Outdoor4mi Project

Nell’ambito del progetto europeo OUTDOOR4MI, organizziamo il convegno 🌱 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙄 𝘿𝙄 𝙁𝙐𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙊. 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙡’𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙯𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣 𝙡’𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤
📅 18 ottobre 2025 | h 9:00–13:00
📍 Scuola Paritaria Cesare Longhi – Via Gemelli 6, Pieve Emanuele (MI)
L’educazione all’aperto è una sfida e un’opportunità per ripensare i percorsi formativi nella prima infanzia.
Durante la mattinata offriremo spunti teorici e pratici, esperienze innovative e spazi di confronto per approfondire il ruolo dell’Outdoor Education nella crescita di bambine e bambini.
👉 Il convegno si rivolge a educatrici, educatori, insegnanti, pedagogiste e pedagogisti.
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Outdoor4mi Project è un progetto cofinanziato dall’Unione Europea con programma Erasmus+ KA2, con l’obiettivo di promuove l’Outdoor Education nelle scuole dell’infanzia, con un’attenzione speciale per bambine e bambini con disabilità motorie.

No passado dia 29 de Outubro, o promoveu o Evento Final do Projeto Outdoor4MI - Projeto Erasmus+ de Educação ao Ar-livre para crianças entre os 3 e os 5 anos de idade, inclusiva para crianças com mobilidade reduzida.

Esta sessão foi o culminar de todo o trabalho realizado ao longo de 2 anos de implementação, encerrando com um evento formativo para pais e educadores, sobre a importância deste ensino. O evento decorreu na , a maior mancha de floresta autóctone do Município, onde a Educação Ambiental e ao Ar-livre desempenha um papel principal.
O evento contou com a participação de ilustres convidados, que todos os dias contribuem para a implementação de uma educação inclusiva e empenhada em colocar a Natureza como palco de aprendizagem, e assim para a criação de uma comunidade consciente e empenhada na conservação da natureza.
Como tal, agradecemos ao e , não só pelos projetos apresentados, como pelos momentos e partilhas incríveis.

🎓 Final Conference of the Outdoor4mi Project
On October 31, the Final Conference of OUTDOOR4MI took place in Florence, a European project coordinated by Co&So.
The event involved over 45 participants, including educators, preschool teachers, service coordinators, and representatives of public institutions, creating a valuable moment of exchange on Outdoor Education.

Among the speakers:
🌼 Benedetta Albanese, Councillor for Education of the Municipality of Florence
🌼 Annalisa Baroni and Silvia Dini, Pio Fedi Preschool
🌼 Maurizio Parente, Istituto degli Innocenti

Also present was Spazio Aperto Servizi, the Italian project partner, which shared experiences and good practices from the Milan area.

To close the day, two interactive workshops were held by Cooperativa L'Abbaino, dedicated to inclusive Outdoor Education.
The project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, strengthened teachers’ skills to promote inclusive outdoor educational activities for children aged 3 to 5.

📢 Newsletter 4 is now available in all partner languages!
Following the English version already shared, we are pleased to publish the final newsletter of the project also in: Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.

📰 Browse all language versions below to explore the project’s key achievements, activities, and results from the past 24 months.

🔎 All project outputs and resources can be found on our website — available in all partner languages: www.outdoor4mi.eu

Thank you to all partners for their great collaboration throughout the project! 🤝

✋ This is the final newsletter for the Project that we enthusiastically launched on November 1, 2023, and which ends on October 31, 2025. Over the past 24 months, the partners have worked tirelessly to achieve the project's objectives.

🤔 What have we done over the past two years?
📖GUIDELINES: support ECEC teachers in designing effective and accessible OE settings with a focus on the accessibility of environments for children with mobility impairments. The Guidelines are accompanied by three Video Tutorials, which provide the information contained in the document in a visual and easily transferable way.

🧑‍💻TEACHERS TRAINING CURRICULUM: supplies to teachers’ skills to convey OE activities focusing on MI kids.

🎒TOOLBOX: a set of practical OE activities for implementing inclusive OE WORKSHOPS based on DIGITAL tools and INTERDISCIPLINARY approach with a focus on kids with MI.

🔎All these resources are available at https://www.outdoor4mi.eu/

On October 23 2025, DGASPC Harghita held the closing event of the Erasmus+ project Outdoor4MI – Outdoor Education for Pupils with Mobility Impairments in Kindergarten.
The event, hosted by the Șumuleu Ciuc Leisure and Vocational Training Center, brought together more than 40 ECEC teachers, psychologists, and professionals working in social sphare.
At the beginning of the event, Katalin Gál, head of the Directorate’s project department and host of the event, welcomed the participants and outlined the key moments of the program. This was followed by an opening address by General Director Zoltán Elekes, after which project assistant Ágota Biró–Szilágyi presented the project and the five short films created by the partners within the project framework.

