The project named: ‘Travelling Project – the journey to the competences of the future’. The cooperation of the institutions of Erasmus + KA2 program is planned for 24 months (from 01.11.2017 to 31.10.2019). The applicant institution is Kindergarten nr 206 with Integration Units in Poland in Lodz. The main aim of the project is: improvement of the key competences of the future guaranteeing success achievement and easy participation in European environment, by multi-faceted methods of small travelling projects, acting in combination with bilingual education on improvement of teachers and their students during lasting the project. In the project, there participate 9 partners from 9 countries: Poland, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Lithuania. There are 100 teachers taking parts in the project. All of them work in kindergartens or early learning schools, whose work uses the idea of comprehensive children’ education. Their activities are directed to 950 children and 350 parents who are involved into the project. Project bases on the experience of partner institutions in the area of bilingual education, an art activities and implementation of small projects and international cooperation. It will be supported by studies in the area of creativity of children and study of expectations and results addressed to the teachers. Within the project we are organising 6 study visits dedicated gaining new skills and experiences by teachers . Each of the visit brings different children’ activities because of which there will be created 24 study presentations. There will be 3 organisational meetings, where we are going to do activities leading to creating a network between organisation and the cooperation. These activities will contain 24 travelling around the Europe boxes/projects, ending with 24 events, workshops for teachers and the conference finishing the project. The results of the project will be Project and Inspirations Catalogue, Lesson plans, Project cards, The Internet side containing the gallery of projects which will be the tool to gaining, sharing and dissemination activities and results.

Today’s children have limited opportunities to connect with the natural environment. They spend more time viewing television and playing video games on computers than they do being physically active outside. Since they do not have direct experiences in nature, these children will miss out crucial opportunities to enhance their overall well-being, health and relationships. In the past decade, the benefits of connecting to nature have been well documented in numerous scientific research studies which show that children’s social, psychological, academic and physical health is positively impacted when they have daily contact with nature.Taking these benefits into consideration, we, 6 partner countries (Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Poland, Latvia and Italy), have come together to create this project: Nature Loving Kids (NLK). Our main aim is to provide teachers with knowledge and competence in order to guide children to connect with nature letting them spend more time outdoors. Nearly 800 children aged between 3-7 and 150 teachers and educators will participate in this precious project.We will focus on the following objectives:-To enable teachers to obtain knowledge and skills to conduct Nature activities -To let children connect with nature and spend more time outdoors-To give opportunity to teachers for professional development in alternative approaches to be conducted with nature-To improve children’s skills in free play, discovery learning and exploration-To equip teachers with new ideas and techniques to be used with SEN children in natureOur project will have 6 joint staff training with 6 different themes in which the participants will be provided with competence in order to conduct project activities more effectively.We plan to have regular assessment procedures to ensure that the project objectives are achieved:1) PRE/POST TESTS for children 2) MONITORING SHEET TEMPLATE for teachers 3) FEEDBACK GATHERED AT WORKSHOP/PARENTS MEETING4) PARTICIPANTS’ SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRES 5) COMMENTS of the visitors and followers on social media (Facebook&Instagram) 6) PROJECT OUTPUTS & PRODUCTS Throughout 2 year period, we plan to create the following outputs and products with the collaboration of our partners: Project Brochure/Roll-up, Project web page, eTwinning project, social media groups, Nature Loving Kids’ Activity Pack , Teachers’ Guide for Nature Activities, Recipe Book, Picture Dictionary, Guidelines for Sustainable Nature Loving Kids.Our project will contribute to the development of the involved schools in the long-term. For instance:The Staff will-have a raised awareness of recent changes in Nature Education which will raise the quality at our respective schools-acquire new and innovative skills and approaches to use Nature and Outdoor activities with both children and children with SEN -be more qualified with working out tools for validation and assessment progress-get better at formal and non-formal international eventsThe Children will-be more independent and self-confident with the enhancement of creativity, inspiration, curiosity, observation, exploration skills, motor skills and social skills -develop love for Nature and raise awareness about Environment and Cycle of Life-spend more time outdoor, be healthier, discover, learn by doing and have funThe Schools will-have more teaching staff, parents, etc. with the increasing awareness of Nature Kindergartens and Outdoor activities-have more staff and parents being familiar with some aspects of the European dimension and intercultural awareness-motivate other schools to join in international projectsThe Parents will-deepen their knowledge and understanding of Nature Education and Outdoor Learning in order to support their children-become more open and receptive in their response to different cultures and traditions.The Wider Community will-have greater awareness on Nature Education and Outdoor Learning at younger children, the future generation.

