Schwerin honors day care centers: Price for safe way to school for the little ones!

Schwerin honors day care centers: Price for safe way to school for the little ones!

Schwerin, Deutschland - In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the focus is on the small traffic experts! On July 4, 2025, the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania traffic watch honored 59 daycare centers for its excellent traffic education. Among the award winners is the DRK daycare center "Children's Land" in Schwerin, which won the main prize of the order of school. This special commitment is rewarded with 1,000 euros that can be used for play and sports equipment. Such initiatives are necessary, after all, 73 children aged six and seven in road traffic last year, many of them on their way to school. The traffic guard therefore wants to increase the safety of the children sustainably and has great plans for the future.

As already reported [NDR] (https://www.ndr.de/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/westmecklenburg/schweriner-kita-kamt-preis-fuer-Verkehrbung ,Mvregioschwerin-378.html), plans to develop digital learning opportunities in the coming year. Videos that show the safe way to school should help to make basic traffic rules understandable for the little ones.

important preparations for the beginning of school

Around 14,500 children in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will experience their first day of school after the summer vacation. So that the little ones get through road traffic safely, educators practice the way to school intensively together with their parents. Cover strips, traffic lights, pedestrian islands and the right behavior in public transport are discussed. Bernd Fritsch, Vice President of the State Transport Guard, emphasizes that children perceive road traffic differently than adults. This approach helps to master the special challenges.

The order of school, which will be awarded for the 15th time this year, will be awarded a total of 355 facilities that have been particularly evident in traffic education. Verkehrswacht MV emphasized that 41 daycare centers received the order in 2024. The main award winner is the Waba Nord Kita from Boizenburg, which also received 1,000 euros to promote her projects. Ines Jesse, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Work, underlined the importance of traffic safety as an important basis for the development of children.

tips for parents

So that the school beginners are well prepared for road traffic, the organizers provide valuable tips. In this way, parents should go to school with their children before starting school and discuss the safest route. The little ones should always cross at traffic lights, farming or mid -islands, and the correct behavior on construction sites is another important point. It is advisable to accompany the children until they develop a safe feeling for their way to school. It should also be practiced in the school bus.

The traffic watch and the accident fund Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania offer numerous information materials and events to promote the traffic safety of our children. Accident Kasse MV indicates that all road users have to drive more carefully and carefully throughout the year to avoid accidents.

On the way to school, both children and drivers should always be vigilant. In order for the new school beginners to start school well and safely, a targeted traffic education is essential.