- Cultivate mutual respect and fundamental values &human rights, promote social inclusion and equality; - Promote Intercultural mindfulness defined as the ability of children to function at the borders between several languages/dialects/, maneuvering and negotiating cultural understanding and misunderstanding; - Support parents to teach children how to communicate with each other and understand each other’s perspectives, exploring the different cultural heritages and values of people who live in Europe together in 21st century; - Overcome prejudices and combat culturally based bullying; - Cultivate Cultural Literacy of children, understood as culture we create through our practices and expressions. - Give parents (especially those who are non-natives)/educators practical tools (simple and accessible for everyone) to talk about the identity, about the migration; about the refugee crises due to the recent was in Ucraine. Silent books do not have language barrier - they are small-scale worlds that welcome and take us through the complex dynamic of reading and interpreting cultural, natural and inner images that we see.
The SILENT project was based on the bottom-up approach. It reflects the needs of parents and educators concerning the dialogue with kids about recent complex issues connected with the global world (migratory flows, refugee crises, wars). Parents need support (especially foreign-born parents (but not only), also native families in explaining difficult issues. Modern classrooms are multicultural environments but still bullying due to the nationality, skin color, religion happens. With SILENT we address the need of major INTERCULTURAL MINDFULNESS (which can/should be improved) benefiting everyone.