Smart Teachers Play More in Spain: How to integrate play, movement, and well-being in education
Discover the Smart Teachers Play More approach in Alicante, Spain. This 7-day course blends movement, storytelling, and mindfulness to create dynamic, engaging classrooms. Designed for primary and early secondary educators, it offers inclusive strategies to enhance well-being, foster cognitive growth, and boost academic achievement, featuring adaptable activities and inspiring beach sessions.
Description
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Enhance teaching practices with the Smart Teachers Play More (STPM) approach—a unique method combining play, movement, and mindfulness to improve student engagement and well-being. Designed by Kristín Einarsdóttir and Sarah Jane Anthony, experts with over 20 years of experience in European education, the course integrates multisensory activities to support visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. Backed by the latest research in neuroscience, participants will explore physical games, storytelling techniques, and calming strategies to teach academic subjects through play. Educators leave with practical resources, tools, and gamification ideas to create inclusive, interactive classrooms. Through collaborative planning and cultural activities, participants develop confidence to implement STPM techniques and build partnerships for future projects.
Learning objectives
- Apply play and movement strategies to teach academic concepts effectively.
- Enhance student well-being through positive psychology, mindfulness, and physical activities that foster focus, emotional balance, and resilience.
- Explore storytelling techniques to encourage creativity, engagement, and effective communication.
- Use multisensory learning tools to support visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles.
- Develop activities and lesson plans incorporating play, movement, and gamification for dynamic classroom environments.
- Embrace eco-choice practices by upcycling materials and using natural resources to help students value sustainability and engage more fully in learning.
- Reflect on practice and design an action plan for implementing STPM strategies effectively.
- Build international partnerships to promote collaboration and support future Erasmus+ projects.
Methodology & assessment
Peer collaboration: Exchange best practices, insights, and innovative ideas with European educators, fostering meaningful professional connections and shared growth.
Digital collaboration: Utilise digital tools to share resources, facilitate group reflections, and support vision planning and evaluation, enhancing teamwork and digital literacy skills.
Vision planning: Create and present action plans for classroom transformation.
Cultural activities: Explore Spanish traditions and outdoor natural and urban environments.
Assessment tools: Reflection, feedback, and goal-setting support continuous learning.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
Your well-being is our top priority, and we are committed to making your Erasmus+ mobility experience exceptional. To help you prepare and get to know us better, we’ve put together a range of resources under the following links:
Certification details
- Certificate of Attendance
- Europass Mobility Document
- Learning Agreement (if applicable)
- Any additional documentation required by your National Europass Agency or National Office.
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:595Euro
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Course package content:
• Interactive, high quality pedagogy and training.
• Course material and "classroom ready" activities to take away.
• Quality sharing good practice and networking opportunities.
• Expert support before, during and after your course mobility.
• Suitable venues in stunning destinations.
• Cultural evening, outdoor learning in Altea and local castle
• Local advice and support before and during your stay, including a discount
for a local hotel close to our course centre.
• Refreshments at breaktime.
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
You can find our registration, payment, and cancellation policy here.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Early childhood education (ISCED 0)Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
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Target audience type:TeacherStudent TeacherTeacher Educator
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Learning time:25 hours or more
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