The aim of this project is to raise individuals who ask questions, produce solutions with creative thinking, and turn solutions into products. The most enjoyable and entertaining way of learning for students no matter how old they are, is playing. For this reason, we will bring together the concepts of steam and game and realize our project around these 2 main points together one of the most popular topic in kindergarten: the seasons. 

MAIN OBJECTIVE

The aim of this project is to raise individuals who ask questions, produce solutions with creative thinking, and turn solutions into products. The most enjoyable and entertaining way of learning for students no matter how old they are, is playing. For this reason, we will bring together the concepts of steam and game and realize our project around these 2 main points together in one of the most popular topics in kindergarten: the seasons.

AIMS

1. To develop children's natural curiosity about the world around them, their creative potential, their skills to observe, develop hypotheses and draw conclusions, to seek solutions, to make improvements and innovations.

2. To develop children's active learning skills through observation, exploration and experimentation; to develop critical thinking, observation skills, concentration, dexterity and imagination.

3. To form positive attitudes towards engineering, technology, mathematics, art and programming and to form attitudes to participate in teamwork, to stimulate activity and independence.

4. To educate children in the spirit of European society and cooperation by creating virtual friendships with partner kindergarten children.

5. To motivate teachers to extend the methodological approaches used to meet the project objectives.

WORK PROCESS

We prepare the logo for our project and select the name for it.

Challenge 1: Teachers and students' introduction. November

Challenge 2: Autumn in nature. ( Art Gallery) November- December

Challenge 3: Best wishes to our partners sending Christmas cards and singing the same Carol. December

Challenge 4: Winter experiments (Video) January

Challenge 5: Prepare a mascot for our project and a story of the mascot along the four seasons. February

Challenge 6: Spring Engineering  (padlet) March

Challenge 7: Spring Coding  (padlet and games online) April

Challenge 8: Dissemination May

We are going to hοld at least two videoconferences with teachers to organize the work and to establish our main goals and we will be in touch through the chat.  With students we are going to have two video conferences.

RESULTS

An art gallery

Christmas cards exhibitions and a video with carols

Video with our experiments

ebook with a story for our mascot

a presentation with our engineering activities

a ppt with our coding activities

Teachers and students' introduction. November

Netiquette

• A well-organized Twinspace is the starting point of a good project.

• Visit regularly our Twinspace.

• Introduce your self in the forum.

• Add your school to the map.

• Write your email address on the dedicated page.

• Use the Project Journal to upload your best work and the Teacher Bulletin for questions and communications.

• Don't forget to add comments to your partners' posts and add some likes, too.

• Ask parents' permission to share photos and works of your students.

• Read the project schedule and meet deadelines.

• We will work colaboratively.

• We will take care of our project and it will be succesful and enjoyable.

e-safety

Safe internet 4kids-Escape Room

Autumn in nature. ( Art Gallery) November- December

Christmas Activities

My Advent - Steam along the four seasons - Christmas Stem Activities

DESCRIPTION:

Part I:

Festive STEM Activities to Celebrate and Learn

24 Days of Christmas Stem Activities - Countdown to Christmas with our list of Christmas STEM projects for hands-on learning.

Let's collect 24 suggestions for holiday STEM activities. Kind of like an advent science calendar! I hope you enjoy our 24 days of holiday STEM activities and inspire your young scientists this holiday season!

Part 2:
Choose one or 2 of the prepared challenges, carry out activities with children. Put your documentation of the task in the form of photos, videos or short descriptions in our BOOK CREATOR booklet.

Christmas Cards

ONLINE MEETING

Coding

Riddles about the 4 seasons

Steam alphabet

OTHER TASKS COMPLETED IN COOPERATION

Our collaborative logo

Our Calendar

Glossary of terms

Recipe book

Our maskot(s)

Our common story

BOOKSHELF

SUMARY OF THE PROJECT