NATURE LOVING KIDS
2019-1-HU01-KA229-060889
Erasmus + KA229 School Education Strategic Partnership
Today’s children have limited opportunities to connect with the natural environment. They spend more time viewing television and playing video games on computers than they do being physically active outside. Since they do not have direct experiences in nature, these children will miss out crucial opportunities to enhance their overall well-being, health and relationships. In the past decade, the benefits of connecting to nature have been well documented in numerous scientific research studies which show that children’s social, psychological, academic and physical health is positively impacted when they have daily contact with nature.
Taking these benefits into consideration, we, 6 partner countries (Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Poland, Latvia and Italy), have come together to create this project: Nature Loving Kids- N.L.K. Our main aim is to provide teachers with knowledge and competence in order to guide children to connect with nature letting them spend more time outdoors. Nearly 900 children aged between 3-7 and 150 teachers and educators will participate in this precious project.
We will focus on the following objectives:
-To enable teachers to obtain knowledge and skills to conduct Nature activities
-To let children connect with nature and spend more time outdoors
-To give opportunity to teachers for professional development in alternative approaches to be conducted with nature
-To improve children’s skills in free play, discovery learning and exploration
-To equip teachers with new ideas and techniques to be used with SEN children in nature.
Project Coordinator:
-Ban Zsigmond Presbyterian Primary School, Lower Grade School of Arts and Nursery-HUNGARY
Project Partners:
-Istituto Comprensivo Lombardo radice Pappalardo- ITALY
– Daugavpils city 11.preschool education institution-LATVIA
-Kezban Mercan Anaokulu-TURKEY
– Gradinita Cu Program Prelungit Nr.2-ROMANIA
– Przedszkole Miejskie Nr 206 w Łodzi-POLAND
