Greetings from the principal

Education in collaboration with the university and local communities.

Located in the center of Kochi City, our kindergarten has over 70 years of history since it was established. The generously large site includes plentiful playground equipment and facilities, and beautiful flowers bloom in the garden all year round. Since the kindergarten collaborates with Kochi University ‘s Department of Education, teachers and students from various specialized fields are involved in the kindergarten curriculum. In such a blessed educational environment, all our faculty and staff, including class teachers and childcare assistants, are practicing education while helping students to cultivate the foundations of learning.

We continue off-hours childcare and our open garden for the benefit of parents and other locals who support us. In collaboration with the university and local community, we would like to promote a fulfilling education for the children who come to the kindergarten with cheerful smiles every day under everyone's warm gaze.

Professor of Education at Kochi University Pianist
Yamaguchi Toshihiro　　

Professor of Kochi University, Faculty of Education, Department of Natural Science, Division of Science and Engineering. Employed since April 2010. Major in Geometry (figure).
Conducts research in algebraic topology (homotopy theory).
Instructed in the making of “Introduction to Graph Theory”, “Gentle Geometry”, “Four-panel Comics that Double as Supplementary Geometry Study Materials”, and more. Won the top Award of Excellence at the 5th World Manga Senbatsu in the one page manga category.

History

The kindergarten was converted from “Yumenokuni” to a private kindergarten, then a national kindergarten attached to the university.

Our kindergarten is based on the Children’s Culture Institute “Yumenokuni” established as a Students’ Circle of Kochi Teachers College in1948, and later was approved as a private kindergarten. In 1955, it was converted to a national kindergarten, established as a facility attached to the university and continues to be today.

Research

Our kindergarten conducts practical education research on the direction for goals and innovations and improvements for solving problems regarding early childhood education, while staying focused on contemporary challenges surrounding young children, as a kindergarten attached to the National University Corporation. Therefore, since 1953, we have had open workshops and published research bulletins, with research themes that meet the needs of the time. In addition, since 2017, as a joint education program we have been promoting collaboration between the kindergarten and the Department of Education of Kochi University, and have been conducting cooperative research.

For more details, please visit our Japanese site.