We have decided for a project in programme Erasmus+ because this chalenge represents us an internation cooperation in which we haven`t been included so far.We have chosen the topic Astronomy in kindergarten because in our 5 year long Development plan of Kindergarten Turnišče there is a planned topic from astronomy for the last year. The topic attracted the children and the experts so we have decided to develop it with international help which couldn`t be achieved without non refundable financial means.Our goals and objectives are:GLOBAL OBJECTIVE:GETTING TO KNOW THE PLANET EARTH THROUGH OUR OWN EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVE LEARNING TO NEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR LATER PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT AND ENABLING ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIELD OF METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE TOPICS, PROCEDURES, RESEARCHES, LANGUAGE COMPETENCES AND SOCIAL SKILLS.OTHER OBJECTIVES:-A child gets an idea of emergences in the sky and the Solar system-A child participates actively in doing simple experiments in astronomy-A child develops science thinking through researching, is capable of solving problems, setting hypothesis which he/she can accept or dismiss based on his/her own acknowledgements.-A child experiences and gets to know astronomy through theatrical activities which motivate him/her innerly.-A child develops creative thinking through contents.-Children and adults make international contacts, get to know a foreign language, develop social and communication skills and strenghten digital literacy. There will be 126 children and 21 employees of Kindergarten Turnišče, among those 16 experts (=professional workers), and 4 technical workers and an accountant will help, too. Language and astronomy experts will also participate.With us will cooperate a Kindergarten Cricket from Čakovec (Croatia), Department Centipede Novo Selo Rog, as a twin kindergarten.From September 2020 until August 2022 we will carry out different activities: a project week with a Rainbow Theatre, education for experts, a course of Croatian language, we will carry out two mobilities in Slovenia and two mobilities in Croatia, a project month of experiments, an autumn trip for children and experts to Vulcania in Goričko area, a Christmas show, form Slovenian-Croatian dictionary, exchange information, write intermediate and final reports and articles.Different methodology will be used in the project: definition of a problem, going through literature, setting hypothesis, gathering data, analysing documents and conclusions.We all expect and strongly believe to realize our project successfully, to get new knowledges and experiences in astronomy field and international cooperation. All of these will be included in our educational and cultural work on long time basis.

<< Objectives >>The aim is to create a rich learning environment based in nature in order to provide children with an authentic learning experience using research skills. We want to enable professionals, parents to understand how research results in achieving the goals of curricular areas in better quality in more creative, innovative way, with positive effects on the holistic development of the child. With the topic, we want to influence changes in individual behavior and therefore contribute to sustainability<< Implementation >>1. Establishment of an educational and research laboratory for food processing; urban gardening beam, orchards, greenhouses.2. Vocational training - learning through research and research questions and its integration into various areas of the curriculum for professionals.3. Job shadowing in the workplace by learning practices exchange.4. Development of teaching materials and activities for establishing a research approach.5. Cooking workshops for parents, children 'Where to with food waste'<< Results >>Expected results are:1. Established educational-research laboratory for food processing 'food lab' and urban gardening beams, which will be designed to support children to be able to develop and achieve the goals of various curriculum areas through research.2. A planted orchard and greenhouse that will provide an authentic and rich learning environment for learning.3. Recipe book 'Where to waste food'.4. Workshops for parents and other interested public 'Where to with food waste'.

