The topic of creativity plays a major role in the daily work with children in all participating kindergartens, which is why we decided to develop a guide. The aim of the guide is to show how creativity can be used in a targeted and effective way to encourage and support children in their development. Other educational areas such as mathematics, language or sport, which are offered in the kindergartens, are also linked to creativity. This is possible by incorporating the guide into the annual planning of the kindergartens and by implementing it in the daily work with the children. The guide was translated into the national language of the participating organizations and was also distributed to educational institutions that were not part of the project. The educational standards in the participating kindergartens have improved because both the children and the educational staff were confronted with a variety of different applications and learning methods. For this reason, it was important that there was an exchange among the participants during the individual activities, not only to share experiences, but also to develop new ideas about how the children can be supported in their development through the topics.
With the project we want to raise the educational standards in educational institutions and thereby increase the knowledge and professional performance of the participants, especially the educational professionals. The project combined popular elements of early childhood education, such as games, research or STEAM, with newer popular elements and topics, such as media literacy, STEM, creativity or personal affairs. These are all crucial for the actual development of a child's personal, cognitive, mental and physical characteristics. With the project we wanted to support the children in developing positive characteristics such as self-confidence, creativity, cooperation and social skills. The children must be able to express themselves and let their imagination run wild.