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Sixth Edition of the China–Denmark Education Forum – Once Again in China

For the sixth time, Learn for Life (Denmark) and the China Education 30 Forum (China) bring together key educational stakeholders from China and Denmark for the China–Denmark Education Forum. For the second consecutive year, the forum will be held in China—this time in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, at Four Seasons School

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When Pedagogy Crosses Borders: Mutual Value in Cultural and Knowledge Exchange Between Danish and Chinese Educators

In 2025, Learn For Life (Denmark) launched a new initiative: Danish Educators in Chinese Kindergartens. Developed in collaboration with the YiJie Early Education Research Institute (China), the three-week exchange programme allocated seven Danish educators to a total of 13 Chinese early childhood institutions across 8 provinces.

Information Meeting 2026: Danish Pedagogues Three Weeks in a Chinese Kindergarten

Are you a qualified early childhood educator with the interest and opportunity to spend three weeks in China? If so, you are warmly invited to attend an information meeting at Nordfyns Folk High School on 18 January 2026, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.

Nordic and Baltic Kindergarten Leaders Strengthen Storytelling in Nature

For four days, kindergarten leaders from Iceland, Norway, and the three Baltic countries—Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia—gathered at Nordfyns Folk High School in Denmark. The visit marked the conclusion of the Magic Outdoor Learning project under Nordplus Junior and offered participants the opportunity to experience Danish nature kindergartens and selected cultural attractions.

H.C. Andersen Festivals – Something for Everyone!

“Dream Dance” Brings Poetry, Music, and Presence to People with Developmental Disabilities

Enchanting Days for Kindergarten Children at H.C. Andersen Festivals

Magic, music, and joyful laughter filled the air when Eventyrlige Legefællesskaber (“Fairy Tale Play Communities”) invited children to play at the H.C. Andersen Festivals 2025. In the festively decorated foyer of Musikhuset Posten in Odense C, more than 300 kindergarten children and their accompanying adults were welcomed into a sensory, imaginative universe inspired by Ole Lukøje, the Danish Sandman.

Learn For Life invites children and adults into the world of dreams at the H.C. Andersen Festivals 2025

In the world of dreams, anything can happen. When Ole Lukøje (the Sandman) opens his magical umbrella, imagination runs free. LearnForLife.dk invites children and adults to four activities filled with poetry, music, and live storytelling – all centered on H.C. Andersen’s fairy tale about The Sandman.

H.C. Andersen Festival 2025: Long Live Hans Christian Andersen!

Learn For Life is organizing a colorful parade celebrating Denmark’s world-famous fairy tale poet. On Saturday, August 16, the streets of Odense will be transformed into a vibrant celebration of music, colors, and magical atmosphere as we come together to honor H.C. Andersen with a joyful parade through the city.

“The Princess and the Pea” – as Story Based Movement Play in China

Most people are familiar with Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea”. But in China, experiencing the story as a physical, sensory movement play was something entirely new – and it sparked enthusiasm among both children and adults.

HCA FESTIVALS: Dream Play with The Sandman

Imagination runs wild and anything can happen under The Sandman’s magical umbrella! Learn for Life once again invites kindergartens to enchanting play-based fairytales at Posten in Odense.

HCA Festivals: DREAMDANCE – A First-Time Performance for People with Developmental Disabilities

Welcome to the magical world of The Sandman where we warmly invite people with developmental disabilities to join us. In this special performance, dreams, music, song, and storytelling come together in a unique and inclusive experience created by the artist duo Stenia and Jorge Degas, CulturArte. They are known for their storytelling, music, and their ability to create a safe and welcoming atmosphere where everyone can feel the magic of the tale.

Stina is ready for another journey…

‘I felt welcome and part of the teaching staff from the very moment I walked through the door,’ says Danish early years educator Stina Raae, who has just returned from a three-week stay at kindergartens in southern China.

Community! You Are Unique! Life Is a Journey...

