CREANET - Network on creativity in the pre-school context
Partners: The project is coordinated by SERN and involves 11 partners (besides SERN itself):
ITALY
2) Municipality of Scandiano
3)Reggio Emilia and Modena University
SWEDEN
4)Municipality of Norrkoping
FINLAND
5)University of Jyväskylä
DENMARK
6) University College Lillebaelt - Odense
GERMANY
7)Landsratamt Enzkreis
PORTUGAL
8)Escola Superior De Educação Politecnico De Beja
SPAIN
9)University of Murcia
LITHUANIA
10) Klaipeda University – Faculty of Pedagogy
LATVIA
11) Liepaja padagogical Academy
CROATIA
12) Munucipality of Verteneglio
Length of the project: 36 months (October 2010-September 2013)
Objectives: The project aims at developing a forum of dicussion at European level on the theme of creativity in pre-school education.
The objectives of the network are:
A. To identify, compare and exchange the methodologies, approaches and environments
favouring the development of creativity among children and teachers in the
countries involved;
B. To increase the quality of the educational offer by promoting the competences/skills
of the pre-school teaching staff on the issue of creativity;
C. To provide a European forum for discussion for those interested in creativity
in the pre-school context;
D. To use creativity as a mean to favour educational and social inclusion
of children and families belonging to minority and/or disadvantaged groups.
The network will promote best practices related to:
1) Creativity and indoor/outdoor contexts with a specific
focus on
- Materials
- Spaces
- Relationships and Diversity (personal and social/intercultural development)
2) Creativity and expressive languages with a specific
focus on
- artistic languages
- verbal language
- body language
Activities:
The project includes a wide range of activities: research carrried out
by the universities, annual conferences, working group meetings involving
pre-school teachers and training activities through national dissemination
meetings.
The network's programme of activity and other useful information concerning the project will be available at the project website.
Project website: www.creativityinpreschool.eu
This project has been co-financed by 
See
also: Final Report - Publication