EARLYPOLY

ERASMUS+ EARLYPOLY Project

The EARLYPOLY project aims to integrate Poly-Universe tool into preschool and lower primary education as an innovative STEAM approach, enhancing children’s creativity, problem-solving, and spatial reasoning skills. The project will be implemented by a consortium of 5 partners: 2 universities, an arts centre and two STEAM education providers. The project will foster a collaborative learning environment and practice, putting emphasis on inclusiveness and the involvement of girls in STEAM fields.

We will conduct professional development trainings for educators, create comprehensive, age-appropriate Poly-Universe methodology and lesson plans for kindergartners and primary schools and establish a supportive background for educators in formal and non-formal settings as well. Additionally, we will organise hands-on STEAM activities, pilot the methodology, adapt the Poly-Universe tool for diverse learners, and evaluate the project’s impact through collecting feedback from all stakeholders. The project will result in a methodological study on Poly-Universe activities for preschool and lower primary school children. Training for in-service pre-school and primary teachers and a methodical module for students will be provided. By using the Poly-Universe tool and the STEAM approach, the project will contribute to the development of education at age 3-10, helping learners to develop basic skills and competences related to STEAM, and laying the foundations for their future success.

Testimonial

The 27-month EARLYPOLY project was launched in October, 2024, supported by the European Commission Strategic Partnerships Framework Programme. The aim of the project is to develop innovative, transdisciplinary pedagogical methods that are primarily related to a revolutionary educational tool, called Poly-Universe, targeting the age group 3-10 of learners. We intend to discover the possibilities of introducing and applying the Poly-Universe kit in preschool and lower-primary school education, in the spirit of striving for completeness.

The birth of the Poly-Universe toolkit itself is the result of a fundamentally art-driven concept, which, however, in addition to aesthetic aspects, opened up new perspectives first in the teaching of mathematics and then in further disciplines. Today, we can declare that the Poly-Universe kit has become part of everyday life in many schools. The aim of this project is to facilitate the incorporation of this everyday practice into early-childhood education and the transfer of methodological foundations to teachers and educators in formal and non-formal settings as well.

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