At the Sprogense Festival in May, both children and adults shared their thoughts by writing down “good words or kind phrases.” It was Learn for Life’s first time participating, and one of the key activities at our stand was to send kind words out into the world.

Special Screening of the film “Yueyue’s Denmark” at the SPROGENSE Festival

Children’s language crosses borders – a special screening of the film “YueYue’s Denmark”, which tells the story of the friendship between six-year-old YueYue from China and Amy from Denmark. Across languages and cultures, they share laughter, traditions, and experiences – from Christmas coziness in Bogense to Chinese New Year in a small mountain village in China.

Three Days of workshops in Chengdu

In the heart of Chengdu, Chinese kindergarten teachers recently completed a three-day workshop organized by Learn For Life. Through play, dialogue, and roleplay, participants gained insights into Danish pedagogical practices and tools to implement a more holistic approach in their own work.

Three Weeks in Chinese Kindergartens

Are you a Danish experienced educator, retired or seeking a unique adventure? Learn For Life is looking for trained early childhood educators with at least five years of hands-on kindergarten experience to take part in the daily life of a kindergarten in southern China. Travel and accommodation are covered. Join us for an information session at Nordfyns Folk High School on February 22 at 1 PM.

Valuable dialoge at the China-Denmark Education Forum in China

This year, the city of Gaomi hosted the fifth China Denmark Education Forum (CDEF), where Chinese and Danish educators discussed children’s well-being and their connection to nature. While there was consensus on the importance of these topics, approaches and challenges differ significantly.

First Time in China for the Denmark-China Education Forum

A landmark event is set to unfold as Danish and Chinese educators and students meet in Gaomi, Shandong Province on November 2–3. This marks the fifth CDEF and the first to be held in China.

Thank You for Playing Along

During the first two days of the H.C. Andersen Festivals, nearly 500 children and their caregivers from daycare centers participated in playful reenactments of Andersen’s fairy tales: Thumbelina, The Butterfly, and The Little Mermaid. In the afternoons, children in early school grades enjoyed H.C. Andersen’s Musical Suitcase Show.

Intense Learning Days at Nordfyns Folk High School

Over six intensive days, 24 Chinese teachers and school leaders have explored pedagogy and education policy. They compared their own practices with each other’s and with those they experienced in Denmark. They engaged in dialogue with Danish teachers, professors, and students—asking all kinds of questions and entering into rich exchanges.

HCA Festivals: Small Street Performances Across Cultures

Danish and Chinese children reinterpret and transform five of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales into small street performances in the streets and squares of downtown Odense. Across language and culture, these young performers handle the tales with care and courage.

Danish-Inspired Book by Kindergarten Director Liu Fangfang

Liu Fangfang may not be a household name in Denmark, but in China, every child and parent connected to her daycare and kindergarten knows about Denmark. Liu visited Funen in 2018 as part of a course for Chinese early childhood educators at Nordfyns Folk High School. She returned home deeply inspired by the Danish approach to early childhood education and Denmark’s child-centered philosophy.

Invitation to Enchanted Play Communities at the H.C. Andersen Festivals

For the second year in a row, Learn For Life is organizing workshops centered on children, play, music, and the universe of H.C. Andersen. In August, two events will welcome children from kindergartens and primary schools.

Major Education Conference with Familiar CDEF Participants

Yang Dongping, Liu Jian, and Jiang Yueping—all former participants in the China-Denmark Education Forum—will be speakers at the LIFE Education Conference in Chengdu, July 18–20. Under the title Educational Innovation to Prepare for Future Life, the conference brings together reform-minded educators from across China every two years.

Korean Workshops Lead to Return Visit at Nordfyns Folk High School

In June, association chairman Mogens Godballe led a series of workshops in southern Korea focused on democracy and lifelong learning.

A day with Fairy Tale Play Communities

Why is The Ugly Duckling sad and how can we help it? The Kindergarten ‘Børnehuset Munke Mose’ in Odense, had a visit from play enthusiast Gitte B. Bork for a whole day, where she - together with children and pedagogues, facilitated a play day, which made everyone indulge in play in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale world.

