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Do you want to play with us? Children do! They learn by playing! This children’s right was our starting-point. Our project mainly focused on pre-primary children. Older children were involved too. With an assistance of the Centre of Informative Games (Leuven/Belgium) we developed informative games about our different European surrounding, involving new technology and improving social skills, basis for civics in a context of growing European identity. The children were always involved in evaluating and naming the games. Two ‘European Game Nights’ were children's moments to play simultaneously throughout Europe, connected via Skype. First the children took pictures and prepared presentations “My Way To School”. They were sent by post and we had a first impression of each other. Then we created the 1st game: “Throw the Dice”. It is an indoor game, which includes tiles, info cards in two languages, a dice and… a shopping list. Competition is combined with sharing information. A 2nd game “F.E.W.A.” challenges children to choose task cards about Fire, Earth, Water or Air. It focuses on 4 elements of nature and children’s impact on it. The 3rd game is the creation of “discovery boxes” related to constructions, celebrations, movement, temperature, light and sound… The last 4th game, “5 Stars Shopping”, focuses on our 5 countries. Without prejudice children may discover differences and similarities. It teaches children to be aware of language differences, the need for a working language and the courage to speak in other languages. A fantastic way of getting children involved was filming puppetries. During project meetings, children were represented by mascots. Back home they told them everything they did and saw during visits in partners' schools and countries. They became also the characters in 4 short puppetry videos.To give you access to all parts of this great experience, we created for you a “one stop shop”.

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