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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

Open your minds through games

School: Ecole Maternelle in Holtzheim

Open your minds through games - France

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.

Project category
Early childhood education and care
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

ODZ IZVORCHE

Address
Bulgaria

Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke

Address
Estonia

14th Kindergarden of Mytilene

Address
Greece

DIREZIONE DIDATTICA "III CIRCOLO BALDO BONSIGNORE"

Address
Italy

Agrupamento de Fajões

Address
Portugal

Sincan Lale Anaokulu

Address
Türkiye