I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF: January 2015

"I Can Express Myself" is a Comenius 2013-2015 project.

The project “I can express myself” aims to encourage the pupils and teachers in the social-emotional development field which is the one of the most important development fields for kindergarten age children. At this period, a child has not developed the ability of defining emotions and expressing them properly in a right place, and the correct understanding of others’ emotions and needs, in other words the ability to emphasize.

In each school the children at kindergarten age will have pleasant activities such as art, drama, artistic work sheets, stories, music, cartoons and parent’s training. Academic development is prioritized in the curriculum. However, it was proved that some people having high cognitive intelligence did not have similar success in their school, family, social and working life. We come across with Emotional Intelligence (EQ) at this point.

Our partnership will be based on giving opportunity to preschool teachers to experience in different cultures different and beneficial practices on the subjects of defining and showing emotions, raising children having high emotional intelligence. These practices performed by kindergarten children who have not developed wrong behavioral patterns may support raising more peaceful and productive adult generation in the future. We foresee that our project will be beneficial for pupils and handicapped, immigrant, traumatized pupils having special conditions.

The documents (booklets,video, works of art, etc.) will be disseminated in the native language and in English. Certain key words will translated into the partnership languages to create a multilingual dictionary. The project will raise awareness about European languages and will encourage children to learn them.

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Classes about different emotions - Poland (Zajęcia o rożnych emocjach)

Children from the Bees group were learning how to know different emotions and cope with anger after failing the game.

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Little theatre's day in the Bees group - Poland (Dzień teatralny w grupie Pszczoły)

Children played their roles with puppets and created their own short plays.

Monday, 26 January 2015

Film's day in the Bees group - Poland (Dzień filmowy w grupie Pszczoły)

Children watched a well-known fairy tale "Pinocchio". During a dispay we were talking about emotions experienced by main heros.

Friday, 23 January 2015

Our "Lotus Class"s new thinking/peace corner (Nilüferler Sınıfımızın yeni düşünme/barış köşesi)-TURKEY

Extra activity: Music performance of well-known fairy-tales - Poland (Inscenizacja muzyczna bajek)

Children from the Ladybird and the Taddy Bears groups also attended in extra activity. They listened to the fairy about Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty while the eurhythmics teacher played the music with a piano.
Chldren were delighted!

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Extra activity: Music performance of fairy-tale - Poland (Inscenizacja muzyczna bajki o strachu)

Children from the Butterflies and the Bees group listened to the fairy tale about fear while the eurhythmics teacher played emotional music with the piano. It was very interesting experince for us :)

Monday, 19 January 2015

Excercises about emotions - Poland (Uzupełnianie kart pracy o emocjach)

MY EXPECTATIONS FROM NEW YEAR(yeni yıldan beklentilerim)-TURKEY

Our "Fishes Class"s new thinking/peace corner (Balıklar Sınıfımızın yeni düşünme/barış köşesi)-TURKEY

Friday, 16 January 2015

Educating parents on the subject of "Social-emotional development in children”(2nd year)

Thursday, 15 January 2015

"Stars with emotions" - Poland (Przygotowanie "gwiazd z emocjami")

Children from the "Butterflies" group prepered some teaching aids. Here is the result of their work :)

Extra activity: Dog therapy in the Kindergarten - Poland (Zajęcia z dogoterapii)

This time children from all the groups were learning how do animals express their emotions. Instructors of special trained dogs showed how to recognize them and what makes them happy or bad.
It was very fine lesson, especially because of dogs attendance :)

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

New STORIES ABOUT EMOTIONS - Poland

Thank you dear children and parents for writing them :)

I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF