Project-Based Learning for Pre-school

Description

Concept by Cristina Salvatori

Pre-school teachers have a huge responsibility to educate tomorrow’s citizens, but it often feels hard for them to provide children with 360-degree, meaningful learning experiences. How hard does it sometimes feel to create a deep understanding of topics and life competencies?

If you also cope with similar issues, project-based learning (PBL) may interest you. It is an educational approach that involves students working on a project over an extended period to explore and solve real-world problems or questions.

PBL is well recognized as an effective methodology in higher grades of education, but with some adjustments, we can turn it into an invaluable tool for your preschool classroom.

During the course, participants will discover PBL through a variety of inspiring examples, and find out how to incorporate the PBL methodology into their own teaching experience.

Participants will learn which tools are best for preschool students, how to effectively evaluate their learning, and how to be a good mentor in order to promote problem-solving, critical thinking, autonomy, collaboration, and other 21st-century skills.

Practical strategies and tools will be available for you to nurture children’s key competencies, such as literacy, numeracy, sequences, cause and effect, sizes, and comparisons, and you will be ready to use a working PBL model you’ll have shaped for your own students!

Finally, the course will explain how to plan a successful, manageable PBL activity.

By the end of the course, you’ll have realized how PBL can provide you with great solutions to design fruitful learning experiences, that encourage your young learners to take action on relevant issues for them and you’ll have gained the confidence and enthusiasm that is necessary to exploit the opportunities it offers.

What is included

 Unmatched Support: full day chat assistance

 Fully Fundable: tailored on Erasmus+ budgets

 Flexibility Guaranteed: easy changes with minimal restrictions

 360° experience: from coffee breaks to cultural visits

 Post-Course Training: 100€ voucher on 40+ online courses

Learning outcomes

The course will help the participants to:  

  • Understand what PBL really is and how it can be useful for any educator;
  • Incorporate preschool curriculum topics such as literacy, numeracy, sequences, cause and effect, sizes, and comparisons into PBL;
  • Get hints and tools to motivate students and boost their key competencies;
  • Gain insight into a variety of activities that you can use in PBL (and beyond);
  • Confidently implement PBL in their classes and/or school communities;
  • Assess PBL products confidently;
  • Evaluate students’ learning of curriculum topics;
  • Create detailed, effective, manageable PBL lesson plans for preschool education.

Tentative schedule

Day 1 – Course introduction

  • Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;
  • Icebreaker activities;
  • Presentations of the participants’ schools.

Let’s get started

  • Understanding what project-based learning really is;
  • PBL in pre-schools;
  • Motivation in PBL.

Day 2 – PBL for 21st-century skills

  • Project, task, inquiry-based learning; 
  • 21st-century competencies;
  • Examples of PBL in pre-schools.

Day 3 – Implementing PBL

  • PBL: Finding a topic relevant to your class;
  • PBL: The structure;
  • The driving question;
  • Frequently asked questions.

Day 4 – PBL design and assessment

  • Creating a detailed PBL lesson plan;
  • Different types of assessment.

Day 5 – Make it happen

  • Completing and presenting your PBL plan and rubric;
  • Brainstorming and discussing school-wide PBL programs.

Day 6 – Course closure and cultural activities

  • Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion.
  • Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance.
  • Excursion and other external cultural activities.

Dates and locations

You can register for any date, even if it's not yet confirmed, especially if you're interested in courses several weeks away. Once we have a few more enrollments, we will confirm the date. If we are unable to confirm it, we will offer you alternative options.

Florence

Price: 480€*
OID: E10166501
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    17-22 Mar 2025
  • Confirmed
    Confirmed means this session has reached the minimum number of participants and is guaranteed. However, you will still need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    21-26 Apr 2025
  • Confirmed
    Confirmed means this session has reached the minimum number of participants and is guaranteed. However, you will still need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    19-24 May 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    16-21 Jun 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    21-26 Jul 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    18-23 Aug 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    15-20 Sep 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    20-25 Oct 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    17-22 Nov 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    15-20 Dec 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    19-24 Jan 2026
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    16-21 Feb 2026

Florence (480€*)9.36/10

  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    17-22 Mar 2025
  • Confirmed
    Confirmed means this session has reached the minimum number of participants and is guaranteed. However, you will still need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    21-26 Apr 2025
  • Confirmed
    Confirmed means this session has reached the minimum number of participants and is guaranteed. However, you will still need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    19-24 May 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    16-21 Jun 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    21-26 Jul 2025
  • Open to enrollments
    Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    18-23 Aug 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    15-20 Sep 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    20-25 Oct 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    17-22 Nov 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    15-20 Dec 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    19-24 Jan 2026
  • Open to enrollments
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    16-21 Feb 2026

Cultural Activities

  • One visit to the surroundings of Florence, choosing from:
    -> Half-day tour to Chianti
    -> Half-day tour to Pisa

Split

Price: 480€*
OID: E10166501
  • Open to enrollments
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    10-15 Mar 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    31 Mar - 5 Apr 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    14-19 Apr 2025
  • Confirmed
    Confirmed means this session has reached the minimum number of participants and is guaranteed. However, you will still need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.
    12-17 May 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    9-14 Jun 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    30 Jun - 5 Jul 2025
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    14-19 Jul 2025
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    11-16 Aug 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    8-13 Sep 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    29 Sep - 4 Oct 2025
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    13-18 Oct 2025
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    10-15 Nov 2025

Split (480€*)9.38/10

  • Open to enrollments
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    10-15 Mar 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    31 Mar - 5 Apr 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    14-19 Apr 2025
  • Confirmed
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    12-17 May 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    9-14 Jun 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    30 Jun - 5 Jul 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    14-19 Jul 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    11-16 Aug 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    8-13 Sep 2025
  • Open to enrollments
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    29 Sep - 4 Oct 2025
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    13-18 Oct 2025
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    10-15 Nov 2025

Cultural Activities

  • Walking tour
  • Visit to Split surroundings, choosing from:
    -> Trogir,
    -> Šibenik
    -> Omiš

*A 60 € late registration fee will be applied if you register less than 8 weeks before the course start date.
All prices are VAT included or not due.

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