During the multiplier event, Hajnalka Bene—ILF/ neurofeedback trainer, personal development specialist, and training expert—called attention to the harmful effects of early screen use.
“Early screen exposure slows speech development, prevents the development of social skills, and leads to attention difficulties. Excessive screen use can be particularly harmful because a young child’s nervous system is ‘programmed’ for real-life, multisensory experiences,” she explained. She added that excessive screen use may cause symptoms similar to autism, such as reduced eye contact, delays in speech and language, and social withdrawal. “The fast-changing images on screens can lead to sensation-seeking behavior, which in the long run hinders concentration, abstract thinking, and self-control. For a small child, excessive digital stimulation is comparable to encountering a drug: the constant need for visual stimulation can become overwhelming,” she warned. At the same time, she highlighted the enormous role of movement in child development, emphasizing that the question today is not whether children will learn to use smart devices—because that can be mastered in an hour—but whether they are able to put the device down, pay attention, move, and thereby naturally develop emotional regulation.

As part of the project’s closing event, Zsuzsa Tósa–Tankó, ECEC teacher representing the local project partner, Napocska Kindergarten, presented the institution’s guidelines and the results achieved within the Outdoor4MI project. She illustrated the colourful and engaging activities implemented at the kindergarten with photos, reflecting how much the children enjoy outdoor programs. Her presentation offered several ideas that can be realized with relatively little investment, providing inspiration for the attending early childhood educators.
The multiplier event concluded with comments from several participants, confirming the great importance of the topic and the need for continued work in this field.

OUTDOOR4MI is an innovative Erasmus+ project that supports outdoor learning in kindergartens through collaborative partnerships. The project runs from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2025.
Project Coordinator:
CO&SO – CONSORZIO PER LA COOPERAZIONE E LA SOLIDARIETÀ – CONSORZIO DI COOPERATIVE SOCIALI – SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA SOCIALE (Italy)
Partners:
Municipio de Lousada – Portugal
European University Cyprus, a higher education institution experienced in developing educational models and applying multimodal and IT-based approaches
Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles (AMEI–WAECE), Spain
Newark School, Malta
Spazio Aperto Servizi Società Cooperativa Sociale, Italy
DGASPC Harghita, Romania

The European University Cyprus hosted the Erasmus+ OUTDOOR4MI Project Dissemination Event on September 20, 2025, at the university campus, with strong participation from early childhood educators, parents, students, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, stakeholders, and professionals.

Participants examined the project’s activities and findings and engaged in an interactive discussion on how outdoor environments can serve as inclusive and stimulating learning spaces for children ages 3–5. Educators who participated in the project’s training curriculum and implemented the OUTDOOR4MI toolbox shared inspiring examples of children’s emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development through nature-based play.

The enthusiasm, active engagement, and positive feedback demonstrated the project’s meaningful impact and the growing recognition of outdoor education in Cyprus.

The multiplier event in Spain was a very enjoyable and enriching experience. Around 50 people participated in an event that served to showcase the educational resources developed during the two years of the OUTDOOR4MI project.

With the slogan “Learning doesn't always take place within four walls,” we have learned that the benefits of outdoor education outweigh the fears that leaving the classroom can generate.

The main objective of OUTDOOR4MI is to promote the Outdoor Education in training a new generation to respect the natural environment from an early age. It will be reached by offering the teachers educational resources aimed at facilitating the implementation of OE activities in kindergartens (pupils of 3-5 years old),with special regard for those with mobility impairments.

See more at https://www.outdoor4mi.eu/

Do you know OUTDOOR4MI project´s outputs?

GUIDELINES: support ECEC teachers in designing effective and accessible OE settings with a focus on the accessibility of environments for children with mobility impairments. The Guidelines are accompanied by three Video Tutorials, which provide the information contained in the document in a visual and easily transferable way.

TEACHERS TRAINING CURRICULUM: supplies to teachers’ skills to convey OE activities focusing on MI kid

TOOLBOX: a set of practical OE activities for implementing inclusive OE WORKSHOPS based on DIGITAL tools and INTERDISCIPLINARY approach with a focus on kids with MI.

https://www.outdoor4mi.eu/

Every child is unique, with their own pace, interests, ways of learning, and ways of expressing their feelings. Some are more curious, others more calm; some learn by observing, others by exploring or asking questions nonstop. No two children are alike, and that diversity is precisely what enriches the classroom.

Recognizing that every child is different means respecting their pace, celebrating their personal achievements, and offering them the opportunities they need to grow in their own way. When a teacher understands this, they teach not only knowledge, but also acceptance, empathy, and love for difference.


OUTDOOR4MI
An innovative Erasmus+ KA2 project promotes the Outdoor Education (OE) in kindergartens
https://www.outdoor4mi.eu/