Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: COMENIUS
Action type: PARTNERSHIPS
Action: COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships
Project title: Learning through developing interdisciplinary projects
Project acronym: LeaDeR – int
Partner: kindergarten “Eziukas”, Lithuania
Workshop: Interdisciplinary project 4
Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Project
The theme/ The title of the project: Without prejudice
Project’s goal:
To develop children’s positive attitude towards national and European culture and civilisation. To develop self-respect and respect to others, writing and
performing age corresponding drama
Aims:
For children:
1. Stimulate child’s oral speech, vocabulary, bodily movement as self-expression, communication and exploration tool.
2. To stimulate child’s creativity and understanding about interpersonal space
3. To develop values: tolerance, responsibility, empathy
4. To improve child’s team working experience in small groups by assuming specific roles
5. To improve mother tongue
For teachers:
1. Stimulate creativity of teaching process;
2. Use IT and English language competences for communication to create DVD;
3. Share good practice with project’s partners.
4. Stimulate communication skills using different communication tools (Facebook, web site)
Subjects involved: Lithuanian language, music, sports, crafts, dance, history, art, math, English language, IT.
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Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: COMENIUS
Action type: PARTNERSHIPS
Action: COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships
Project title: Learning through developing interdisciplinary projects
Project acronym: LeaDeR – int
Partner: kindergarten “Eziukas”, Lithuania
The structure of the interdisciplinary project
Competences of integrated learning
-Knowledge
-Skills/instrumental capacities
-Attitudes and values
Learning to assume specific roles;
Learning to assume responsibility;
Notions about new words/vocabulary;
Learning to identify stereotypes, prejudice.
Improving artistic and musical skills;
Communicating with the team members;
Working in group/pairs;
Creating tools/props for play;
Improving bilateral coordination;
Improving digital skills;
Improving vocabulary.
Respecting each other;
Learning to be patient;
4. 2. Planning of the time:
January, 2014 –
The activity
March 2014
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1. Elaboration of the project and its evaluation tools
2. Launching the project - drama play “How a little worm was
looking for friends”
3. Distribution of roles of the drama play per age groups
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Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: COMENIUS
Action type: PARTNERSHIPS
Action: COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships
Project title: Learning through developing interdisciplinary projects
Project acronym: LeaDeR – int
Partner: kindergarten “Eziukas”, Lithuania
4. Weekly integrated activities (arts, songs, crafts, dance, sports,
etc) for kids per age groups.
Video taping
5. Visiting Kaunas State Puppet theatre and watching the fairy
tale “The cat’s house”
6. Visiting zoological wild life museum and get acquainted with
local flora and fauna
7. Making videotaping and English transcription for the drama
play “How a little worm was looking for friends”
8. DVD presentation in the kindergarten and its evaluation
9. Dissemination of the whole project
Exchange DVD with partners
3.Resources:
1. Material: internet, photos, camera, various art suppliers, DVD, CD, national costumes, books, magazines, educational games;
2. Human resources: teachers and their assistants (12) , PE physical education teacher (1), music teacher (1) and children of different age groups (110);
3. Procedurals: playing games, singing songs, playing drama, discovery learning, analysis, discussions;
4. Forms of organization: workgroups of children and 7 teachers.
4.Activities:
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Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: COMENIUS
Action type: PARTNERSHIPS
Action: COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships
Project title: Learning through developing interdisciplinary projects
Project acronym: LeaDeR – int
Partner: kindergarten “Eziukas”, Lithuania
1. Elaboration of the project and its evaluation tools
Project presentation to the staff and parents. Team building, tasks distribution. Preparation of the final version of the project- the drama play “How a
little worm was looking for friends”.
2. Launching the project
Each teacher from the project team together with the PE teacher and music teacher will create a special program according to the kids age groups which
will assist to reach the project’s goal and aims.
3. Distribution of roles of the drama play per age groups-teachers discuss with kids the scenario of the drama play, explains the characters and
distributes the roles
4. Weekly integrated activities (arts, crafts, dance, sports, etc) for kids according to their age groups
Playing games and getting notions about the games’ rules. Learning new words. Creating fairy-tales based on the characters of the drama play.
Expressing drama characters through paintings. Integrating letters and figures into the drama play content. Learning new dances and songs. Creating
tools/props, costumes for drama characters. Getting notion about local fauna and flora (plants and wildlife).
5. Visiting Kaunas State Puppet theatre and watching the fairy tale “The cat’s house”
Discussing with children their feelings on prejudice subject and how this theme was revealed in the drama play “The cat’s house”. Making pictures and
playing drama play with puppets.
6.Visiting local library and getting acquainted with the special literature on “without prejudice” subject
Creating tales on “without prejudice” subject, making pictures
7. Making videotaping and English transcription for the drama play “How a little worm was looking for friends”
Before making the DVD, starting from the week 3, alongside with the start of the project activities in the each age group, teachers from the project team
will discuss and establish the final draft of the drama play: content, characters, play structure, cast, props. Also make ENG text, arrange draft’s
discussions and make improvements.
8. Presenting DVD product in the kindergarten and evaluating final product
DVD will be presented and disseminated though different information sources and activities: parents’ meetings, newsletter, website-kindergarten and
project, project’s information board in our kindergarten, teachers’ meetings. Getting feedback and making improvements.
9. Dissemination of the whole project
Exchange DVD with Comenius project partners and present it during partners meeting in Turkey.
Getting feedback and making improvements.
5. Evaluation:
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Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME
Sub-programme: COMENIUS
Action type: PARTNERSHIPS
Action: COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships
Project title: Learning through developing interdisciplinary projects
Project acronym: LeaDeR – int
Partner: kindergarten “Eziukas”, Lithuania
Evaluating the process: systematic observation (checklist), questionnaire
Evaluating the product: Presentation at kindergarten: parents-teachers meeting and the whole staff meeting.
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