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This educational project proposes the integrated approach of the curricular contents specific to preschool, primary and secondary school education courses, through learning activities on Easter’s theme.
The collaboration with other teachers and children, between European schools and kindergartens, aims to turn to account particularities of the specific culture tied by Easter’s customs and traditions in their countries; to carry on interactive learning activities; to develop creativity, cooperation skills, entrepreneurial competences.
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES:
1. “Easter Bunny and the children’ stories”- this activity invites children to create short stories in which the main characters are they and the Easter Bunny; they will be encouraged to illustrate their stories through paintings and drawings;
2. “The Egg and Science”- the children will have the opportunity to make simple experiments to observe characteristics of foodstuff;
3. “Easter Costumes and Traditions in My Country”- the children will describe specific Easter Costumes and Traditions in their country;
4. “Waiting for Easter Bunny”- practical activity in which the children will realize Easter ornaments, using different technics and materials; the involvement of the children in organizing and conducting a volunteer activity.
- Subjects: Art, Citizenship, Foreign Languages, Language and Literature, Pre-school Subjects, Primary School Subjects, Religion
- Languages: EN
- Pupil's age: 3 - 12
- Tools to be used: e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
- Aims: To describe Easter costumes and traditions in their country;
To create short stories about the Easter Bunny;
To contribute to... read more To describe Easter costumes and traditions in their country;
To create short stories about the Easter Bunny;
To contribute to articles in Easter’s on-line Newspaper;
To do simple scientific experiments reporting the observations;
To use the computer in solving tests, playing educational games around the theme;
To make Easter ornaments using different technics and materials original merged;
To become an active participant in organizing a volunteer activity;
To succeed in doing their part of contribution in a wiki about Easter food;
To learn new words in foreign languages;
To develop their intercultural communication and cooperation, entrepreneur competences;
To learn in European dimension about different cultures;
To contribute to the teachers’ proffesional development in using a foreign language, ICT, intercultural colaboration; hide
- Work process: - The colaboration with partners will start by establishing responsibility for each partner involved;
- The activities’calendar will be propoused by founders of... read more- The colaboration with partners will start by establishing responsibility for each partner involved;
- The activities’calendar will be propoused by founders of the project with changes if there are suggestions from other partners;
- The teachers will colaborate in making tests and educational games, wiki, on-line newspaper, on-line picture book using web instruments; They will also make the project’s evaluation report, label of the project;
- The children will be involved in writing articles in the Easter’s Newspaper, in creation of a wiki about foodstuff, in organizing exhibitions with their handicrafts; hide
- Expected results: EXPECTED RESULTS:
- album with explanations and pictures about Easter’s costumes and traditions;
- publication on-line of the picture book called... read moreEXPECTED RESULTS:
- album with explanations and pictures about Easter’s costumes and traditions;
- publication on-line of the picture book called “Stories with the Easter Bunny”;
-“The Experiments’ Folder” made by children with reports of the observations and their results, photos;
- tests and educational games due to colaboration between parteners; the achievement of the Easter’s on-line Newspaper;
- exhibition with Easter’s ornaments in every partner school and kindergarten by turning to account the children’ activities products; organization the volunteering activity by selling the ornaments and donate the obtained amount (if there exists the posibility).
- project’s evaluation report; hide
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children to create short stories in which the main characters are they and the Easter Bunny
children's drawings of Easter Bunny
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