Todos lo sabemos: no siempre es fácil encontrar nuevas formas de enseñar Y al mismo tiempo divertirse: utilizar métodos innovadores puede marcar realmente la diferencia cuando se trata de nuestros alumnos más pequeños. Es fundamental aprender a motivarles y a potenciar su aprendizaje a través del juego. Por suerte, hoy en día existen muchas herramientas que pueden aplicarse en el entorno preescolar: el aprendizaje basado en proyectos, la educación no formal, la educación al aire libre y los juegos creativos son sólo algunas de las muchas que tenemos a nuestra disposición.
Una nueva edición del curso “Métodos pedagógicos innovadores para profesores de preescolar” took place in Bologna from 01/03/2026 to 07/03/2026. The participants came from all over Europe, with Sandra, Amra and Therese from BUN, Habo kommun in Sweden; Kym, Alison and Katya from Theresa Nuzzo Primary School in Malta; Niamh and Elaine from Nurtures Best in Ireland; Olivia, Veerle, Laura and Jelle from Karel De Goede in Belgium; and Martyna and Malwina from Przedszkole Niepbliczne Misiolandia en Polonia.
An Erasmus experience is not complete without the sharing of cultures and best practices: that is why we started our training with a presentación de todas las escuelas, después de presentación del sistema preescolar italiano. The participants had to show images, videos and they shared their best practices with the rest of the class.
The first topic we discovered was the reflection on innovation in the preschool system. In fact, starting from the activities, we talked about social emotional learning, thanks to Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and we learned how it allows to pass from reflection to conceptualization and application, giving the student an active role in the learning process. Of course, we practiced as many games and activities as possible: the teachers had to show their drawing, dancing and singing skills to the rest of the group ;)
No podíamos hablar de Educación al aire libre inside the walls of classroom… that is why, on Wednesday, we visited Naturalmente Bambini. Some of the advantages of Outdoor Education that emerged during the many games and activities are, on the one hand, the increase in motivation and creativity; on the other, the improvement of the psychophysical well-being thanks to the contact with the nature and the consequent reduction of the stress.
Third topic: Proyecto Basado en Aprender (examples, how to apply, different features, how to introduce it in the classroom). An innovative method that allows students to delve into content in a more direct and meaningful way, starting from a topic question and trying to investigate real world issues. Analysing the principles of PBL, the participants of the course had the opportunity to discover how teamwork, collaboration, and creativity can help our youngest students to discover the way to deal with real world problems, learning strategically and searching the answers from the start, with the help of the teacher.

Finally, we reflected on the el poder de la creatividad and the right questions to ask children to stimulate their creativity.
El último día, el espíritu de equipo era tan alto que nos costó despedirnos. Sin embargo, encontramos una forma muy bonita de expresar nuestra gratitud a los demás participantes y, al final, nuestro grupo estaba muy impaciente por volver y empezar a aplicar todas las muchas ideas que surgieron durante el curso. Otra gran semana de inspiración había terminado, pero sólo para continuar de vuelta en sus países.
Más información sobre este curso aquí.
Where this course took place: Erasmus courses for teachers in Bologna
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