This document shows how we, the Erasmus plus project MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL LEARNING IN EARLY YEARS – MUTUAL, implemented our results, the models and approaches for the integration and inclusion of children with refugee/migrant background.
The document provides valuable evidence on how different inclusive approaches can be used for better understanding of different backgrounds of the kids in the classroom. Examples address a range of important issues, including migration and identity, language and belonging, social and emotional competence of young children, the role of early years teacher and the power enabling environment with visual, auditory and kinaesthetic opportunities to learn. The practices have also been successful in developing improved models of collaboration between the different actors, including parents, nurseries, educational authorities, childcare professionals, teachers and sometimes policymakers. The key element of the success of the initiative has been that local solutions have been developed in order to ensure the sustainability of the initiative in each of the participating countries as well as wider.