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Traditional children’s games inspire end of the school year…

The Comprehensive Institute of Trinitapoli, in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy, celebrated the end of the school year with an initiative lead by the PLAY! partners A.S.D. Margherita Sport e Vita (MSV) as part of the project.

Children aged 10-12 participated in a series of traditional games, replacing board and mobile phone / video games, such as skipping rope or the skipping the elastic.

MSV Youth Active Groups (YAGs) Coordinator Felice Carano led the three-day initiative aimed at bringing back games that are passed from generation to generation, informally, and that also include physical skill, strategy, chance, repetition of patterns, creativity, among other skills that transferable also the children’s day-to-day life.

“These games helpedchildren understand the importance of socialising and playing together and has a great impact in relationship-building and inter-generational exchanges between son, parents and teachers.” said Spartaco Grieco, MSV project coordinator.

The day also included activities on food education, bringing also back some of the most traditional and nutritional snacks for children.  

Sport for Families event held in Padova during European…

On 30th September 2018, partner GEA organized a Sport for Families event in Prato della Valle, Padova, within the European Week of Sport, a great opportunity to disseminate information of PLAY.

The event is part of another Erasmus+ Sport project “P.A.RE.N.T.S  – Physical Activity, RElations & Networking, within families Through Sport”, that aims at promoting sport, health, solidarity and volunteering for and with the families. In a full day event where all can freely discover various sports and other activities, learn, play and have fun together, GEA hosted an entire area of the square dedicated to sport for families, games sports and information about wellbeing, volunteering and inclusion through sport for children, youth and families, GEA volunteers spreaded and disseminated flyers and information among kids, families, teachers and volunteers about our PLAY project, whose objectives are coherent and relevant with the day.

The event was held within the Fair of Volunteering of Padua’s province organized by CSV (Centro Servizi Volontariato), CSI (Centro Sportivo Italiano) and Padua’s Municipality, with the participation of 15.000 people and the active involvement of more than 250 volunteering associations.