Greencode

By Noletta Smyth, Early Years – the organisation for young children Ardstraw Community Playgroup in County Tyrone is making remarkable efforts to instil environmental awareness in their preschool children. By incorporating green practices into their daily activities, the playgroup is helping to shape a generation that values and protects the environment. Through engaging with the […]

By Maria Cristina Azevedo Gomes Instituto Politecnico de Viseu Children have always played with physical objects, developing a range of skills. Robotics offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the tangible and the digital, allowing children to connect physical objects with programming and thus scaffolding the development of computational thinking. This problem-solving approach,

Jan Delcker, University of Mannheim Learning with robots can be fun for children, as it provides a creative approach which includes playful, interactive and attractive elements. There is a multitude of learning robots which allows exciting learning for different age groups, competence levels and interests. Most learning robots directly react to children’s input, such as

By Jasminka Mezak and Sanja Vranić, University of Rijeka One of the important outcomes of the Greencode project is the Activity Book as practical material for students of Early Childhood Education (ECE), but also as a source of ideas for practitioners – educators working in preschool institutions. This publication provides ready-to-print activities that support the

Gianluca Pedemonte and Nicolò Monasterio, Scuola di Robotica GREENCODE – Building an Eco-Friendly Future with Robots is an Erasmus+ project linking universities and educational organisations from seven European countries. Its three flagship resources—a Higher Education Curriculum, Digital Handbook and Activity Book—help early-childhood educators blend Inquiry-Based Learning, environmental sustainability and educational robotics. A standout Activity-Book sequence,

Arta Rūdolfa, Ketlīna Tumase, University of Latvia, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology The first chapter of the GREENCODE project’s Activity Book, titled “Planet Earth – Everything is connected,” emphasises the interconnection of nature, offering learners a look at both “Ecosystem cycles” and “Food chains.” But is it worth introducing young children to these essentially