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Cultural heritage connects Europe through our common history and values. It also represents the richness and diversity

of our cultural traditions. We need to understand, use and appreciate our cultural heritage. However, we should not think

of cultural heritage as merely a legacy from the past. Our cultural heritage supports us to advance and design our future.

(The European Commission) Puppet characters can be shown as an example of cultural heritage. Puppets have been

used in every period to portray the characteristics of the given era.

The use of puppets in the preschool period has a great impact on the on the development of children

The partners are comprised of kindergartens and elementary schools while the schools consist of students of the same age.

Our Erasmus project partners

Coordinator school

SPAIN Nuestra Señora de las Victorias School

Partner schools

TÜRKİYE Selçuklu Keskesler Anaokulu

ITALIA Istituto Comprensivo Carducci-King

GREECE Diadrastiko Europaiko Sxoleio

ESTONIA Sillaotsa School

The main objectives of our project;

1-Generate awareness about the importance of European heritage, introduce, share and regenerate joint country puppet

characters as cultural heritage

2- Get together on a common inter-cultural platform and integrate puppets of the world countries into the curriculum of

schools through a literature study

3- Contribute to the enrichment of the professional development and foreign language skills of the school teachers of

project partner schools

4- Interdisciplinary pedagogical dialogue, collaborative education practices, promoting values of participation and tolerance

5- Strengthening the European dimension of project partner schools and international recognition

6- Workshop studies to make existing puppet products with solid and permanent materials, to reveal new products with

eco design

7- Develop the creativity and manual skills of students by contributing to their social emotional and language

development with student activities

8. Imroving pupils' atistic skills and creativity

C1 L.T.T. TÜRKİYE

SELÇUKLU KESKESLER ANAOKULU

01/11/2021 05/11/2021

Day 1: Meeting and greetings, introductory videos and presentations of participant schools – their education system, school education flows, province, country.A general presentation about the importance and aims of the project.

City tour, province, district, visits to local administrations, authorities to disseminate our project.1st mini project collecting puppets and creating a puppet exhibition.

Day 2: The result of the Logo competition has been declared."Puppets" instruction presentation. Introductory presentation and video about cultural heritage puppet characters of Turkey and a live performance of Hacivat and Karagoz shadow puppet performance. Via the participation of the students of the host country. The description of the puppets also aim to introduce the culture of the country.

Day 3:Hacivat and Karagöz , a theme workshop on the manufacturing of eco design puppets made of waste materials with the local students. Teachers attended the classes to observe the methodology of the teachers

Day 4 : Puppet drama and practical applications as a class experience. Some topics from the school curricula were taught via puppets even the guest teachers took part in this activity

C2 L.T.T. ITALIA

Istituto Comprensivo Carducci-King

28/03/2022 01/04/2022

Day 1: Meeting and Greetings took place Registration of participants.Welcome to Carducci Kindergarten and Primary School: Music, Dance, Puppet Exhibition.Presentation of partners Institutions.Workshops activities.Welcome to Martin Luther King Secondary School: Welcome from the King young Orchestra.Staff Meeting – Presentation and Dissemination of IC. Casoria3 Erasmus+ Projects: “Change Begins with you and me” – “INCLUDE”- “OLA”.Discussion and Round Table about advantages of Erasmus+ Programmes.Tour of Secondary School.

Day 2:We visited to the City Hall and welcome from the Major and from Headmaster of Kindergarten IC “Di Giacomo-De Nicola” and the Kindergarten IC “Di Giacomo-De Nicola” of Agerola. Students had the chance to meet international teachers which improve their communication skills and their creativity. International teachers attended to the classes to observe the methodology of the host teachers.Afterwards we went to the Kindergarten “Prato Fiorito” of Casoria and we also meet King Secondary school – Hand craft workshop.

Day 4 : Visit to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.Guided Visit to Historic downtown of Naples.Got in contact with the literaure and art departments of the universities.Come back to the school and painting workshop

Day 5 : Meeting to Carducci Kindergarten for Puppets live show live performed by puppets and watched together with the school students.Como back to King Secondary School for a creative painting group woking methodology taskSummary of the LTTA Evaluation. Teachers meeting for Assessment and feedbacks about the meeting. The planing of the project steps and also a common dissemination plan was determined.

C3 L.T.T. GREECE

DIADRASTIKO EUROPAIKO SXOLEIO

26/09/2022 30/09/2022

Day 1:meeting and greeting action, introductory videos and presentations and intoducing the story of the puppets and its importance.Visit to local authorities.

Day 2: We enjoyed an introductory presentation and video about cultural heritage puppet characters and puppet theatre of the host country and a lived performance of puppet characters for kids and teachers

Day 3: A themed workshop titled Puppet ’workshop took place. Made of waste and recycled materials with the local students. These activities gave students the chance to meet international teachers and communicate with them.

Day 4: We enjoyed the visit to the one an only Puppets Museum of Athens. The artist, puppeteer and puppet maker says “There is a magical world that only children see, and adults have forgotten,” who wishes to challenge the perception that puppet theater is intended for children alone. this exhibition features performances that are equally entertaining for young and for old alike. We lived the great experience of knowing its story creation while enjoying making our own puppets inside the museum.

Day 5 : Teachers meeting for assessment and feedback about the whole experience. The planing of the project steps and also a common dissemination plan was determined. Each country settle tointroduce some of their puppet characters to the local students and also teachers. We created lots of mementoes, opinions, moments, videos and ideas related to the project in order to upload them to our website.

C4 L.T.T. ESTONIA

Sillaotsa School

28/11/2022 02/12/2022

Day 1: morning: Meeting and greeting, introductory videos and presentations about their country and also intoducing the history of the puppets and importance of the puppets in their history. There will be visits to local authorities for disseination aims

Day 2: Estonia's puppet cultre doesn't date very old bu they started to intersted in puppets after 1930s and they esalish theri own puppet theatre ater that date "Puppets"So they have differnt puppet theatres and also ocal puppet chracters . Introductory presentation and video about cultural heritage puppet characters and puppet theatre of the host country and a live performance of puppet characters of . The description of the puppets also aim to introduce the culture of the country.Puppet show of the introduced puppets

Day 3: , a themed workshop titled Pupet ’workshop. made of waste materials with the local students.These activities give stdents to meet international teachers and communicate them on the other hand they will use and improve their creativity. Teachers will attend to the classes to observe the methodology of the teachers

Day 4 : Puppet drama and practical applications as a class experience some topics which are all the parts of the school curricula will be taught via national and international puppet chracters there will be at least teacher from each partner

Day 5 : Teachers meeting , for Assessment and feedbacks about the meeting. The planing of the project steps and also a common dissemination plan will be determined. Each country introduce some of their puppet chracters to the local students an also teachers and they will perform a small Show Submitting a press bulletin to the local newspaper and TVs of the host country school.