One of the priorities in the European world is the promotion of multilingualism and multiculturalism. The current geopolitical and immigration issues bring about changes in the European space. It is essential to cultivate in our children common European and universal values and a sense of belonging to their native country and to Europe. This project will allow the children from all partner institutions to learn a lot of things about the different European states and their symbols, languages, traditions and culture; to become aware of the things that they have in common and their differences; to understand that they can celebrate together, to share and study together, and most importantly to realize that distances and differences are not a barrier to friendship. PARTNERS: educational institutions from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, Turkey, Italy and Macedonia. TITLE OF THE PROJECT: "LET'S CELEBRATE TOGETHER"OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:1. Cultivating in preschool children a sense of belonging to the European multicultural community in which citizens share common values.2. Cultivating social and civic qualities in preschool children, as well as attitudes and relations through various forms of art, involved in non-traditional holidays and forms of entertainment common to all European partners.3. Enhancing the quality of education in the earliest childhood years.TASKS:- to provide preschool children with personal orientation in the main pan-European values in the process of "Learning through experience": freedom, dignity, democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights; - to cultivate the basic personal qualities and attitudes inherent to an individual with civic consciousness: freedom of choice, justice, respect, tolerance, respect for the rights of others, respect for cultural and linguistic differences, knowledge of their rights and obligations, understanding the value of knowledge and education; - to promote the creative approach in the activities, the use of modern IT technologies, various on-line tools and virtual platforms in the work of the partners.MAIN TARGET GROUPS: DIRECT: Children and teachers in the partner organizations.INDIRECT: parents; municipal and regional educational authorities; pedagogical specialists from other educational institutions; students; public organizations (libraries, cultural centres, European Information Centres, youth organizations, organizations for socially disadvantaged people), the general public.ACTIVITIES: EUROPEAN AND WORLD DAYS COMMON TO ALL PARTNERS: Tourism Day, Music Day, Day for Tolerance, "Thank you" Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day, Water Day, Book Day, Europe Day, Day of Friendship, Day of Languages, Animal Day, Day of healthy food and cooking, Snow Day, Mother Language Day, Theatre Day, Dance Day, Day of Families, Children's Day. - HOW WILL THESE DAYS BE CELEBRATED: with posters, slogans, entertainments, holidays, educational films, video clips, PPt, concerts, children's art exhibitions, theatre plays, dramatizations, games, dances, carnivals, cultural days, etc. OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT: - FOR THE CHILDREN: positive attitudes towards the European multicultural community cultivated in kindergarten children; basic social and civic qualities acquired; enhanced creativity - in the sphere of music, fine arts and drama; improved emotional environment for education and upbringing; gained knowledge about other children in other European countries. - FOR THE TEACHERS: improved profile of the educational specialists; activated process of civic education; an educational environment of tolerance and a spirit of understanding; enhanced activity and creativity; improved foreign language competences and digital skills; improved team work; augmented pedagogical methods for socialization of pre-school children; improved self-assessment skills; - FOR THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS: improved administrative and managerial capacity of the institutions to work at European level; enhanced quality of the educational process; new dimensions of the civic awareness of pre-school children; established authority and improved qualitative evaluations of the partner institutions. END PRODUCTS: 1. An electronic manual for teachers - all partners will add photographs, descriptions and links for each month and each event held with regards to the international days. This electronic book will give ideas to the beneficiary teachers how to make the everyday life of children more interesting, at the same time aiming for better educational results. 2. An electronic presentation of all work meetings in the order in which they were held.3. An electronic journal "My European friends and I" - a journal comprising the most interesting and inspiring interviews, talks, surveys with children from the partner institutions on various topics of the project.4. An electronic journal with PPt from the final conference for disseminating the results of the last work meeting.
The project “ Let’s celebrate together” focuses on necessary as well as current social topics of contemporary life . It was directed towards the laying of the foundations of civil and intercultural education of children aged 3 to 7. We have realized this project with the awareness that our children are a part of the European multicultural community and that we are responsible for them to learn and apply the Europe-tolerated fundamental values, common to all mankind in their behavioral patterns The objectives of the project were as follows: 1.To foster the sense of belonging to the European multicultural community where citizens share common values in the children of pre-school age. 2. To educate children in social and civil properties, attitudes and relations through the various art forms in the process of “Experiential Learning”, combined in non-traditional holidays and entertainment, common for all European partners. 3. To enhance education quality at the earliest children’s age. The tasks of the project were directed towards : - application of the method of “Experiential Learning” in all scheduled activities involving the children.This method helped the children for the emotional co- experiencing of each of the holidays we had celebrated in the partnering institutions thus making the project accessible , useful and fun for the target group of children; - to develop attitudes and relations typical of people with civil self-consciousness and responsibility in the children; - improvement of the professional profile of the pedagogic experts; - improvement of the interaction between the kindergarten and the family as well as between the kindergarten and other institutions; - fostering the use of the creative approach in activities with our partners as well as the use of IT technologies, various online tools and virtual platforms. The “Let’s celebrate together” project united the efforts of partners from 6 European coutries in an innovation cooperation. All partner institutions were kindergartens, except the Italian one which was a school including 6 groups of children at a pre-school age. The partners under the project were as follows: 1. Parvi Iuni kindergarten, Bulgaria- the coordinator 2. Siauliu r. Kursenu lopselis-darzelis "Buratinas" , Lithuania- a partner 3. Darica Namik Kemal Ilkokulu , Turkey – a partner 4. 1° Circolo Didattico "Leonardo Da Vinci" Trapani – a partner 5. JUDG Detska Radost – Macedonia 6. GRADINITA RAZA DE SOARE – Romania The activities for achieving the objectives included celebration of international days and holidays, which are common for the partners : World Day of Tourism, International Day of Music, International Day for Tolerance, International Thank-You Day, International Day of the Random Acts of Kindness, World Water Day, World Book Day, Europe Day, Friendship Day, European Day of Languages, World Animal Day; European Day of Healthy Food and Cooking, World Snow Day, International Mother Tongue Day, World Theatre Day, International Dance Day, International Day of Families, International Children’s Day. The main target groups were children, teachers, parents and representatives of various institutions. The acquisition of skills and knowledge as well as the formation of attitudes and relations in the children was conducted through the process of “Experiential Learning” during holidays, entertainment activities, events i.e. the children were learning through their own emotions and experience which made the project accessible, emotional and fun and gave plenty of results. The project yielded the following results: 1. Children’s acquisition of knowledge about Europe, the countries and institutions of our partners; 2. Mastering and testing of knowledge and attitude towards the various international days celebrated by Europeans together; 3. Knowledge about the various cultures, traditions, rituals, folklore, symbols , capitals, etc. was also acquired ; 4. Mastering by the children of the fundamental rules, common values and culture in human behavior; 5. Enriched pedagogic technologies of the teachers; 6. Improved foreign language skills and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) competences of the pedagogical experts; 7. Enhanced quality of the educational service in the partnering institutions; 8. Improved communication between the educational establishments, the families of the children and other institutions; 9. Enhanced administrative capacity, improved skills for partnership management; 10. Improved team work in the institutions. 11. The participating institutions raised and established their authoritativeness before other institutions as well as before the public. During the project implementation the partners showed very good organization, positive and disciplined attitude and satisfaction by the activity as a whole. To sum it up, we can state that the accomplished project was more than successful.