Kiitos@21stCenturyPreschools newsletter5 | Page 2

Childhood education is one of the most important stages in lifelong education. Focused on Preschool Education, “Kiitos@21stCenturyPreschools” is a transnational project developed in the scope cooperation of for Key Action innovation 2 - and sharing of good practice of the Erasmus+ Programme. It has the mission of reinforcing the quality of educational experiences in Preschool Education in Ponte de Sor and the countries included in this partnerships. By interconnecting different pedagogical approaches, we aim to promote the global development of children, thus preparing them for life. The International Conference, under the topic of “Childhood education and the challenges for the 21 st century” was a major multiplier events of the project. It intended to set the tone for the guidelines of has goal the discussion of the grander an educational project, which of contributing for the improvement of the quality of the pedagogical approaches, which aims at an learning a of second language development of 21st century skills. Focused on the aspects of the quality of childhood education and its impact on the construction of the bases of a profile for the 21st century student we also decided to involve speakers that were going to lecture on the transition between school cycles, pedagogical differentiation, collaborative work and curricular flexibility, so as to guarantee integrated and the