‘ARANYHAJSZÁL’ (THE GOLDEN HAIR) STORY PROGRAM – IN A LAND FAR-FAR AWAY, ACROSS THE BORDER Erasmus Project

Project Title

‘ARANYHAJSZÁL’ (THE GOLDEN HAIR) STORY PROGRAM – IN A LAND FAR-FAR AWAY, ACROSS THE BORDER

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

This program focused on folktale adaptation in kindergarten groups. Our activities synthesized the variety of art education methodologies applied in the partner kindergartens as well as the diversity of Hungarian ethnographic features. Each kindergarten in the program contributed with one specific method of folktale adaptation for the other partners, which had been testing and verifying for years. As a result, each partner kindergarten had four well-tested and tried folktale adaptation methods as Best Practices. In Fiľakovo, the Hungarian folk tales were analysed using puppets. In Odorheiu Secuiesc the story and the characters of the Hungarian contemporary folk tales were used for health education. In the Szalárd kindergarten, the characters of the Hungarian folk tales performed modern dance steps. In Nádudvar, Hungarian folk tales were brought to life through language and elements of art. Kindergartens used their own tools of expression to deal with the folk tales of their region. The kindergarten teachers in Odorheiu Secuiesc have adapted contemporary fairy tales. These were the Best Practices. The partner kindergartens watched the Best Practice presentation and adapted it at home, taking into account their own local specificities. Each of the kindergartens has adapted the Best Practice provided by the Best Practice Host Kindergarten to their own image. The programme, which was originally designed to last 24 months, included four different versions of a Best Practice developed by a partner kindergarten. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the planned schedule had to be changed to 36 months. The Ficánka day care centre, for example, made puppets, and the children in Fiľakovo learned modern dance steps. The partner kindergarten implements the Best Practice host’s outlined material in its own world of folk tales, with its own methods and in its own environment. We were looking for a diversity of practices, as the four kindergartens were located in three countries and in four Hungarian ethnographic areas. There was a diversity in methodology and ethnography as well. The Hungarian ethnographic treasure was represented by the folk tales of the Palóc area in Upper Hungary, the Puszta, from Bihor County and – through the kindergarten in Odorheiu Secuiesc – also by the folk tales of contemporary authors, all of which were covered in this project. The folktale adaptation sessions contributed to the development of different skills of the children involved. Adapting the Best Practices helped develop musical, manual, artistic and indirectly mathematical and grammatical skills. In addition to the development of a wide range of skills, we chose one area where the professional background of Tempo-Legato Kft. provides the methodology, and that is the development of social competence. Their self-confidence was strengthened, unfolding a better self- and peer-awareness, they became more open towards their peers, they behaved more effectively in social situations and so on. The methodological tools of the teachers in the partner kindergartens have improved. During the 36 months, workshops were held by experts on social skills development to enhance the teachers’ knowledge. The Good Practices have been consolidated into a single framework and compiled into an electronic and a printed limited edition publication. The main target group of this folktale adaptation programme were the kindergarten teachers working in the Hungarian-speaking areas, the four partner kindergartens and the teachers working in Hungarian in their catchment areas. We have reached them through the multiplier meetings integrated into our programme. In the two semesters of our original two-year programme, we held partner meetings during which the partner kindergartens organised open days to present our best practice collection compiled as a result of the project. The project partners agreed that the results of the project should not be disseminated via online partner meetings.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 143300 Eur

Project Coordinator

Tempo-Legato Oktatásszervezo és Tanácsadó Kft & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Napfény Óvoda és Bölcsöde
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA “SZALARDI JANOS” SALARD
• MESTO FIL’AKOVO
• Gradinita Ficanka