We provide an equipped outdoor area where children can play outdoors even after school hours, sharing pleasant convivial breaks with their peers and parents.

equipped garden

We have an internal car park at the complete disposal of our parents.

internal parking

We try to strengthen the relationship between children and nature through the care of an educational vegetable garden located directly in the school space.

educational vegetable garden

We offer healthy and balanced meals prepared directly in our internal kitchens made with fresh organic ingredients.

organic catering

La Giocomotiva di Via delle Campora offers a welcoming environment where children can grow with confidence while developing their skills and talents based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Since 2021, we have been a part of the People&Baby group, which has found in La Giocomotiva a model to follow and to propose to all future Italian schools joining the group.

For over twenty years, La Giocomotiva has believed in the importance of stimulating and observing children through linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, body-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, naturalistic, and existential intelligence.

HOW TO REACH US

La Giocomotiva di Via delle Campora is located at Via delle Campora 66a, surrounded by the green hills of Florence between Porta Romana and Galluzzo. You can reach us:

  • By bus: lines 11, 36 and 37

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Who we are

The La Giocomotiva daycare on Via delle Campora, recognized and accredited by the City of Florence, is a safe and welcoming environment that prioritizes the child during their first three years.  Their creativity and potential are huge and our educational project aims to bring out and stimulate their creative energies through playing in nature. Each child has their own personal development journey that we encourage through activities such as gardening, walks, discovery games, ‘embracing trees’, and pet education. Each child’s welcome is characterized by love, respect, and attention to their individuality. Our educators observe and listen to the child, providing them with tools to observe and ask questions, but to develop their curiosity and intuition.

ENGLISH

Our nursery has an English Teacher who is responsible for introducing the children to the English. In addition to sharing a daily routine, learning English takes place through playtime, songs, and readings in the language. By stimulating verbal and sound constructions, different than their native language, children are able to activate new connections, have greater open-mindedness, flexibility, and adaptability to different contexts and cultures.

COLLABORATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES

We actively collaborate with the Universities of Education in Florence and Siena, as well as with the Audiation Institute, a cultural association founded in Milan in 2013 by musicians and music teachers who are experts in Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Learning Theory, according to which the processes of learning music begins at birth the same way language is learned.

SUMMER CAMP

During the summer, La Giocomotiva di Via delle Campora collaborates with Canadian Island to give children and young people, (ages 3 to 16 years) the opportunity to develop autonomy, friendship, courage, and self-confidence during the summer camps. Our summer camps in Tuscany, are an unforgettable experience and a unique opportunity to learn the English by living it, alternating class lessons with outdoor activities.

 

Let’s see them in detail:

SUMMER CAMP
DAY CAMPS
AGE 3 TO 12 | FLORENCE

Every year, with the closure of nurseries, Giocomotiva La Fantina and Canadian Island offer day camps as places where your children can learn English in a safe and fun environment. Art, music, and theater workshops, recreational and educational activities, as well as water games, offer children a day of fun in English.

SUMMER CAMP
OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMPS
AGES 8 TO 14 | TUSCANY

Tuscany with its timeless landscapes and lush nature is the setting of our Canadian Island Overnight Camps. Teenagers will find a familiar and safe environment, where they are free to express themselves and move around while living the English 24 hours a day.

We are able to offer  the following locations:

Fattoria La Capitana – Magliano In Tuscany
Il Poggio alle Ville – Mugello
Agriturismo La Torre – Garfagnana

SUMMER CAMP
TEENS WEEK
ages 13 to 16 | TUSCANY: Garfagnana - Pian di Fiume (Bagni di Lucca)

Teens Week is a Canadian Island Summer Camp specifically designed for those that want to experience  an exciting adventure. Immersed 24 hours a day in the English this unique location (Garfagnana – Pian di Fiume), offers and state-of-the-art services: common areas, pool, rafting, and many other activities!

OUR DAILY ROUTINE

MORNING
8:00 – 9:30
Welcome
9:30 – 11:30

Morning Snack
Educational Projects

11:30 – 13:00

Changes
Lunch
Leave Part-Time

AFTERNOON
13:00 – 15:30
Nap
15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Snack
16:30 – 17:30

Afternoon Activities
Leave Full Time

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