Mighty Young

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- Christmas Colouring Pages - Markers - Coloured Cardboard paper - Glue

- Use markers to colour the pages - Fold the coloured cardboard paper in a card - Glue the coloured page on the cardboard paper - Send to local hospitals for patients

christmas wishes

Comments: Making Christmas cards for the patients of local Hospital!

Author: Markou Glikeria, 14th Kindergarten of Ptolemaida, Greece

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According to students the best thing about this project was the fact of sharing their work with others. They had loads of fun creating a book together, calling each other and their favorite was dancing the baby Shark. Including collaborative activates such as a storybook with a dream school gave them autonomy of showcasing their work in any manner even during the pandemic restrictions. One common positive thing about this project came out during evaluations that students enjoyed learning through play and it was evident that we need to implement inquiry based learning on a more regular basis.

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My name is Barbara Trivelli, I'm an Italian kindergarten teacher at&nbsp;IC Giovanni XXIII Sc Inf San Michele from Terni, right in the middle of Italy. I've been teaching for 15 years and I have been working on eTwinning projects since 2016. My country is full of art, lovely panoramas and delicious food

Charmaine Attard currently teach Kindergarten at San Gorg Preca College Hamrun S.S Primary school in Malta. I have been involved in Early years education for the past 8 scholastic years and I am also an eTwinning ambassador for our island. Malta is filled with little explorers, lots of delicious food and ample sea and sun. Looking forward for this project to start and meet the little ones

Hi everyone! My name is May. I'm a pre-school teacher, I teach 21 motivated pupils, and I do the English class for the 3 to 5 years-old students, too. It's my third year in Etwinning Projects but I need to know more about how it works, I hope this is the year I get it.Excited to learn from you!Alzira is a quiet and beautiful town in the East coast of Spain, we are close to the Mediterranean Sea and we can also enjoy two natural sites, La Murta and la Casella. You are all invited.

My name is Doreen Barr, I am the Childcare Director of Smart from the Start Child Care Centres in Malta. My first degree is in Finance and subsequently I pursued studies in Early Years education obtaining a Diploma in Child Care Management followed by a Masters degree in Early Years. I started participating in eTwinning projects in 2021. I look forward to participating in this project and meeting you all.

Hello I am Nurten ÖZEL a preschool teacher at Cumhuriyet Anaokulu Beyşehir Konya TURKEY. I work as an assistant principal at my school. I have been working in my profession for 13 years. I started to implement projects to follow innovations, teach new things to my students and collaborate with my colleagues. I am very happy to be involved in this project together.

ANTONELLA DE MARCO ITALY da Scuola dell'Infanzia "G.A.Santoro" Santa Severina Italy Calabria, SONO UN INSEGNANTE INTRAPRENDENTE, CHE AMA AGGIORNARSI E CONOSCERE METODOLOGIE NUOVE E INNOVATIVE, MI PIACE COLLABORARE CON ALTRE COLLEGHE PER CONOSCERE ALTRI USI E COSTUMI. I AM AN INTRAPRENDENT TEACHER, WHO LOVES UPDATING AND KNOWING NEW AND INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES, I LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES TO KNOW OTHER USES AND COSTUMES.

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- Story book - Template of Story characters - Crayons or makers

- Read a story - Identify the main characters - Colour the templates to highlight the characters

Comments: Increasing knowledge that stories hold characters and what part they play in a story.

Author: Maria Elisa Scicluna, Mosta A Primary - Malta

- Loose parts - Costumes - Blocks - Toys etc

Creative play E twinning

- Encourage unstructured play - Provide resource and ample let the imagination flourish. - Dressing up our snowman, playing with plastic/wooden blocks and dolls, loose parts, drawing or during messy play their imagination flourished - Observe their ability to create even though at such a young age.

Comments: Children love to play and while playing they are learning and having fun simultaneously. During unstructured play, the children enhance their creativity. This photo story shows what the children created on different occasions when several means were presented to them.&nbsp;

Author: by Ms. Antoinette Magdi &amp; Ms. Kirsty Tesi San Gorg Preca Marsa Primary , Malta

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- Play interactive games - Learn mathematics and letters, writing and reading. - Watch videos about the projects and learn songs. - In the images we are discriminating the vowels that we have been learning in Spanish.

Comments: We have a digital whiteboard in our classroom and we use it for multiple tasks. We communicate with our friends through ICT. We love to use it to write on it, do sums. Playing is more fun and we learn to interact with new technologies.