"The project ""Math - Fun, Education and Communication"", within school cooperation of the Erasmus + program of the KA229 action, is planned for 24 months from 01/11/2019. until 31.10.2021.The applying institution is Przedszkole Miejskie nr 206 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi w ŁodziKindergarten No. 206 with Integration Units in Lodz, PolandThe main goal of the project is:Development of the key competences of the future during the project, assuring successful and free participation in European society, using active methods, mathematical education combined with ICT and bilingual education and thus having impact on the development of teachers as well as their pupils.The multifaceted nature of activities will focus on the objectives: 1. Supporting teachers in acquiring new skills and professional competences through the implementation of tasks in the project.2. Developing mathematical and foreign language competences of children at the early education stage. 3. Reinforcing methods, techniques and forms of work, aimed at children at early education stage using STEAM tools. 4. Improving the quality of work of partner organizations at the early education stage in the area of developing basic competences including mathematics and key competences.The project involves 6 partners from 6 countries: Poland, Italy, Portugal, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. The participants of the project will be over 50 kindergarten and school teachers at the early education stage, whose work involves the idea of developing key competences in early child education. Their activities are addressed to 427 children and 140 parents indirectly involved in the project.The project is based on the experience of partner organizations in the field of mathematics education, STEAM tools development, foreign language education, implementation of small projects and international cooperation, the project will be supported by research in mathematical competences of children and the study of expectations and results addressed to teachers.6 mobilities will be organized within the project , all devoted to teachers and their gaining new skills and professional experience in the field of developing children’s mathematical competences. During the mobilities the following elements will be implemented:- open sessions/classes with pupils from the host institution – 36 / project by subject:(C1) The first concepts - introductory methods and work with the youngest children(C2) Cause and effect - how to consolidate knowledge through games and linking phenomena; (C3) Match and compare –how to trigger mathematical thinking;(C4) How to tell stories about numbers using various activities; (C5) Mathematics in practice – how to teach for the future; (C6) Building passion, interests and relationships in the team through coding and STEAM - training in extra content (working with SEN children, teachers-parents collaboration, multicultural society problems, individualizing educational process, local environment resources in education, cyber safety),-visits to other institutions and meetings developing the skill of communicating in English to explore the education system of the host country and the region, - exchange of experiences, feedback after the classes, discussions on methodical and organizational content, including the project management. The project will create a database of supporting teaching materials/ lesson plans of classes (72/ project). There will be 6 mathematical events, 6 exhibitions, open lessons, conferences promoting good practices and Erasmus and eTwinning projects.An interesting form of project activities combining teachers’ and students’ activities will be ""Mathematical Pranks"" - activities with children carried out by small projects method and whose topics will be given by partners in the form of tasks, puzzles, rebuses. Their answers/effects will be presented on TwinSpace platform in various forms including online class/group meetings on the platform.The results of the project will include a developed publication ""Mathematics - Inspirations, Ideas, Practice"" available on the Platform for Sharing the Erasmus + Program results, lesson plans, tasks and puzzles, partners’ websites containing the coverage of project events, lessons, projects implemented with children, TwinSpace platform itself created to implement the project and being a recording, sharing and disseminating tool of project activities and results."

"The project we are proposing ""Bilingual Education: a step ahead"" is based on bilingual education and CLIL methodology. Implementing these two ideas into the project and school everyday work we are planning to help our teachers and students improve their key competences, language skills and motivate them for further development of international relations by means of EU projects like Erasmus+ and/or eTwinning.Knowing that the idea of CLIL is quite unknown to wider publicity our actions will also aim at promoting this methodology among other educators, students and their parents in our countries and beyond them.Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), in which pupils learn a subject through the medium of a foreign language, has a major contribution to make to the Union's language learning goals. It can provide effective opportunities for pupils to use their new language skills now, rather than learn them now for use later. It opens doors on languages for a broader range of learners, nurturing self-confidence in young learners and those who have not responded well to formal language instruction in general education. It provides exposure to the language without requiring extra time in the curriculum.Most of the participating institutions have carried out projects that were international, linguistic and/or student-oriented. The natural consequence seems to be the need of doing something more sophisticated, scientific, innovative and developing teachers' professional profile. We have decided to contentrate on CLIL because of its universal values. The most significant innovation in the project is that is does not intend to offer short-cuts to CLIL methodology in schools. We do not want to simply implement CLIL into our curricula but to go a step ahead, sharing good practices with other educators. Multidisciplinary approach of our actions would focus on:1. Bilingual education and CLIL in teaching2. ICT3. Strengthening cooperation between organisations acting for educational areas and the exchange of good practicesThe partners have been chosen from other former projects such as Comenius or e-Twinning. They have shown active involvement in the other projects, responsibility, social and cultural competence, cooperation, cross-cultural communication, adaptability, technical skills. Altogether there are 14 partner organisations from Romania, Greece, Turkey and Poland. There are preschools, primary schools, NGOs, parents' associations, language centres and a museum. There are also numerous associated partners: cultural and educational centres and universities. Lots of people offered theri help and support as the topic is innovative and promising.Hard Results:- 60 teachers from 14 institutions from 4 European countries included into the project;- 250 parents participating actively in the project activities;- 500 pupils/children engaged into bilingual education;- 5 theme sets (PE, Arts and Crafts, Science, Music, Maths) within which numerous material will be created: lesson plans, hand-outs, worksheets, educational resources;- 2 DVDs with films and instructions to illustrate the content included into lesson plans;- workshops for teachers and parents - in a form of open classes and/or training sessions - 4/a project/a school - systematic bilingual classes for children - educational classes including the contents of the theme sets previously mentioned;- regular bilingual classes in cultural centres (partners and associated partners) - theatres, science centres, art galleries, museums, sports centres - 4/a project/a schoolSoft Results:- teaching skills in terms of organisation of classes promoting bilingual teaching (new forms, methods and techniques);- teaching skills in terms of creation of educational resources used for bilingual teaching;- promoting the idea of bilingual education among teachers and other educators;- ICT abilities used in educational process;- ability of using good practices of other partners in implementing bilingual education;- effective use of English for communication within the project and its activities;- motivation for setting up further international cooperation and relations - teachers;- awareness of importance of language acquisition - parents, teachers;"