Global coffee giant celebrates Christmas with Hans Christian Andersen in China

The beautiful paper cuttings created by Hans Christian Andersen, were introduced to a huge audience during fall of 2023, as Starbucks in China had dedicated the months of November and December to honor the fairytale poet by having his amazing paper cuttings adorn cups, glasses, and bowls in the 6,500 Starbucks cafes in China.

Last online seminar before the Christmas holidays 2023

'Play and the child's perspective' was the title of the last online seminar in 2023, held on 13 December. Mogens Godballe and Ann Guo Skov facilitated the two-hour course, where the participants from Sujie Kindergarten in Nanjing gained background knowledge and practical examples of the Danish approach to children and play on the premises of play.

Reform-friendly thoughts at the fore during the annual education meeting in China

December 8. - 10. 2023, the 10th annual meeting of the China Education 30 Forum was held in Beijing with the theme 'High Quality Development of Education'. More than 50 experts, academics, teachers and politicians attended the forum to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the Chinese education of today.

Join the Party at Elverhøj

Deep in the forest, the raven flies around, crying: “Come to the party at Elverhøj! The Elf King's daughters are getting married!” The sun sets, the ground and trees creak, and the lizards scurry in fright—but the earthworms know better: Elverhøj opens, and the guests begin to arrive.

Chinese Kindergarten Teachers Explore the World of Hans Christian Andersen

Fifty-four Chinese educators and leaders from 23 kindergartens across eight cities have participated in online play-based workshops as part of the project Magical Play Communities, organized by Learn for Life. The outcome has been a rich dialogue and inspiring examples of how H.C. Andersen’s fairy tales can be integrated into early childhood education in China.

Clumsy Hans – A Chinese Interpretation

A large audience gathered on August 22nd in Eventyrhaven to see a group of young Chinese high school students perform Clumsy Hans at the castle, as part of the H.C. Andersen Festivals 2023.

New play-textbook with inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales

Play-based pedagogy in day care works best when the educational staff supports and participates in play communities. But the educators are often in doubt about how much they should step into the children's play - and how. New Danish play-textbook provides tools for just that with the help of H.C. Andersen's fairy tale. The book has already attracted interest from China, where both Danish pedagogy and H.C. Andersen is highly regarded.

Watch and learn what Danes and Chinese think about ChatGPT

There was a lively dialogue between teachers, parents and young people from Denmark and China at this year's edition of the Danish-Chinese Education Forum (CDEF). Well-being is the overall theme every year, and this year we have a special focus on artificial intelligence and ChatGPT and what it means in a school context.

Play Workshops for Educators – With and Without Children

During week 34, the H.C. Andersen Festivals will host two types of play workshops, both centered around fairy tales and the joy of play. The initiative is part of the project “Magical Play Communities Inspired by H.C. Andersen”, led by Learn For Life.

Revised Edition of Li Zhenxi’s Book: Education Has 100 Languages

Chinese educator and author Li Zhenxi has released a revised edition of his book Education Has 100 Languages, which explores Danish education and daily life. He originally wrote the book after his first visit to Funen in 2018. Following his most recent trip in May 2023, he has added new chapters. During this visit, he was joined by several prominent Chinese educators and school leaders for a tour of Danish schools and educational institutions.

Three Weeks of an Unforgettable Study Tour for 33 Students and Their Teachers

"This is freedom." That’s how one of the girls from Rirising School described her experience while walking through the streets of Copenhagen on a Saturday evening in May. The group had unexpectedly found themselves in the middle of Pride 2023, on the final day of the parade, with a concert on City Hall Square. The streets were filled with joyful people in all sorts of costumes, and the young teenagers from Beijing felt that this was a place with room for everyone.

The Danish Chinese Education Forum is being held in Denmark for the first time

The month of May will be rather busy at Nordfyn Folk High School, as on May 9, the 4th China Denmark Education Forum (CDEF) will be held here, and at the same time a number of education experts and a school class from Beijing will be visiting the folk high school.