- Empty toilet rolls - Peanut butter - Bird Seeds - Paint brush - Ribbons

Preparing bird feeders

- Tie ribbon to empty toilet roll - Spread peanut butter on toilet roll - Roll in the bird seeds - Hang on a tree

Comments: This is us preparing bird feeders out of empty toilet rolls, peanut butter and bird seeds

Author: Smart from the Start Child Care Centre Malta

- Recycled materials - Scissors - Glue - Containers - Natural Resources - Money

- Create a Piggy Bank using containers - Decorate - Save money - Give it to people in need

Comments: We have prepared our piggy banks, which were created in order to enable students to gain environmental and nature awareness and to gain the habit of producing and sharing.

Author: Nurten ÖZEL / Beyşehir Cumhuriyet Anaokulu, Turkey

Author: Gülsüm Atile Hakkı Tatoğlu Primary School, Turkey

- Washing line pegs - Numbers - Maths Symbols (+ - = )

Pre maths

Comments: Excellent for fine pincer grip and cognitive task

- First children have to peg the washing line pegs on the number (value) - Then they use Maths symbols to count totals.

- Cover the table with shaving foam - Put Paint with shaving foam - Allow students to mix - Encourage to use index finger to draw portraits

Comments: improved fine motor skills for pre-writing.

Author: Ms.Graziella Calleja, Sliema Primary School, Malta

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-Allow the initiation in computing through the decomposition of numbers with the help of a tangible and manipulative support, easier to understand by students in their early stages of learning because it allows them to develop mental arithmetic and its corresponding representation.

- Numbers - Large Blocks - Feely numbers

- Create feely numbers with coloured paper - Place on the floor - Value the numbers using blocks

Comments: The best part about making math topics interesting is that we teach them using different materials &amp; the way of play. We use it very often in our classroom.

Author: SÜREYYA AVCI -KIRELİ ŞEHİT KADİR KAYHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, Turkey

Hi! I'm Antoinette Magdi from Malta. I have been a kindergarten educator for the past 36 years at Marsa Primary. I am a mother of 4 (3 daughters and 1 son) and a grandma of 5 (3 granddaughters and 2 grandsons). I am a cat lover and have 4 cats which I love dearly. Looking back at these past 36years that I have been working with children, I have many precious memories. Being a kindergarten educator gives me a lot of satisfaction. For sure it helped me stay very young at heart even though in reality I'm not so young anymore. Working as a kindergarten educator was a blessing and I dread the fact that in 3 years time I have to retire but until then with God's Will, I am going to try my best to make these remaining working years the best for my students and me.

Hi, I'm Kirsty Tesi from Malta. I've been a learning support educator for the past 2 years at Marsa Primary School.I'm working on this project with Ms Antoinette Magdi. Being a learning support educator gives me a lot of satisfaction and it also keeps me learning and staying creative.The student I support is a 3 year old sweet and loving boy, it has been a great experience to watch him learn and grow this past scholastic year. I enjoy working as an Learning Support Educator more so in a kindergarten setting so much that I'm furthering my studies to work as a kindergarten educator in the future.

Author: Antonella De Marco Italy IOmnicomprensivo "D.Borrelli" Scuola dell'infanzia "G.A.Santoro" Santa Severina

- Put grapes in an empty basin - Allow children to use fingers - Encourage them to crush the grapes - Watch and discuss the feeling of crushed grapes

Comments: We felt the cold slimy grapes, then we crushed them. This is the work of the little students of 3 years

- Recycled materials - Crayons &amp; Markers - Scissors - Strings - Fabrics

- Provide students with materials to design and conquer. - Guide them to create a Superhero costume - Let them play

Comments: One of the activities during our Superheroes project was to create a superhero costume. The students worked on the superhero they wished themselves to be and created their own mask, belt, handcuffs, shield and cape

Author: Ms. Charmaine Galea- Siggiewi Primary school ,Malta

Complete the Whale with Different Textured Materials

- Whale template - Moss - Leaves - Aluminium foil - Coloured and different textured fabrics, - different papers etc

- The whale picture is divided into boxes. - Each box is completed with a different material. - Ask the children how they felt by touching each tile. (Slippery, rough, hard, soft, etc)

Comments: We exhibited their work at home on our school board. We had the opportunity to feel by touching many different materials.

