Coordinator: Alexandra - Susana Amarandei
Age group: 2.5-5 years
Purpose
To introduce children, from an early age, to an authentic Romanian environment, where they can speak, feel and think in Romanian.
Dance movements or animal imitations will be the attraction of each workshop, which will contribute to a cheerful atmosphere in which children actively participate.
Objectives
- Enrichment of active and passive vocabulary in Romanian, based on experience and activities/relationships with other children.
- Development of harmonious bonds between children, empathy and socialization with other children or Romanian speakers, through participation in group activities and games, both as a speaker and as a listener.
- To experience positive emotional states in their relationships with others, to show friendship, tolerance, harmony, while learning self-control within the group.
Alexandra - Susana Amarandei
Dwarf Workshop
Benefits
- The activities are conducted in Romanian and follow, as far as possible, the calendar of traditional events and celebrations.
- The children explore their environment and develop their self-awareness by belonging to the Romanian identity, which is an addition to the Dutch or other origin.
- Communication is very important, that's why we take into account the particularities of each child and adapt to their individual needs, by reading/rehearsing stories or poems, listening to songs appropriate to the topic we are discussing.
- During the workshop, children participate in various activities to develop basic motor skills (walking, running, rolling, jumping) or fine motor skills (playing with fingers, holding pencils/colours, drawing, cutting, modelling with modelling clay, grasping and manipulating objects) that help them express their emotions and develop harmoniously.
Working methods
- Play is the basic way in which all learning activities are implemented in this workshop.
- In a playful way, the youngsters interact with each other and with the adults in the classroom, which gives them self-confidence.
- As teaching materials, the following will be used: worksheets and worksheets, plasticine, coloured pencils, story/poem books, illustrations, videos, CDs, DVDs, toys that the school has.
Guiding themes
- Who am I?
- My family
- Human body
- Seasons - lessons dedicated to each season
- Nature and its joys
- My friends
- Visiting the zoo/animal farm (real/imagined discussions about such a visit)
- My passions
- My favourite sport
- Dance is my life
- Little Chef
- Marking of various religious or national holidays (Christmas, Easter, Romania's National Day, "Mărțișorul", Mother's Day, Children's Day, Romanian Cheese Day)
The themes will be adapted according to children's age and interests. There may also be suggested lessons based on children's preferences or inspired by events taking place at a particular time of year.
In some workshops, we can have special guests who will add dynamism to the meeting and from whom we will learn new things.
