, Smeshariki, Mumimama, Limpopo, Willie Winky, Little Brownie

Great people:

Pythagoras, Plato, Anderson

Children's names:

Dashenka, Syoma, Zarina, Deniska, Holly, Marie, Sashenka, Marusya, Dara, Monty, Alisa

Animals:

Kangaroo, Owl Owl, Hummingbird, Octopus, Mammoth, Polar Bear, Bee, Dolphin, Firefly, Hedgehogs, Seagull, Canary, Parrot, Ladybug, Toucan, Owl

Plants:

Pine cone, Miracle tree, Grain, Sprout, Birch

Combinations of letters, exclamations and alphabet:

A+B, Z, ABC for parents, Oh yes I am!, Hurray! E+Family, ABC, Az and Buki, Oh!

The science:

Academy, Childhood Academy, Erudite, Electron, Academician baby, Linguist, Logos, Knowledge Workshop, Generic, Parallel, Perspective, Progress, New Century

Childhood:

Smart child, Poznayka, Why, First steps, Freckles, Talker, Empire of childhood, Secret of childhood, Little genius, Myself, Fidget, Smart kid, Know-it-all, Krosha Ru, Childhood time, Ladushki

Family values:

Mom's joy, Lucky one, Miracle of birth, Miracle children, All the best for children, My smart girl, Family circle, Miracle in the house, Trust, Good, Family, 7I, Friendship

Using foreign words:

Okeshka, Babyclub, Players, Mamarada (translit), Atlantis, Sunnyclub, Kinder boom, Mama house, Smile, Bonus Club, New Days, Sound club, Junior, Party-Boom, Bambino, Funny Park, Kinder Party, Leader Land, Bloom , Mini Bambini, Tilly Willy, MySecret, Sprout, Felicita, Kimberly Land, Mark & Maks Club, Infant, Split

Fruits, berries:

Mandarin, Lemon, Vitamin, Citrus, Raspberry, Raspberry, Pomegranate, Orange

Holidays:

Birthday boy, Childhood holiday, Christmas

Creation:

Plasticine, Pencil, Artist, Bead, Paint

Trips:

Safari, In Wonderland, Quarter, Island of Adventure, Land of Fairy Tales, Island, Big Ben, Madagascar, Little America, World of Harmony, Satchel, Athens, Jungle, Children's Town, Space, Sunny City, Talentville, Flower City, Land of Fairy Tales, Malibu

Toys:

Rubik's Cube, Matryoshka, Lala, Pyramid, Cube

Modified words and slang:

Begemontiki, Club-ok, Akvamarinka, Druzyaki, KudoMama, Ukhtyshka, Rhythmusiki, BambiK, MimiMotik, Totoro, Limpik, Fontanevia, Manyanya, TaRaRam, Oika!

Natural phenomena:

Spark, Source, Droplets, Orbit, Sun, Rainbow, Constellation, Whirlwind, Jupiter, Galaxy, Beam, Red Dawns, Atmosphere, Sunrise, Asterisk

How can you come up with something original if there are already so many wonderful titles?

I suggest using the work of artists and designers, namely creative search methods. The main one is the search for associations.

Behavior rules

Don’t forget – it’s not enough to create a chat on WhatsApp, you need to learn how to communicate! Let's share important rules of conversation ethics:

Set a time frame - you can only write during working hours (exclude early morning and late evening);
Publish only important information – avoid flooding and personal communication;
Do not enter into conflicts, even if you really want to;
Do not duplicate questions, do not send several messages in a row;
Stop using voice and video messages;
Discuss personal information (about health, absences, behavior) in a private conversation with the teacher.

On topic: ideas for names for family chat.

It’s up to you to decide what to call the group of parents on WhatsApp - with a bit of humor or seriously, imbued with the importance of the moment. In any case, here is a huge selection of titles: something will do!