Promoting wellbeing in pre-school through healthier lifestyles

Topic(s) addressed

• the holistic and multi-sensorial idea of well-being 

• creativity- self-expression 

• healthy food and relationships, living together

• the school environment- the "setting" as an essential element to feel good at school 

• structured path of Mindfulness

Target groups

Kindergarten teachers: 

• 5-8 from Italy 

• 3-5 from Sweden 

• 2-3 from Portugal 

• 2 from Greece

Methodologies

• Every T&L activity meeting focused on a different topic. 

• "Live" presentations of the hosting country’s system, tools and strategies (or by recordings, in the online meetings) 

• Discussions, exchanging materials and ideas. 

• At every meeting, we planned the next one.

• Using ITC– for communications 

• Updating the website for keeping up documentation and dissemination

• Close progress monitoring

Environments

• The learning environments support innovative teaching and learning activities– all the partners ensured functional “settings” 

• Enabling the children to stay all the time together

• Facilitating outdoor activities “in natural surroundings” 

• The use of self-made tools to foster creativity and relationships

Teachers

• Teachers responsible for involving their colleagues and the pupils’ parents in the project

• Exchanging methods with European partners to try out new practices

Impact

• The activities resulted in reaching the project’s objectives.

• The outcomes were then disseminated through meetings with teachers and parents.

• Each partner organised an academic lecture during the initial meetings, e.g. an Italian academic teacher about dealing with creativity in childhood.