Hungary’s first smart kindergarten opens in Budapest – PHOTOS

An unbelievable place opened for small kids in Budapest: Hungary’s first smart kindergarten where small children can learn the basics of coding and spend the day in a bilingual environment to learn English.

Costs were high, but the results are incomparable

According to index.hu, Hungary’s first smart daycare opened in Angyalföld (13th district, Budapest), and a humanoid robot, Pepper, greeted people during the inauguration ceremony. The complete revamp of the building cost HUF 2.7 billion (EUR 6.85 million) for the local taxpayers and started in 2022.

Mayor József Tóth and Pepper. Photo: FB/József Tóth

The local council believes that developing digital skills should be started in kindergartens. The district’s mayor, József Tóth, said they should educate the future generations to use the achievements of the digital age deliberately.

Kids may learn the basics of coding in the first smart kindergarten

The kindergarten building was entirely renewed and rebuilt. The constructor, Archikon Architectural, built a new floor on the original one-storey building and connected the buildings with airy spaces, creating all the necessary rooms and places for a successful operation.

The kindergarten has a fitness room, multiple versions of green spaces, a studio, a smart room, and even a salt room. Moreover, kids can even try climbing walls inside the building. Kitchens are on both floors, connected by a dumbwaiter. The green roof has several solar panels.

Equipped with various digital devices, the smart room helps learn the basics of coding, while kids can experiment with cooking in the school kitchen or create art pieces in the studio. Moreover, parents can check what their children do inside via cameras. Meanwhile, Pepper, the humanoid robot, will be at the helpdesk.

Photo: FB/József Tóth

Here is a video of Pepper:

Kids can learn the basics of code writing with the BeeBot, which also develops their logic. According to the mayor, they pay special attention to developing social and emotional skills, apart from introducing technology to them.

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