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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

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

School/Coordinator: Szent Jácint Görögkatolikus Óvoda

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

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).

Project category
Early childhood education and care
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

Szent Jácint Görögkatolikus Óvoda

Address
Hungary

Gradinita Villanytelep

Address
Romania

Cirkevna spojena skola Ceskoslovenskej armady 15 Moldava nad Bodvou

Address
Slovakia