Check out our website: PlaywithHCA.org

The project “Co-create with H.C. Andersen" has got its own website: next event is a play workshop at UCL on 26. May-

William Yip is back with his theater children

I has been 3 years with corona, 3 years with shutdown. Now William is back, and in August he and a lot of children will take the journey from China to Odense and Funen to perform their interpretations of H.C. Andersen's fairy tales at the fairytale castle in the Eventyrhave (The Fairytale Garden) in Odense.

Inspire-Share-Learn (ISL) – a cultural exchange project for Danish and Chinese pupils.

Danish and Chinese grade 1 and 2 school students meet online in small groups and communicate about topics that interest them across cultural and language differences. "Who do you like better? Messi or Ronaldo?" That was one of the questions from a student in 1st grade at Korup School when the zoom connection to Tianfu School in Chengdu was established.

HCA play workshops for Chinese educators

52 Chinese educators and kindergarten managers were ready by the screen when we welcomed the second course of fairy tale play workshops in March.

Record-number of viewers for the Danish-Chinese well-being forum

More than two million Chinese viewers watched as Danish and Chinese teachers, well-being experts, parents, and students discussed well-being and the right to be imperfect.

Third edition of the CHINA DENMARK EDUCATION FORUM

On 18 November 2022, we are once again organizing the Danish-Chinese education online forum, and as is the case every year, the topic is well-being – this time with a special focus on the right not to be perfect.

Watch the dialogue between Viktor Axelsen and Li Zhenxi

Last year's China-Denmark Education Forum began by an opening conversation between Viktor Axelsen and author and former headmaster Li Zhenxi. They talked about badminton, going to school and about learning Chinese. The theme for the forum was "Well-being and the desire to learn”.

Being a child in China: Growing up, socializing, learning and formation

What is a good childhood? How do you prepare your child to cope with future world? What can practitioners in China and Denmark learn from each other about child rearing, education and learning? These are some of the questions that will be elucidated when Danish-Chinese Association on September 14 invites professor emeritus Stig Thøgersen from University of Aarhus and Lisa Johansen from LearnForLife.dk to a seminar.

Play with Hans Christian Andersen - new book in preparation

Play is the basis for children's formation, and when play is combined with Hans Christian Andersen's universe, a poetic and magic dimension is added to the play.

Youth culture meeting between Korup School and QingYing School in China

During a period of half a year - from January to the summer holidays - students from two 6th classes at Korup School and Qingying School in Changzhou, approx. 160 km from Shanghai, have communicated via zoom. This happened in the project "Inspire, Share, Learn" (ISL) initiated by Learn For Life.

Learn for Life – Now Featured in Kinabladet

A big thank you to Professor Emeritus Jørgen Delman from the University of Copenhagen for inviting us to share our perspectives in the latest issue of Kinabladet.

Children and Educators Bring a World of Wonder

The project “Magical Play Communities Inspired by H.C. Andersen” is in full swing, and it’s a true delight to be organizing the third and final play workshop in the very home of the fairy tale author himself, on March 12. This workshop takes place at Ville Vau – the Children’s Universe, and this time the focus is on the stories “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Princess and the Pea.”

New Chinese children's book with Danish and Chinese children's drawings

"Flying days" is the English title of a Chinese children's book, which is illustrated by Danish and Chinese children. A box of books has just arrived in Funen, and on Thursday, 24th of February at 10 a.m., the children-cartoonists in the daycare institution ‘Børnehuset Skoven’ will each receive a signed copy as a thank you for their help.

Christmas movie and greetings from China

The Danish Christmas movie “The Christmas family and the Elf hotel” (Original: Familien Jul og Nissehotellet) has just premiered. In the wake of the premiere, we have received greetings from China - as several Chinese participated as extras when the movie was shot in Denmark in January 2020.

