Outdoor kindergartens Children engage in outdoor play every day. The boundaries and rules of child safety in the field must be consistent with the freedom to develop and physical security complemented by emotional and spiritual. When children are given more opportunities to explore security is also growing. Boundaries and rules, daily or weekly rhythm, emotionally stable adult, space wrong and freedom to experience, learn, support ideas are some of the components of child safety outside. It is in the outdoors, in the natural environment, that they learn to face the challenges and overcome them, to choose, to develop and to grow up by taking responsibility for the risk. Creating a safe environment for children must be a priority of every caregiver – a parent and an early childhood educator. A safe environment for a child is one that provides freedom from harm and offers a sense of security in which child can play, develop, and learn. As young children play and explore, minor injuries and accidents naturally occur. Since young children are at a stage where their physical, cognitive and emotional skills are still developing, injuries are bound to happen. These accidents can however be prevented. The first step towards providing for safety is to ensure that the preschool follows strict safety guidelines. Project objective - improve the quality of preschool education with sharing the best children safety methods and outdoor learning practice in the different cultures preschool environment. The project tasks: 1) raise the competence of employees (teacher and administrative staff) through participation in international trainings about children safety; 2) share the knowledge and best practise among other preschool partner countries (Germany and Slovenia) achieving to ensure the children safety outdoor. 3) to strengthen children safety guidelines based on outdoor pedagogy and best examples of partners countries. The priorities of SCHOOL EDUCATION: Supporting efforts to increase access to affordable and high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) and HORIZONTAL : Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences meet the main project aim - improve the quality of preschool education with sharing the best children safety methods and outdoor learning practice in the different cultures preschool environment. The project is going to improve the quality through connection of both - outdoor pedagogy and the children safety. This integrated approach would help to increase the quality of preschool education level. Also the project "Children Safety" fits the National priorities of Lithuania - project Enhancing equity in school sector and increasing number of institutions participating in the program from pre-primary sector. Participants: 12 participants (teachers/administrative staff) from VSI Lauko darzelis (Lithuania); 12 participants (teachers/administrative staff) from Modra pikica (Slovenia); 12 participants (teachers/administrative staff) from Waldkindergarten Flensburg e.V. (Germany); Project team will apply methodology in this project: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, Completion, Continuity. Qualitative expected project results: - exchanged best experiences about children safety in outdoor kindergartens, - better quality of preschool education based on outdoor learning in safe environment - greater understanding and responsiveness to social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity, - increased teachers' self-confidence in the field of children safety; - better understanding about different culture education methods in children groups, - increased accessibility to quality preschool outdoor education, - strong strategic partnership with partner organisations, - better English language skills - more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values.
Outdoor kindergartens Children engage in outdoor play every day. The boundaries and rules of child safety in the field must be consistent with the freedom to develop and physical security complemented by emotional and spiritual. When children are given more opportunities to explore, security is also growing. Boundaries and rules, daily or weekly rhythm, emotionally stable adults, space wrong and freedom to experience, learn, support ideas are some of the components of child safety outside. It is in the outdoors, in the natural environment, that they learn to face the challenges and overcome them, to choose, to develop and to grow up by taking responsibility for the risk. Creating a safe environment for children must be a priority of every caregiver – a parent and an early childhood educator. A safe environment for a child is one that provides freedom from harm and offers a sense of security in which a child can play, develop, and learn. As young children play and explore, minor injuries and accidents naturally occur. Since young children are at a stage where their physical, cognitive and emotional skills are still developing, injuries are bound to happen. These accidents can however be prevented. The first step towards providing for safety is to ensure that the preschool follows strict safety guidelines. Project objectives remain the same the whole project - to improve the quality of preschool education with sharing the best children safety methods and outdoor learning practice in the different cultures preschool environment. The project tasks at the application were all fulfilled: 1) the competence of employees (teacher and administrative staff) was raised through participation in international trainings about children safety; 2) the knowledge and best practices were shared among other preschool partner countries (Germany and Slovenia) achieving to ensure the children's safety outdoors. 3) children safety guidelines were strengthened based on outdoor pedagogy and best examples of partner countries. The priorities of SCHOOL EDUCATION: Supporting efforts to increase access to affordable and high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) and HORIZONTAL : Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences met the main project aim - improve the quality of preschool education with sharing the best children safety methods and outdoor learning practice in the different cultures preschool environment. The project improved the quality through connection of both - outdoor pedagogy and the children's safety. This integrated approach helped to increase the quality of preschool education level. Also the project "Children Safety" fitted the National priorities of Lithuania - project Enhancing equity in school sector and increasing number of institutions participating in the program from pre-primary sector. At application time there were 6 planned Learning, teaching, training activities in 24 months. Due to worldwide covid pandemic the plan was adapted to a current situation. The project was extended to its maximum 36 months. 3 LTT activities were implemented as planned in the application, 2 LTT activities were implemented virtually, 1 LTT activity was canceled. Participants: In total there were 35 participants from all partner organizations that participated in at least one Learning, teaching, training activity (educators or administrative staff). 19 participants have participated in live LTT activities, 16 participants have participated in virtual LTT activities. Project team has applied methodology in this project: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, Completion, Continuity. Qualitative project results: - exchanged best experiences about children safety in outdoor kindergartens, - better quality of preschool education based on outdoor learning in safe environment - greater understanding and responsiveness to social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity, - increased teachers' self-confidence in the field of children safety; - better understanding about different culture education methods in children groups, - increased accessibility to quality preschool outdoor education, - strong strategic partnership with partner organizations, - better English language skills - more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values.