Open your minds through games

Topic(s) addressed

• Broadening pupils’ horizons; advance student's knowledge of the diversity and richness of different European cultures 

• Improving artistic and social skills, learning to work and play in teams

• Developing innovative teaching methods and resources.

• Encouraging communication and cooperation between pupils and teachers in different European countries

Target groups

• Children

• Teachers 

• Parents

• Hierarchical members

• Members of the local community  

• Any other people interested in the project

Methodologies

• Highlighting the importance of learning through playing- becoming familiar with cultural diversity.

• Developing a wide range of skills through playing- cognitive skills, self-confidence, respect for rules, creativity and collaboration

• Bringing the students closer to other cultures 

• Teaching values coming from other cultures and respect for them.

• Preventing any discrimination from an early age. 

• Using eTwinning

• Twinspace https://twinspace.etwinning.net/45782/pages/page/273779

Environments

• The approach in this project can be reused in different frameworks and learning spaces. 

• This type of intercultural project is of great value as it involves all children disregarding their social, cultural and language backgrounds.

• It encouraged the teaching and learning of the arts and culture to acquire skills and competencies in line with the project objectives and the principle of social inclusion. 

• It involved students and teachers in creating interesting and innovative digital content.

Teachers

Teachers have: 

• developed their pedagogical and methodological skills 

• developed their ICT skills 

• explored the education systems in other European countries

• played an active role in the development of current European educational initiatives

• established lasting social relationships with our colleagues from other European countries and a sense of solidarity.

• contributed to the early cultural “awakening” of the child

Impact

• The partners and the children were involved in the activities via the website, email exchanges and the creation of the games (puzzles, games, storybook, Ebook, PPT,

• travel photo album of mascots, etc.).

• The project activities, the organization of Erasmus Day and the exhibitions were made accessible to children, their parents, local representatives and members of the education system.

• The results of the project helped social and cultural integration and supported communication with others and friendship building.