Good and informal atmosphere at the LIFE Education Innovation Forum

Saturday, 23. October at 12.30 (Danish time) Professor Yang Dongping, chairman of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, welcomed the Danish participants of the online LIFE Education Innovation Forum. Mr. Yang had chosen that he himself would host the Danish participation, while the other countries the United States, Canada, Germany and Finland were facilitated by the Beijing based partner TeachFuture.

Danish free school tradition inspires reform-friendly Chinese

Denmark has a unique free school tradition with efterskole* schools, folk high schools, free schools, private schools, and other independent institutions. The Chinese professor Yang Dongping has gained an interest in this, and tomorrow, Saturday October 23, at 12.30 (Danish time) he will hosts a large on-line education forum, in his capacity as chairman of the renowned 21st Century Education Research Institute.

1,319,216 Chinese viewers

Danish-Chinese initiative speaks directly to the hearts of the Chinese: The topic is the well-being of children and young people, the medium an online forum and the key words are safety and trust. 14 Danish and Chinese teachers, parents and students were fully occupied debating well-being and the desire to learn, when the 2nd edition of the "China Denmark Education Forum" was transmitted online in China on 23 September, 2021.

Sino-Danish forum focuses of the well-being of children and students

What does it take to thrive in kindergarten, school and in youth education? We ask Danish and Chinese teachers, experts, young people and parents in a six-hour online forum on 23 September.

Set the compass of your heart

"Lower your shoulders, take a deep breath and listen to each other." Folk high school teacher Mette Højland has 20 years of experience in introducing courses, but this is the first time for her to undertake it via a screen for participants in China. How does Mette create presence, dialogue and interpersonal community in this forum, as traditional life on a folk high school does not immediately harmonize with online teaching,

Danish children's drawings for a Chinese book

These days, 40 children’s drawings inspired by H.C. Andersen's fairy tales and Christmas motifs are on the way to Beijing. Together with Chinese children’s drawings, they are to be included in a book that screenwriter Meng Xianming is about to publish.

Thanks a lot to H.C. Andersen Foundation

Good news ticked in on our email with the message that our project “Fairytales Play Communities with inspiration from H.C. Andersen to kindergartens all over the world” has received a commitment from the H.C. Andersen Foundation for support.

Educational Institute celebrates Children's Day

June 1 - Children's Day in China - is an important day for the Chinese 21st Century Education Research Institute, which focuses on education and children's upbringing and development.

When inspiration leads to action

It was not popular with the parents when kindergarten principal Lu Fang in Henan province in central China proposed to dig up the kindergarten's artificial outdoor areas and replace them with soil and soil only.

Smart children have mud on their face

The play must be set free, and children must try their hand at nature, says Mads Brodersen.

Nature Education is hot in China

Danish approach to children and nature on the program at a large conference for Chinese educators, kindergarten leaders and investors in Shenzhen.

More than one million Chinese followed the forum

How has Covid-19 affected educational practices, what experiences have been gained in Denmark and China, respectively, and what does this mean in the future? Online teaching and future educations were in focus when the “China Denmark Education Forum” was arranged for the first time.

Program for the online-seminar on 22nd September

Three hours of contributions from six Danish and six Chinese educators focus on online teaching and educations in the future.

Rethink Education in the Post-Epidemic Era

Six Chinese and six Danish educators discuss and exchange ideas of future education at a three-hour onlineseminar.

Status of the Chinese children's film: Yué Yué comes to Denmark

We have interviewed the Chinese producer about the film Yué Yué is coming to Denmark, which has the six-year-old Chinese girl, Yué Yué and Danish Amy in the lead roles.

If the Chinese cannot come to us, we must come to them

Premiere on virtual learning China-Funen (the island located in the heart of Denmark)on May 8

The fairytale ‘Bottle neck’ opens up a stream of Chinese creativity. The tree best ideas are awarded a trip to Denmark

The Books by Li Zhenxi on Danish Pedagogy and Schooling are Ready to be Distributed

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The children attend a Danish kindergarten while mom and dad are on course

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This is what we can bring to the Chinese kindergartens

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