Come on Kids,The Nature Waits For Us! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Come on Kids,The Nature Waits For Us!

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Our project aims to bring healthy and environmentally conscious children in early childhood with the help of nature games. Our target group consists of 1,552 students in our partner schools, 3,104 parents and 73 teachers.
Schools are located in an environment where urbanization is intense. Because of this, children do not have the chance to play in green and open areas. Thus, children who spend most of their time on television and computer,they live adaptation and attention problems at school. This increases the number of disadvantaged children who, are fast-paced and stressed individuals and face failure at an early age.

A large proportion of the age range of 3-6 years characterized by specialists as a game age ,comes before school. Especially, it is stated that children who do not play in the open air are tense and unhappy because they can not allocate their energy, which leads to failure. Looking at the development of the child, it is seen that the most important life-cycle of earning environmental consciousness is the early childhood period.

In this sense, the objectives of the Project are;
– To support the children from early childhood so that they can be aware of the environment in which they live and protect them as natural habitats,and to develop them as conscious individuals
-To see activities in different countries related to nature and transfer applications to schools
-Improve curriculum
– Removing children’s insect phobia
– Keeping children away from computer, television and indoor areas and bringing them to nature

Develop original games that can be played in nature all over the world in the early childhood
In line with these objectives, the activities to be carried out within the scope of the project; Seminar work aimed at developing materials, curricula and games that support the professional development of the teacher will be given by good workshop colleges. In the classroom, centers, aquariums and botanical garden application areas will be established to support children’s environmental and nature education. In natural areas, nature excursions and exploration walks will be held. With fashion show and festival, children will have the opportunity to learn while having fun. Family support work will be done to support these studies at home.

Exhibitor profile in the project;
Participants and key staff; Local, regional, national and international studies with project execution experience, idealism and cooperation.
Methodology of the project;
– Creation of positions, distribution of tasks
-To give education about budget, time and meeting management,
-Monthly planning of activities
– Project risk planning and monitoring
Monitoring of the project process
– Monitoring and evaluation of project outputs
– Monitoring and evaluation of project dissemination activities

Impact and results in the short term;
1. Impacts and consequences on the Participants;
-Material, curriculum development
Transfer of good practices to schools
-International cooperation development
2. Impacts and outputs on children;
– Loving nature, learning by discovering the environment, more time spent in nature to grow as happy and successful individuals
-Being more authentic, safe walks in nature by defeating insect fob
– Taking responsibility and contributing to the protection of the natural life
3. Impacts and outputs on the institution;
Achieving school strategic plan goals
-Extra development
Achieving the priorities in the field of school education
-To improve organizational culture, organization image and identity among employees
4. Impacts and outputs on the families;
– Informing parents about parental education
– Ensuring the continuity of the work at home

Long-term goals;
1. Expected impact and outputs;
Announcement of the results to the public through the intermediary
Publishing project results on the web, social media
-To support national and international results with e-Twinning project
2. Impacts and outputs on children;
– Loving nature, learning by discovering the environment, more time spent in nature to grow as happy and successful individuals
-Being more authentic, safe walks in nature by defeating insect fob
– Taking responsibility and contributing to the protection of the natural life
3. Impacts and outputs on the institution;
Achieving school strategic plan goals
-AB 2020 working in accordance with strategic objectives
-Extra development
1. Expected impact and outputs;
Announcement of the results to the public through the intermediary
Publishing project results on the web, social media
-To support national and international results with eTwinning project
-The multifaceted interaction foreseen for the education system of the future, social and social learning tools to be used from the young age in accordance with the educational goal of the children
– Development of “Lifelong Learning” skills from the kindergarten

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 99750 Eur

Project Coordinator

cumhuriyet anaokulu & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Kohtla-Järve Lasteaed Tareke
• JUDG Detska Radost
• GRADINITA CU PROGRAM PRELUNGIT PARADISUL COPIILOR
• Agrupamento de Escolas José Sanches e São Vicente da Beira