Autumn days were a good occasion of joy for our children and teachers. All kindergarten students went out to Erasmus + corner from the kindergarten courtyard, where they did different didactic activities within the thematic project “The Autumn Riches”. First of all, 18 children of four years performed painting by fingerprinting technology, collage with natural materials, using different working techniques and made the “Orange Carpet”. Secondly, 25 children of four years have painted several pictures of autumn fruits, having as a model the natural fruits, they have observed and tasted. Then, 54 children of five years worked with the theme “Autumn Carpet” – they sorted leaves of different shapes, colors, sizes and combined them creatively, enjoying the results. All the work done was then displayed at our Erasmus + Corner.

Erasmus Days + “#Erasmus Days”, which took place in October 12th-13th 2018, was an important event celebrated in our kindergarten by creating an exhibition of all the works made by children during the last week in the outdoor activities at the Erasmus corner  from the kindergarten courtyard within the framework of the “Joy of the Autumn” thematic project. The children have learned and interacted in an attractive educational space where they were able to express their curiosity and creativity and the teachers enjoyed the performance of preschool students in turn. The children were excited and happy to do lessons outside the classroom, interacting better in outdoor educational space and achieving better performance in the learning process. On the other hand, the parents enjoyed the results of the children they admired at the exhibitions made by the teachers.

Also, to celebrate Erasmus + Days, at the invitation received from school inspector Aurel Graur from the Prahova County School Inspectorate, we sent an event to promote our Erasmus + project “LEARNING OUTside the classroom in the EUROPEan NATURE “to the link https://info.erasmusplus.fr/  and we also posted information and photos on the international activities site

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On the 5th of October we celebrated the Teacher`s Day with concert in kindergarten and with an evening event  for teachers organized by local municipality. Our Erasmus+ team, Anu Meelimäe, Tuuli Jürgenson, Karin Kaja, received a praise for the good work with project “LEARNING OUTside the classroom IN the EUROPEan nature”

Members of the Parents’ Association prepared a great surpise for us on  October  the 5th. They offered us three amazing bouquets  expressing their warm feelings and we were very proud of our special profession!

Beginning of October,  23 children aged from 2 1/2 and 3 years old had their first outside learning session ! They had to find natural elements : sticks, gravel, dead leaves, chestnuts, stones… and they tried to create sounds by shaking, banging them… They were very concentrated and happy to work outside!

As we believe in the holistic pedagogical approach of education, we take care of our health, we take care of our environment and we love learning…we prefer healthy food. So with the help of a mother of one of our students, who is specialist in vegan and gluten free diet, we cooked a very delicious cake with natural ingredients, bananas and raisins. The students loved all the activity and especially the delicious taste of the cake, that we enjoyed outdoors at our Erasmus+ corner of our garden!

During September, thirty 5 years old pupils worked outside in small group to the creation of the CD with natural sounds made with natural and elements from nature. Children searched different sounds using different elements : small bottle of milk full to create the sound of heavy rain, small stone to simulate a storm, sticks, woods, dead leaves…even sheet of paper that make the sound of the wind. They even made a small concert !!

To mark the Day of Education, in the fifth day of October the teachers from our kindergarten together with 50 children from the large 5-6 years old group, went out to the yard at the outdoor ERASMUS+ corner and made 3 posters using different work techniques as painting, drawing and application, as well as natural materials gathered from the kindergarten yard.

Also we can say it was an amazing day for everybody and children were very happy because they worked next their teachers under the gentle sun of Autumn

On the 29th of September we celebrated St. Michael’s day in the kindergarten with 11 groups. All events were held outdoors. In Estonian folklore the meaning of this day is that all the crop and vegetables should be picked up for that day and farmers are getting ready for long cold winter. Our teachers made a thematic perfomance for this day (russian folk tale “Turnip”). Children got some new knowledge about vegetables and how healthy is food made of vegetables.

We also opened an exposition where funny vegetables and sculptures made of vegetables and other natural materials was presented in our outdoor classroom. All masterpieces were made by children and their families. Also we tasted different vegetables. It was a funny and healthy day !

We were very happy to celebrate” the day of scholar athletics” in our school; therefore we first became stronger by eating a freshly made fruit salad and afterwards we realised two different kinds of races: walking and giant steps! All our students took part and all of them gained a hand made ‘gold’ medal for their effort. Let’ s move again!

 As we collected many pine needles and played under the pine of our garden, we used some small branches for creating artworks. It was lovely to create with natural materials and feel the smell of this beautiful tree!