Author: Başak YILMAZ Efeler Zübeyde Hanım Anaokulu Aydın/TURKEY&nbsp;

- Ask children who would like to be tickled - Volunteers stay in the middle - Other friends create different ways how to tickle their friends

Comments: "Tickle Game" from the imagination of my students. It was a fun game with lots of smiles

Author: Filiz Alıcı/&nbsp;Ünye Atatürk Primary School Kindergarten, Turkey

- Cup - Markers - Vibrators - Tape - Paper

- Tape some markers on an upside down cup. - Place vibrator on top - Switch on vibrator - Put markers with cup robot on paper - Enjoy

Comments: A S.T.E.A.M activity filled with exploration

Author: Nafiye SICACIK Efeler Zübeyde Hanım Anaokulu, Turkey

- Hand templates with different materials

- Color the boiled pasta like a rainbow. - Feel and touch the pasta. - Play Freely

Rainbow Pasta

Comments: We play sensory games every day in the classroom. It is my students favourite. The coloured pasta was enough to attract their attention. At first I had children who were worried about touching them, but then it was very fun for them. They gave different shapes to the pasta and printed the Markana. It was a dirty but beautiful event. Our success this month is amazing!

Author: Zeynep Karabulut ATA KINDERGARTEN TURKEY

- Online Games with Learning App - Tablet/Laptop - Sorting

- Discuss with students about different materials - Show pictures on the educational website - Discuss the pictures and materials - Sort the pictures according to materials together - Repeat as many times as you wish

Comments: Playing online games can be educational

Author: Barbara Trivelli Sc Inf San Michele Terni Italy

Sensory Integration playing with Foam

- Put Shaving foam on table - Allow students to destress by playing with Shaving foam

Comments: My students relieved their stress by doing relaxation exercises with shaving foam and they were very happy. It was foam everywhere

Author: Gülsüm ATİLE Hakkı Tatoğlu Primary School Antalya Turkey

- Black cardboard - Flour - Magnifying glass

- Put fingerprints in flour - Print fingerprints on black cardboard - Investigate the differences

Comments: We created and examined our fingerprints because we are all different

Author: Nurten ÖZEL - Beyşehir Cumhuriyet Anaokulu, Turkey

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- Glass jars - Paint - Water - Spoons

- Mix paint and water to have colourful water - Allow students to pour in the jars with different measurements - Let children hit the jars - Listen to different sounds - Compose music and sing

Comments: Learning outcomes include, Enhancing colour mixing, Improving colour recognition, Counting till 7, Creative composers, Fine motor during pouring, Hand &amp; eye coordination while hitting jars, Turn taking skills, Listening skills

Author: Charmaine Attard San Gorg Preca College, Hamrun SS Primary School, Malta

- Pebbles - Rocks - Wood with number value&nbsp;

- Use natural resources to help with number values - Count and match

Comments: We start learning mathematics with matching exercises&nbsp;

- Prepare age appropriate Online surveys - Allow children to participate - Watch results together - Discuss the survey evaluations

Comments: We learn to use a pc in the classroom, we do project surveys

Author: Gülsüm Atile Hakkı Tatoğlu Primary School Antalya Turkey 

- Tablet/ Mobile - www.jigsawplanet.com

- visit www.jigsawplanet.com - create or find a puzzle - play

Comments: A great way how to use cognitive games in a digital manner.

- Garbage bag - Shaving foam - Kinetic sand - Paint

- Cover table with garbage bag - Put shaving foam on table - Add various colors of paint - Add kinetic sand to the garbage bag.

Comments: We had so much fun feeling it with our hands.

Author: Özge Akduman- Ata kindergarten&nbsp;ATA TÜRKEY

Author: Filiz Alıcı/Ünye Atatürk Primary School Kindergarten/Turkey

- Shaving Cream - Finger Paint - Paper

- Feel shaving foam with finger paints. - Create patterns with paints on the foams - Pressed slightly on an A4 paper - Transfer the patterns onto the paper.

Comments: We tried the art of marbling, which depicts creativity and dreams, with shaving foam and the result was very good.

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Mighty Young Collaborative New Year Project

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Logo Voting Competition 

- Mirrors - Friends - ICT Games - Flash Cards

- Look in mirrors - Discuss similarities and differences in each other - Complimenting one another - Understanding feelings - Group works

Comments: The main objectives of such activities where to help children learn the skills of caring and sharing with each other. Engagement in these activities also helped the kids to understand and appreciate how special and unique each one of them is. Moreover, these tasks helped them enhance their self-esteem and confidence and help them understand that we are all different yet beautiful. The activities children have engaged in are shown in the photo above.

