When Eskari residents were asked about their views on Eskari in a telephone interview, playing emerged as the most important thing by far. The results of the 2025 Children's Barometer emphasize the child's right to play and the importance of play for the child. Friends and learning friendship skills were also emphasized in the results. Of particular concern is the result that children from less well-off families felt that they were bullied more often in Eskari.
In Hollola's early childhood education, play has been a strong focus in recent years, and together we have built environments for children where playing, the natural way of being and living for children, can take its place.
Play is often seen as just children's own activity, which it is: the key thing in early childhood education is why, how and what adults do in and around play. We start from the environment and, in small steps, make the change from an action culture to a play culture more visible.
Play includes everything – movement/exercise, creativity/crafts, nature/environments, mathematics/exploration – but the opposite is less common. For example, play or emotional skills cannot be taught by rote, but rather through play.
