BRIDGING THREE GENERATIONS: TIMELESS GAMES AND TOYS

"The motto of the Project is ""Bridging Three Generations"" namely grandparents, parents and grandchildren. Such bridge was constructed using the traditional games and toys that oldest living generation (grandparents) used to play in their childhood period. The theme of traditional games and toys was used as an instrument for creating a common ground to help the grandparents and the grandchildren improving the interaction between them. The profile of the Project Partners is as follows: 1) Haci Sabanci Secondary School (Coordinator School, Turkey)2) School Tiberiu Morariu Salva (Romania) 3) Notre Dame Junior High School (France)4) St Colman's Primary School and All Saints' Nursery Unit (United Kingdom)5) International School of Bergen (Norway)6) State School ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO VIA SANTI SAV (Italy)7) Nicola Vaptsarov Secondary School (Bulgaria)8) Grundzales Pamatskola (Latvia)The objectives of the project are:a) to raise awareness on roles and contributions of grandparents on the development of the grandchildren, b) to help the children interacting with their grandparents in order to contribute their emotional and social development, c) to raise awareness especially among the “less educated” grandparents about their role and contribution in emotional and social development of their grandchildren, d) to explore traditional games and toys with the contribution of the grandparents, e) to exchange best practices among the project partners especially in regard to fortifying ties and bonds between the grandparents and grandchildren, f) to exchange between the countries traditional games that help cognitive, emotional and social development of the children,g) to develop a "" Societal Curriculum"" and propose to the educational policy makers aiming to improve interaction between the oldest and youngest generations in school environment.The target groups of the project area)pre-school, primary school and secondary school pupils in partner schoolsb)parents of the pupils attending to these schoolsc)grandparents of these pupilsd)teachers and management of the partner schoolsThe quality indicators used to measure success of the Project are:1)Qualitative achievement indicators:a)Improved involvement of the grandparents in the education and development of their grandchildren,b)Increased interaction between the pupils and grandparents,c)Enhanced involvement of pupils facing situations making their participation difficult,d)Developed awareness on national and transnational educative traditional games,e)Advanced IT capability of the partner schools,2)Quantitative achievement indicators:a)number of parents and grandparents participated to the project activities conducted in schoolsb)number of pupils involved in the project activities,c)number of traditional games learnt and played during the project,d)number of participants in the multiplier events organized by the Partnerse)number of visits to the project website,f)Quantity of time the grandparents spent with the grandchildren at schoolIntellectual Outputs Produced during the Project: 1) Book of European Traditional Games2) Societal CurriculumOther project activities conducted are:A0- Formation of Project Implementation Teams of Partners, SWOT Analysis, Choosing Project Emblem and AnthemA1- Developing Project Website, Facebook Group, Twitter Account- leading partner UK and RomaniaA2-Timeless Games Digital Brochure using Joomag and Isuu- leading partner NorwayA3-Time for Timeless Games- Photovoice Exhibition with Grandparents- leading partner ItalyA4- 2016 Timeless Games Calendar with contributions from Partners- leading partner Latvia.A5-Traditional Board Games- FranceA6-Traditional Puppet Games- including Design and Production of Puppets- leading partner Turkey and BulgariaA7-Traditional Outdoor Games- Filmed performance together with Instructions for Games- leading partner Latvia and Norway.A8-Traditional Girls and Boys Games- Documented, Filmed Performance together with Instructions for Games - leading partner ItalyA9-Top 10 Common Traditional Games of Europe- A Questionnaire Study with All Partners - leading partner Romania.A10- Interview with Grandparents on Traditional Games: ""Good Old Days""- leading partner Bulgaria and Turkey.A11- ""Role of Traditional Games in Closing Generation Gap"", Research Study- leading partner FranceA12- Workshop with Grandparents: ""How Do you Spend Time with Grandchildren?""- Filmed Round Table Talk - leading partner ItalyA13- Comparison of Traditional and Digital Games In Terms of Contribution to Emotional Development of Children- leading partner UK and TurkeyA14- Seasonal Traditional Games That May be Played in Only a Particular Time of Year- leading partner LatviaA15- Traditional Games in iPad? A Challenging Quest- leading partner UKA16- Traditional Games Requiring Special Tools and Instruments- leading partner France"