Improving the quality of the preschool learning environment and education outdoors
▶Summary
Develop Engaging Outdoor Environments: Create stimulating outdoor spaces for children aged 1–6 that foster creativity, active play, and inclusive learning. These environments will be tailored to m...
▶Objectives
Develop Engaging Outdoor Environments: Create stimulating outdoor spaces for children aged 1–6 that foster creativity, active play, and inclusive learning. These environments will be tailored to meet the needs of children of all ages and abilities. Enhance Educators' Competence in Outdoor Education: Increase preschool teachers' and educators' awareness
▶Activities
We have five planned activities: Two seminars (Sweden and Italy): Collect best practices through lectures, group activities, and discussions. Testing phase: Implement and explore the collected best practices in the participating preschools. Follow-up meeting: Review the progress of the testing phase and evaluate the results. Final seminar: Evaluate the project outcomes and compile a report to facilitate the dissemination of the project's lessons learned.
▶Impact
Improved outdoor environments: Design of more engaging, creative, and inclusive outdoor spaces for preschools. Increased educator competence: Enhanced skills in outdoor education. Greater awareness: Understanding how outdoor environments can effectively support cognitive and physical development. Best practices shared: Cross-cultural exchange of successful methods. Sustainability and creativity: Natural and sustainable resources become standard in outdoor environments.