Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let’ s play! by Merve Akyol Kılıç
• The role of the cultural embassies of the countries is assumed by the students,
• Contributing to the participants ' prejudices and learning to live together in peace,
• To contribute to the healthy development of children in terms of body and spirit,
• Contributing to the growth of a healthy generation of people from all angles.
During the project, students and teachers from 9 European countries( involving children between 4 and 16 years of age) worked together to become familiar with the different cultures of each partner school’ s home country through the use of national games, toys, dances, and songs. Topics were part and parcel of our curriculum.
“ Let ' s Play!” is an active-learning based project. It involves the learning with cultural diversity. It also encourages our kids to more playing and learning.
The aims of the project are:
• Introducing children ' s games and toys by different cultures through music and dance and being recognized by students,
• Use of cultural games and toys in the educational process, protection and transfer to future generations,
• Promoting traditional children ' s play, where children move away from the TV / computer screens, instead of contributing to physical and mental health,
• Emphasis on tolerance towards different cultures,
• Providing intercultural intertwining,
• Contributing to the cultural and personal development of students,
We used video conferencing with our partners were the children sang songs to each other, introduced themselves as well asked each other questions about each other’ s country. All the children enjoyed this experience a lot. Also, children found out that game is a great physical activity. Each school also chose one national game which had to be performed by the students in national language and recorded in video file. Kids not only learned about traditional games but also to collaborate in a group.
It was a wonderful experience for the students as they had a taste of the different cultures around Europe. And an important outcome was building
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