Kiitos@21stCenturyPreschools Newsletter 6_final | Page 3

5 th TRANSNATIONAL MEETING & MULTIPLIER EVENT Firenze, Italy The 5 th transnational meeting was held between the 21 st and 25 th of May at Firenze, Italy. This meeting was attended by representatives of the various partner entities of the project. The main purpose of this Transnational Meeting was to collect good practices regarding Kiitos@21stCenturyPreschools core principles, such as integrating 21st Century Skills with early language learning in a socio emotional preschool educating environment, and learning music as a second language, through the pedagogical approach developed by Audiation Institute under the influence of Edwin Gordon’ MLT – Music Learning Theory. During this meeting we also had a Multiplier Event occurring in two different situations: the Conference about the Project: “Kiitos@21stCentury Preschools”, which covered the contents resume of the IO1 - Handbook Guidelines for Teachers on “Kiitos@21stCenturyPreschools” and some of the IO2&IO3 resources to teach English and music in preschool, mainly targeting the Preschool Teachers and Pedagogic coordinators from Florence Preschool System; and a Visit and observation of pre-school pedagogical model of "Margherita Fasolo" (https:// www.scuolafasolo.net/) on Thursday morning where the participants were able observe preschool activities based on an active learning approach. This Multiplier Event ended with a sharing moment with local preschool teachers.