"Europe isn't just a continent, it's a way of being together. Teaching this to children today means building the world of tomorrow."
Welcome to the section dedicated to our activities.
At CEA, we believe that learning should be an engaging adventure, especially when it comes to European citizenship for children. Discover how we transform important concepts into fun and memorable experiences, promoting civic awareness from an early age.
Our activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and active participation. Through role-playing, artistic creations, and guided discussions, children explore topics such as cultural diversity, history, and European institutions. Each activity is a unique journey of self-discovery and discovery of others, promoting values of inclusion, respect, and cooperation. It's a unique way to learn the importance of being active European citizens.
KNOWING EACH OTHER
This activity is designed to help us get to know each other and introduce this new experience to our schools.
The concept is simple: we get to know each other through educational activities and with the help of a character who will accompany us throughout the project.
Each partner sends the other partners a box with a school mascot representing their country and a series of activities to conduct in the classroom with the children to get to know each other. Don't forget your character's passport.
The project is part of Intercultural Education, a pedagogical approach that not only embraces diversity, but also values it as a resource for growth and mutual enrichment.
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BUILDING TOGETHER
Introducing the concepts of integration and cooperation is crucial to a child's social and civic development. Europe, through its symbols and values of peace, offers an excellent vehicle for teaching the importance of inclusion and respect for diversity from an early age. Specific activities make abstract concepts (countries, the Union) concrete and accessible. The overall goal is to foster children's understanding of belonging to a larger community (Europe) based on the fundamental values of peace, cooperation, and mutual respect, laying the foundation for future informed citizenship.
LIVING TOGETHER
Education in active citizenship and democratic values cannot wait until later in school. It is built from early childhood through direct experience, cooperation, and imitation. The European Union, with its values of cohesion, sustainability, and diversity, offers an excellent framework for teaching these principles in a playful and meaningful way. Therefore, it is important to promote the development of ecological, cultural, and social awareness, understood as responsibility and active participation in the well-being of one's community.
ORGANIZING TOGETHER
Civic education and understanding the world around us are subjects that should be introduced at an early age.
Citizenship, in fact, is learned through walking, playing, and, above all, sharing.
For preschool children, concepts like "European institutions" or "eco-consumption" are as abstract as the moon, and through role-play, sensory exploration, and manual skills, children learn that their actions (recycling, turning off a light, respecting a friend) are fundamental rules for building a community as large as Europe. The challenge in this project is to transform European institutions from a distant idea of grandiose buildings to a more comprehensible dimension filled with friends and helpful rules.
CONTEST FOR FAMILY
Citizenship education cannot ignore the involvement of families, the primary place where children's values are formed.
The "Families of Europe" contest is a special initiative integrated into the CEA project, designed to extend the active citizenship journey from children to their families. Through a series of creative and educational challenges focusing on rights, traditions, and peer exchange within the Union, families from the three partner countries (Italy, Greece, Poland) are called upon to actively collaborate. The contest will culminate with the selection of one winning family from each school, who will have the opportunity to participate in a group visit to the European Parliament.