Research in child development over decades as well as modern neuroscience clearly show that young children learn best when they are active. That means they get to put their hands on things, interact with other kids and adults, move a lot, create, play. Playing games is fun; playing games at school is even more fun. Nowadays, an increasingly motionless lifestyle is adopted due to technological developments. One of the age groups influenced by this lifestyle is children. Motion is very important for the physical development of a child. Playing games prevent being motionless and it has a vital role in the development of the children. Playing game is the most natural learning environment. The partner schools need a comprehensive, international and sustainable development plan to provide more game playing opportunity to their pupils during their ongoing activities. General aim of our project is creating the right learning environment with carefully organised games where every child feels comfortable through cross-border cooperation to strengthen quality of preschool education on partner schools. Also our aims; -To develop games with observation forms to support the individuality, self-confidence and integrity of children -To supporting children's language development through games -To encourage children to feel sociable by helping each other to respect each other -To improve pupil’s creativity and problem solving skills through games and coding -To develop pupil's motor skills and muscles through games -To prevent motionless life style with games -To improve knowledge of the pupils, teachers and staff on European Union, European languages and cultural diversity -To encourage educational staff to learn foreign language and promote respecting other cultures and nations -To improve partner school's experience by the creation of a more modern learning environment, more dynamic, open to new educative experiences and the collaboration of European schools and institutions Target group of the project is 5-7 years old pupils and they will join to the local project activities. Partner schools have different classes according to separated age groups. Educational staff and school managers will take part in the local and international project activities. Parents will join local activities and they will encourage their children to play game with them. On total 90 educational staff will join to the short-term exchange during the project. The partner schools will reach project aims through teams which consist of educational staff. Teams will do active cooperation within school and other partners’ team. School Managers will encourage the all the teachers to join the teams. All partners will establish these teams; -Project Management Team -Game Maker Team -Activity Maker Team -Evaluation Team -ICT Team -Dissemination Team -Game Groups The methodology of the project is active participation of the partner schools according to their previous experiences and sharing best practices with each other. The tasks and roles of the project distributed according to this methodology among partner schools. At the end of project activities, expected impact on the participants; Pupils; -Improving positive attitude to the educators -Expressing herself/himself through games -Improving creativity and problem solving through coding activities -Gaining information about European Culture -Gaining about basic information about partner countries Educational Staff; -Believing that pupils can learn if teacher prepare right learning environment -Raising awareness the role and importance of game in early childhood education through -Raising professional competences and to be eager joining to the new international learning activities -Designing new activities and their observation forms according to research results on early child hood education -Seeing best practices of the partner schools country on site and transferring them into own class and school -Improving English language skills -Respecting to the people who come from different cultures and nations -Promoting linguistic diversity and culture of Europe -Feeling a valuable member of wide European Cultural Family -Believing importance of effective cooperation with parents The teams from different schools get strong teamwork skills by taking part in this project. They can apply these skills in everyday work and also in future international projects. The books created in the project will be available on a public webpage so that they could easily be applied to further studies and institution development. All the books can be applied to every institutions curriculum. By the end of the project all institutions will have better understanding of different nation cultures and habits. This will help to develop multicultural environment in all of the institutions.
The project started before the pandemic and the pandemic increased the still lifestyle. One of the age groups influenced by this lifestyle is children. Movement is very important for a child's physical development. Play prevents being immobile and plays a vital role in the development of children. Play is the most natural learning environment. Partner schools developed comprehensive, international and sustainable games to provide more gaming opportunities for their students during their ongoing activities. The overall goal of our project was to create the right learning environment with carefully organized games in which all children feel comfortable through cross-border cooperation to strengthen the quality of preschool education in partner schools. Also our objectives have been: -Develop games with forms of observation to support the individuality, self-confidence and integrity of children. -To support children's language development through games. -Encourage children to feel sociable by helping each other to respect each other -Improve students' creativity and problem solving skills through games and coding. -Develop the student's motor skills and muscles through games -To avoid the still life style with games -Improve the knowledge of students, teachers and staff about the European Union, European languages and cultural diversity. -Encourage educational staff to learn a foreign language and promote respect for other cultures and nations. -Improve the experience of associated schools by creating a more modern, more dynamic learning environment, open to new educational experiences and the collaboration of European schools and institutions. The partner schools joined five short-term staff training events at the partner schools and six virtual meetings with teachers and two virtual meetings with their students during the project period. In addition, the partner schools visited neighboring schools and local authorities to disseminate the results and results of the project. The broadcast folder used during these visits. On the last day of the Estonian meeting, the teachers from the partner schools presented all the results of the project to the participants. In addition, the meeting was published live on the official Facebook page of the Estonian partner. As a result of the project process, 3 books containing descriptions of various activities were created. The goal of all the books was to enhance and enhance the learning environment. As a result of the project process, 3 books containing descriptions of various activities were created. The aim of all the books was to develop the learning environment of the partner institutions and to develop the skills of the children and the teachers. In the medium and long term, we hope to include, in the study plans of each association, the activities and methodologies worked with our project. On the other hand, we have decided to give continuity to this line of pedagogy and work started and we will continue in other projects. As a result of the project, we have acquired strong teamwork skills. The books that have been created as a result of the project are made available on a public website so that they can be easily applied to further study and institution building. All books can be applied to the curriculum of all institutions. Each partner has introduced the books in their region. Since the books are available on a public web page, it provides an opportunity to participate and use the results of our project activities also in those kindergartens that did not participate in our project. It has been a good opportunity to improve the learning environment and raise awareness of children's social, teamwork, self-awareness and problem-solving skills. As a result of the project, the partners are more aware of the cultures and educational systems of the different countries. This will help develop a multicultural environment in all institutions. Project partners have the opportunity to use the materials created as a result of the project in their daily work. The results that have been created are available on the reference website so that families can participate in them and we can receive feedback on the visits and downloads received.