Preschool Teacher and Primary School Teacher Training Course | Best Strategies

Description

This preschool teacher and primary school teacher training course is built for educators who want to be inspired, and get new ideas. After the course you’ll have a classroom full of playful, fun, and meaningful learning, the kind of lessons and games children genuinely enjoy, without spending hours planning or drowning in paperwork. The course offers a perfect blend of activities from kindergarten to primary school.

Throughout the week, participants explore a rich set of practical activities, games, and adaptable lesson formats that make learning feel interesting and engaging for young children. The training blends drama based games and activities to support communication, confidence, and social-emotional growth, as well as Kamishibai theatre as a creative and structured way to spark storytelling, language development, and curiosity. Teachers will also experience age-appropriate STEM learning through hands-on discovery and simple challenges that build problem-solving, teamwork, and “let’s try again” thinking.

The course also focuses on saving time with digital and AI-supported tools for administration and paperwork: streamlining lesson planning, documentation, basic reporting, and routine communication,

You won’t leave with ideas only. You’ll leave with ready-made materials, reusable templates, and a clear implementation plan, so you can deliver great lessons quickly and confidently. This is the ultimate course for preschool (kindergarten) and primary teachers who want new ideas, happy, active classrooms, strong learning outcomes, and less admin stress.

Check out this course on European School Education Platform a meeting point for the school education community: https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/learn/courses/preschool-teacher-and-primary-school-teacher-training-course-best-strategies (7-day course) or https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/learn/courses/preschool-teacher-and-primary-school-teacher-training-course-best-strategies-5-days (5-day course)

Learning outcomes

By the end of this preschool (kindergarten) teacher and primary school teacher training course, participants will be able to:

• Plan playful kindergarten and primary school lessons that children enjoy, with clear learning goals and smooth classroom flow.
• Use drama based games and activities to strengthen communication, confidence, collaboration, and participation.
• Integrate Kamishibai theatre into drama and storytelling to support language development, creativity, and SEL.
• Deliver age-appropriate STEM learning through hands-on exploration that builds curiosity, problem-solving, and teamwork.
• Design realistic project-based learning for young learners using short, manageable project cycles.
• Streamline administration and paperwork with digital and AI-supported workflows for planning, documentation, and routine communication.
• Leave with ready-made materials and templates

Tentative schedule

Day 1 – Introduction to the playful course

• Welcome event; presenting participants, their schools, cities, countries
• Presenting host organization and the city
• Getting to know each other: Icebreakers
• Introduction to the course and the schedule

Day 2 – Playful foundations and mindful classroom routines

• Creating a fun, structured learning atmosphere children enjoy
• Playful routines, learning-through-movement, smooth transitions
• Mindful mini-routines for focus, calm, and classroom wellbeing
• Guided walking tour (available for all courses)

Day 3 – Drama-based games and mindful SEL

• Drama based games and activities for communication, confidence, and cooperation
• SEL through safe role-play, discussion prompts, and group agreements
• Mindful techniques that support self-regulation and emotional vocabulary

Day 4 – Drama and storytelling with Kamishibai theatre

• Connecting Kamishibai theatre with drama and storytelling for high engagement
• Using story structures to teach empathy, values, and classroom community (SEL)
• Creating reusable storytelling resources without extra workload

Daily outcome: a storytelling sequence template + reusable classroom materials plan

Day 5 – STEM, Project-Based Learning that children love

• Hands-on STEM discovery through playful challenges and collaboration
• Project-based learning in realistic timeframes (short cycles for early years)
• Building curiosity, persistence, and teamwork (with simple evidence of learning)

Day 6 – Digital & AI tools

• Digital and AI-supported workflows for planning, documentation, differentiation, communication
• Responsible use and privacy basics for schools
• Integrating the week into a mindful, engaging “ready Monday” plan

Day 7 – Reflection, Action Planning, and Certification

• Presenting a practical action plan for implementing learned activities,methods and strategies in their classrooms.
• Feedback sharing, and networking opportunities to support ongoing collaboration and professional growth
• Certificate awards