Author: Ms.Antoinette Magdi &amp; Ms Kirsty Tesi, San Gorg Preca Marsa Primary, Malta

Space Books: Whatever Next by Jill Murphy

- Whatever next by Jill Murphy.&nbsp; - Boxes - Display &amp; toys

- Read Whatever Next by Jill Murphy (our favourite book) - Like the story use things found at home like a box to make a rocket - Play and discover

Comments: We have been reading many books about space. The children have a go at handling books and they do picture reading to each other. We read general knowledge books and also fiction with nice fantasy or funny stories about aliens, planets, flying saucers and much more. Storytelling is a part of our routine and children gather around me eagerly to listen and discuss books.

Author: Ms. Joanne Micallef - Xghajra Primary - Malta

- Lupettu Dreams about the Ocean Book - Basin - Water - Loose parts

- Read the book Lupettu dreams about the ocean. - Use a basin and fill it with water. - Let children choose items from their learning boxes - Allow them to predicting whether they floated or sank.

Comments: It was nice to explore different materials and the children enjoyed every minute of it and the activity lasted longer than I expected. This activity was integrated during Book Week

Author:  Ms Graziella Calleja K2., Sliema Primary Malta

- Create a digital Math quest - Allow students to count - Provide them with a mouse to click the right answer

Comments: My students used technology. They did a math exercise.

Author: Nafiye SICACIK Efeler Zübeyde Hanım Anaokulu, Turkey

Counting Numbers with Caps

- Allow students to sequence the numbers - Give them time to count and value using bottle caps - Let them pre-write numbers using same bottle caps

Comments: At&nbsp;the moment we are working on the sea pollution theme so we are recycling material and using them as much as possible. In this case we used bottle caps as counters.

Author: Ms Graziella Calleja Sliema primary K2, Malta

Science Activities 

- Ask - Inquire - Investigate - Analyse - Discuss - Conclude

Comments: One might think that practicing science experiments in kindergarten is difficult, but when seeing this photo story once would conclude that teaching science in kindergarten is fun and interesting.&nbsp; Various experiments were performed using different means and introducing several concepts.&nbsp; The children were interested and participated eagerly. Each experiment was a new experience and the look on the children’s faces and the awe in their eyes said it all. Science is great fun in kindergarten.

Author:San Gorg Preca Marsa Primary Ms. Antoinette Magdi &amp; Ms.Kirsty Tesi Malta

- Any gift/craft from home (recyclable) - Old wrapping paper - scissors - Tape

- Introduce the gift they got from home - Wrap the gift in wrapping paper - Write name of friend - Give it to your friend

Comments: Simply sharing or giving something we own is remarkable and students loved it. We then wrapped things up to improve our fine motor and constructive skills.&nbsp;

Author: Charmaine Attard, San Gorg Preca College, Hamrun SS Primary school, Malta

- Popsicle sticks - Markers - Shapes

- Using popsicle sticks to draw shapes - Create puzzles - Match them according to colours - Look if you did the right shape

Comments: Using popsicle sticks we created puzzles about shapes. Students need to match them according to colours in order to get the right shape

Author: Barbara Trivelli, Scuala D'Infanzia San Michele, Terni-Italy

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- Old Mc.Donald Book - Animal Finger Puppets - Tuff Tray - Farm related toys - Sensory resources

- Read Old Mc.Donald Had a Farm book - Make use of finger puppets - Give one finger puppet to each child - Sing the nursery rhyme - Surprise them with a farm tuff tray

Old Mc.Donald

Comments: My group is fascinated by farm animals. They love making the sounds of pigs, sheep, horses and cows. They also love singing Old Mac Donald Had A Farm during circle time. So when I came across a book of Old Mac Donald at the library, I knew that this was 'THEIR' book! 

Author: Smart from the Start Childcare Centre Malta&nbsp;

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Social &amp; Emotional Well-Being Activities

- I took out 10 hand figures - Filled them with soft-hard-slippery-rough and jagged materials. - I let each child feel it with their fingertips. - Finally, I adapted the material to the attention game and the first child to catch the material won the game.

Comments: Can be extended into various other activities 

Sensory Hands

Author: SÜREYYA AVCI-KIRELİ ŞEHİT KADİR KAYHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, Turkey

- Use Playdough and Toothpicks to create shapes

Comments: Using dough and toothpicks, my students had a good time making the geometric shapes they learned.

