As part of the music box, we decided to highlight the pupils’ mother tongues. Whether or not they are native speakers, many of them speak at least a second language at home and we felt it was important to share them with the class. We asked the parents of the pupils to teach us nursery …
“When you eat, you talk a lot and you can tell a lot of stories. Cooking is one way of saying where you come from, of telling your own story.” Nariné is Armenian. To come to France, she gave up her job as an economist because her degree was not valued. In 2018, she met …
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European project “Day 1 in Europe” had an important chapter that took place in Bègles (near Bordeaux) France, from April the 6th to the 8th. Training, events, and an international meeting, a three-day training allowed all participants to reflect on their own, and for Europe, a better approach to accepting allophone children. Clearly, it is …
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The main mission of the DAY ONE IN EUROPE project is to promote the inclusion of migrant children through exploring native languages and cultures. Partners from France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Ireland and Malta are working together on producing outputs that can be used further by the teachers who will then have methodologies and tools to …
The aim of the “lunch box” is to link the food and the acquisition of the host country’s language, as well as to enrich children’s education about food and taste with an anthropologically based approach. Since eating makes people happy, once food and cooking are involved, people tend to be more accepting of new experiences. …
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We’re not letting the language be a barrier for children to feel included. We are showing ways to communicate through music, food, writing and play and allowing children to showcase their own culture and who they are.
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