Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2026 Newsletter
collaboration between the partner schools amplifies the idea that, just as a hundred languages coexist in the classroom, at a European level there coexist a hundred ways of being a child, each worthy of being seen, listened to and valued.
This approach, which is the basis of the entire pedagogical approach of the project” The Hundred Ways to Be”, is a method documented and recommended in methodological materials as examples of good practice for early education, in full correlation with the curricular principles of child-centred learning and of the child as an active actor, co-constructor of his or her own knowledge.
Cycle of Nature "; Athena & Poseidon – " The City That Spoke "; Apollo & Artemis – " The Twins of Light and Silence ". The myths were used not as religious or historical texts, but as symbolic gateways to concrete themes – seasons, water, light, transformation.
Thematic structure and languages of expression The project " The Hundred Ways to Be " was structured in four thematic chapters, each coordinated by the symbolic guidance of the goddess Gaia and anchored in a pair of mythological figures: Dionysus & Hermes – " The Traveling Festival "; Demeter & Persephone – " The
True to the principle of the " hundred languages ", each chapter offered children a means of expression different from the written word:
• the language of nature – natural materials used to build letters, rainbows, animals or symmetrical patterns;
• the language of visual art – painted vases, masks, shadow play, symmetrical " mirror " art with a partner;
• the language of science – the " Where did the light go?" experiment, with seeds grown in light and darkness;
• the language of movement and traditional play – Athena ' s Wise Play Chain, folk games exchanged between countries and played outdoors, with materials from nature;
• the language of sound – Orchestra of Forest and Sky, musical compositions from natural sounds. Organization of learning and narrative
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