Ideas and materials for the day

Have a great day together! Children are under the responsibility of their guardians throughout the day, and bringing them to the workplace must be agreed upon in advance with the employer. Also, remember to notify the daycare, school, or pre-primary education of the child’s absence in good time. During the day, you can offer the children some snacks, introduce the workplace and its various professions, and organize a meeting to hear the children’s thoughts.

Tips:

• Offer the children breakfast, lunch or a light snack.
• Introduce the workplace to the children: what do people do there, what jobs there are, how many adults work there, what kinds of premises does the workplace have? Who is the boss and who is responsible for pen procurement?
• Hold a meeting. On what issues would you like to have the children’s opinions? What did the children imagine the workplace would be like? What would they like to change at the workplace?
• Can you arrange a child-appropriate way of participating in or learning about the work done at the workplace? For example, could you arrange a new employee health examination for the children’s plushies or let the kids create content for the workplace’s social media account?
• Let the children be seen and heard on the day! Drawings and other works of art created by the children for notice boards and break rooms on Children’s Day at Work will cheer your employees and build team spirit for months after the day.
• You could also play with the children. Play is good for adults too and builds solidarity.

• Let the children take charge of the workplace’s social media accounts for the day. Remember to safeguard the children’s privacy and obtain permission for taking and publishing photographs! Use the hashtag #LapsetMukaanTöihin
• Arrange a quiz for the children on a theme related to your workplace. Children like Kahoot! quizzes, for example.
• Hold a round of introductions, with the children introducing the adults accompanying them and vice versa. You can also ask the children to tell what the adults do for a living and the adults to tell what the children enjoy doing.
• Decorate unopened food cans or other suitable items found at the workplace with stickers or plastic eyes.
• Let the child think about and make up jobs that people could do at the workplace and show and tell what the jobs would be like.
• Make plans for the next Children’s Day at Work together with the children. Also request feedback from the children: what was fun about the day? Was something boring? What could have been done better?

You can arrange child-oriented activities for your youngest guests

• A fairy-tale read by the management team.
• A drawing or colouring session.
• An obstacle course and dance/office workout.
• Try the games recommended at the Play Day site: Sata leikkiä – Leikkipäivä (in Finnish, leikkipaiva.fi)
• Get more tips from the Play Bank: Leikit (in Finnish, Leikkipankki.fi)