"S.E.L.F. Project ( Sharing Education and Learning with Families. A challenge for XXI century schools)Families and Schools towards a new Education:Our project will deal with the idea that education shouldn´t be restricted to educational institutions. It is possible to learn in any place and within society. In order to do so, connection and cooperation between families, schools and community must exist. It is not possible to involve the family in the school dynamic if educational institutions don’t recognize them as the first strategic agent of learning. A school´s first challenge should be to articulate the necessary mechanisms to understand the reality of its families. (Education Strategy 2020).As teachers, we should adapt ourselves to a changing world that affects us as educators, our students, and their families without knowing how much and in what ways. Nevertheless schools should offer the necessary resources so that children can adapt to a constantly changing society that requires learning to learn, learning throughout one´s lifetime, and even learning to unlearn. Teachers have to introduce changes in methodology that support families' proposals and students' learning needs in order to educate children in a holistic way. We expect a global impact of every anticipated result of our project. Therefore, during and after its completion, we expect improvement in the following areas: Active familial participation in schools and the development of the curriculum, families’ acceptance as being educational agents, multidirectional joint organization between family and school (feedback),forms of communication, information channels, utilization of new technologies for the exchange of information, relationships with our social surroundings, broadcasting our schools’ work and projects through online forms of communication, opened learning communities among European early childhood educational centers. The three infant schools in this project consider ourselves as responsible agents of change. We should favor an educational model where not only creativity and innovation are key objectives, but also where interactive, educational projects will be implemented. Within the collaborative school-family-community triangle, these new projects will point education towards developing the necessary skills that our students need to become involved and engaged citizens in the 21st century. The S.E.L.F. project will give our families (more than 150) the opportunity to participate in educational projects, where one will be within a European dimension. Children (more than 400 from 0 to 6 years old) will have the opportunity of being active agents in their own learning process, teachers (46) will be able to use new resources and construct a new pedagogy with families to teach curricular contents and also to facilitate communication among pupils, teachers and families. The spaces and environments from all the different educational communities that are involved in this project will enrich the learning experience of all participants. Additionally, Institutions in this project are opening their doors and promoting learning environments, which go beyond the walls of the schools, the ""walls"" of their cities, and the ""walls"" of their countries. This project could be used as a model to share with other schools and encourage innovation in other educational communities in the near future because anybody can learn from the knowledge and experience of other schools and take advantage of other good ideas and practices. All of these efforts share the common goal to fully educate the future citizens of Europe.To sum up, when a discussing families´ relationship with the outside world, the fundamental key is to understand how education concerns every sector of society. Our project will focus on this is a new way of understanding the learning process. This thought introduces changes in educational contexts in order to generate new challenges and educational opportunities where the family, school, and society are considered resources that, in fact, improve the quality of education."

<< Objectives >>Encourage the use of new technologies in early childhood education classrooms, as an inclusive work tool that enables curricular adaptation to the different educational needs of the students. We want to continue working on the use of new technologies, and train our educational teams by providing them with creative and innovative tools in order to develop key competencies in our students.<< Implementation >>To achieve the objectives of the project, training activities, round tables, spaces for sharing will be provided for teachers, with the aim of acquiring new knowledge in new technologies applied to the early childhood education classroom. In addition, spaces will be promoted for the exchange of experiences, good practices, and creative and innovative methodologies with the different European partners<< Results >>- Develop digital and linguistic communication skills of the English language both in the teaching staff and in the participating students.- Prepare a final document that contains a comparison between practices and experiences developed by each partner in relation to the use of new technologies in the classroom.- Internationalization of educational centers, creating a collaboration network between different educational centers for early childhood education in Europe.

<< Objectives >>1 To develop inclusive skills among the kindergarten children from Salaj county and 3kindergarten 1from Turkey, 1Croatia and 1Lithuania involved in the project through modern outdoor and SEAM methods, during project time,2To foster thinking out of the box skills in order to build up an inclusive learning environment based on respect, interculturality and well being for pre-primary children involved in the project in 22 months,3To diminish perception of exclusion in the kindergarten involved.<< Implementation >>Workshop for 10teachers and school inspectors to learn 10new activities based on inclusion,specially for autistic spectrum, 3for outdoor education and 4based on STEAMJob shadowing for 10teachers and school inspectors to experience 10new modern methods:4 o promote inclusion(special models for hearing problems),3 for outdoor education,3for STEAM fieldStudy visit for 8teachers and school inspectors to practice the 20 models achieved and to develop 10 new models 4 inclusion, 4 outdoor,2 STEAM<< Results >>Raise with 60%the inclusion rate among kindergarten children from the 3kindergarten partners and among 177kindergarden in Salaj County.Implementing 30new modern models of activities in order to promote inclusion, outdoor education and STEAM based activities for a raise with 60%the motivation and attendance for active involvement in creative and challenging activities,among the partnership.Diminishing with 60% the stereotype perception and discrimination for pre-primary children from target group