Green Holidays and Celebrations in Kindergartens with Project-based Learning and Experiential Education

Topic(s) addressed

• Sustainability

• Environmental education

Target groups

• children aged 3-6 years old

• around 360 families

Methodologies

• Pioneering project-based learning in the relevant organisations

• Making the new methods an integral part of the everyday teaching

• Strengthening green thinking through the exploring the environment of villages and towns 

Environments

• Moving beyond the kindergarten walls- using outdoor activities

• Children created games and toys from natural materials and objects that can be found in their surroundings

• Making online presentations part of the learning process

• Bringing the project to children’s families

Teachers

• Teachers’ aim was to learn new approaches and to implement innovative activities appropriate for use in the long term

• Teacher’s role in fostering children’s creativity

Impact

• The wider public was presented with a summary of the project’s activities, methods and tools.

• The network of kindergartens (of which the coordinator is a member) implements some of the project’s outcomes in their practice.

• The summary has also been forwarded to all kindergartens in the country of the same profile as the coordinator (Greek Catholic pre-primary schools).