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Wide shot of the Shanghai Angry Birds Playground building and street2. Close-up of entrance logo of Angry Birds Playground3. Wide shot of entrance of Shanghai Angry Birds Playground 4....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eShanghai, China - October, 15th, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of the Shanghai Angry Birds Playground building and street\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close-up of entrance logo of Angry Birds Playground\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of entrance of Shanghai Angry Birds Playground \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot pan of opening ceremony in the hall of the Angry Birds Playground\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close-up of women in audience\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of little girl with balloons\u003cbr/\u003e7. Ribbon-cutting close-up and wide shot\u003cbr/\u003e8. Sanna Lukander talking with colleagues\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sanna Laukander, Rovio vice-president of learning and book publishing \u003cbr/\u003e\"In Angry Birds Playground kindergartens we use the Angry Birds characters to motivate children to get them to exciting about something and to be actively creating something but the Angry birds Playground kindergarten does not consist only of Angry birds characters. It is like a vast area of beautiful literature, beautiful art, it is a 360 approach to learning. So the Angry Birds are there to motivate and help engage children.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Sanna Lukander in the audience\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sanna Laukander, Rovio vice-president of learning and book publishing \u003cbr/\u003e\"We are building on the Finnish education expertise, Finland is very well known all over the world for its high quality education system and UNESCO has ranked Finland a very highly also on the early childhood education rankings. Education is that something that we know and that we are very proud about and that's why we started to built upon that expertise.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid pan shot of children  and teacher in classroom\u003cbr/\u003e13. Medium shot of teacher and children  playing in the classroom\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close-up of girl putting toys in basket\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of teacher and children  playing with the whiteboard\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up of children  playing with whiteboard\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Saara Viteli, teacher training Manager, Angry Birds Playground\u003cbr/\u003e\"We call it fun learning. Under fun learning, it is a new way to describe this kind of learning, it is experimental exploration, using different devices in a inspiring atmosphere as a trigger, as a motivation for learning.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot of father and his son\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yin Qiangqiang, parent \u003cbr/\u003e\"Traditional chinese education is quiet repetitive and boring for young children. At their age, it should be more about to play, not to learn. I prefer that young children have fun, but in the same time, if they could develop mental skills while playing that is good. \" \u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of teacher, parents and children  singing\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yang Guoguo, parent \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the method is good because this way of learning is more respectful of what children are. Children want to have fun, so it is better to learn with fun. And that is the best way to improve their skills.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot Professor Xiong Binqi arriving at Angry Birds Playground\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close-up of folder and Angry birds Playground employee\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Professor Xiong Binqi, Shanghai-based scholar on education \u003cbr/\u003e\"This cartoon-based method is now experimental. For China this is a test. Chinese education these days makes a lot of trials, but our learning methods are too much based on memory and knowledge. We don't have nowadays a playful and fun way to teach. And this cartoon method could help to put more fun in our education system.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide shot of Angry Birds employee reading with children \u003cbr/\u003e26. Close shot of Angry Birds employee reading with children \u003cbr/\u003eChina's first Angry Birds Playground has opened in Shanghai. \u003cbr/\u003eIt brings a more played-focused learning technique to pre-school age children, inspired by Finland's national kindergarten curriculum.\u003cbr/\u003eWelcome to the Angry Birds Playground, which has just opened in Shanghai. \u003cbr/\u003eBased on the popular video games characters this educational programme is aimed at kindergarten aged children, between 3 and 6 years old. \u003cbr/\u003eThe facility will attempt to instil fun, motivation, and interaction into learning such subjects as language, mathematics and music.\u003cbr/\u003eThe creators of Angry Birds, the Finnish entertainment company Rovio, say they want the Angry Birds Playground to bring back the fun in learning.\u003cbr/\u003eThe children play with traditional toys like puzzles and also interact with digital technology. Much of the toys have Angry Birds branding. \u003cbr/\u003eSanna Laukander is Rovio vice-president of learning and book publishing. \u003cbr/\u003e\"In Angry Birds Playground kindergartens we use the Angry Birds characters to motivate children to get them to exciting about something and to be actively creating something but the Angry birds Playground kindergarten does not consist only of Angry birds characters. It is like a vast area of beautiful literature, beautiful art, it is a 360 approach to learning. So the Angry Birds are there to motivate and help engage children.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe platform was developed with experts at the University of Helsinki and is based on Finland's national kindergarten curriculum. \u003cbr/\u003eIt includes books, cards, toys, games, a guitar, and an interactive whiteboard all with the popular Angry Birds characters.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are building on the Finnish education expertise , finland is very well known all over the world for its high quality education system and UNESCO has ranked Finland a very highly also on the early childhood education rankings. education is that something that we know and that we are really  proud of it and that's why we started to built upon that expertise,\" explains Laukander. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the classroom, teacher give lessons in English, maths, piano, yoga or cooking. \u003cbr/\u003eAround ten children already enrolled, but the opening ceremony attracted the attention of some local families. \u003cbr/\u003eYin Qiangqiang came with his young boys and found the style of learning through play interesting.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Traditional chinese education is quiet repetitive and boring for young children. At their age, it should be more about to play, not to learn. I prefer that young children have fun, but in the same time, if they could develop mental skills while playing that is good,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eAnother parent Yang Guoguo agrees. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the method is good because this way of learning is more respectful of what children are. Children want to have fun, so it is better to learn with fun. And that is the best way to improve their skills.\" \u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Xiong Binq is an expert in education. He says that Chinese teaching techniques are too focused encouraging children to remember facts and a play based approach to learning may be better. \u003cbr/\u003e\"This cartoon-based method is now experimental. For China this is a test. Chinese education these days makes a lot of trials, but our learning methods are too much based on memory and knowledge. We don't have nowadays a playful and fun way to teach. And this cartoon method could help to put more fun in our education system.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCritics say that however serious the educational content, the programme also promotes the brand amongst very young children. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Angry Birds\" became an instant smash hit after its release in December 2009, the game has been downloaded over 2 billion times.\u003cbr/\u003eFounded in 2003 in Espoo near the Nokia headquarters, Rovio has turned into an international franchise that employs more than 700 people worldwide, including in the United States. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter Shanghai, Rovio plans to open an Angry Birds Playground in Singapore and has a further project in Brazil . \u003cbr/\u003eThe company has signed a preliminary agreement together with China's 123 Education Development Ltd to set up Angry Birds learning facilities in China. \u003cbr/\u003eClients are reminded: \u003cbr/\u003e(i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming 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