- Card Paper - Writing Materials - Stamp - Envelope

Greetings Card

- Made a card - Write a message - Send it to the elderly in a post office

Comments: The children followed an advent calendar with a difference, they were encouraged to bring money from their money box to throw in the Istrina piggy bank campaign. They brought food supplies to help people in need in our community and also for a specific orphanage. They also contributed dog food for a dog shelter. On other days they helped by doing chores at home, helping each other at school. saying kind words and showing love towards each other.

Author: Ms.Joanne Micallef, Kinder 1.1 Xghajra Primary School Malta

- Dog Food - Cat food - Craft materials

- Look for stray animals - Feed them food - Create crafts for Animal Awareness

Author: Gülsüm ATİLE Hakkı Tatoğlu Prımary School Muratpaşa Antalya Turkey

- Give students a piece of paper - Put 2 different pint colours on the paper - Allow students to mix with fingers and explore

Comments: Mixing colors, during this messy activity kids we using 2 different colors like yellow and blue and mixing up the colors with there finger

Author: Ms.Maria Elisa Scicluna, Mosta Primary A, Malta

- All in one computer - www.tinytap.com

- Interact with prepositions in your classroom - Find the correct preposition and match - Play on www.tinytap.com the online preposition game

Comments: Easy and fun online interactive game which could be also played at home

Author: Charmaine Galea - Siggiewi Primary- Malta

In this project the teachers commented how free and easy it is to share practice. Although we teach in different countries and may have different backgrounds, we all have teaching Early Years in common. We came to realize that students of young ages are fast learners and quick t respond in learning when activities are done hands on. The activities become cross curricular ensuring that holistic growth commenced with ease.  Everyone was quick to respond with necessary changes which aroused on the spot. Communication was effective and realistic ensuring that collaboration takes place accordingly. Educators had different roles in this project making it an equal opportunity to challenge one self while also sharing good practice. It made each one conclude that projects can still persevere during pandemic restrictions, online and above all in Early Years setting.  

- Socks - Pegs - Water - Water Basin - washing line

- Mix up the pair of socks - Allow children to wash socks in the basin - Reinforce the concept of pair = 2 - Match 2 socks together - Hang on a washing line

Comments: This activity also helped with Independence skills and fine motor 

Author: Charmaine Attard, San Gorg Preca College, Hamrun SS Primary School, Malta

- Provide students a space to create on the floor - Allow them to collect pinecones - Watch them get creative

Comments: The cones in the garden were winking at us. The garden is the greatest blessing for our school, which does not have a playground &amp; indoor sports hall. 

- Find stray cats - Befriend with them - Provide food

Comments: Since there are too many cats around our school, we decided to feed the cats together with my students. Even though I have students who are afraid of cats, they gave them cat food. In this process, my students first learned empathy and realized that there are other living things in life and that they feel happy, unhappy, angry, sad like us. They made them happy by feeding the cats. Thus, the children were also happy and felt very good. They realized that they were not alone in life. It was a very effective social-emotional study

- Provide writing materials to students - Allow them to express their feelings through drawings - Exchange cards

Comments: The boys had a fight in the yard and they would not play with each other. When we went in class, they said sorry to each other but I could see that it was not enough to become friends again. So i suggested that we make a friendship card and give it to our classmates. Soon everyone wanted to get involved so we did a whole class activity. They all went home happy with a card.

Author: Graziella Calleja - Sliema Primary - Malta

- Cash register - Money - www.Topmarks.uk - Notebook - Writing tool - Items to sell

- Learn about money during shopping role play - Use a cash register and plastic money to buy things from a shop. - Practice writing the numbers on a note book.&nbsp; - Use Topmarks.uk and buy toys by pressing the correct number of coins in Euro.&nbsp;

Comments: Learning through play counting and recognizing coins is fun Maths.

Author: Ms Joanne Kinder 2.1 Xghajra Primary School, Malta

- Create &amp; Find online games - Share links with parents to play also at home - Redo the games

Comments: I try to support a part of almost all of our activities with technological activities in project work and to ensure permanent learning. There is a generation that is very accustomed and accustomed to the use of technology from the 21st century skills. Technology activities do not force me at all. Children who are open to perception stand before me

- The DOT storybook - Cotton buds - Paint - Scissors

- Read "The Dot" - Allow students to create dots with cotton buds and paint. - Cut a circle in the middle of the paper - Explore

Comments: A great story book for those who prove with the "Dot" story that when we believe in ourselves, we can succeed and inspire others. With this story, my students made their own "points" and went on a unique journey, creating magnificent pictures and making them incredibly happy.