The involvement of infants in the natural sciences is considered necessary, because young children seem to form very early on the first ideas, interpretations, theories about the concepts and phenomena of the physical world and they are therefore able to approach relevant issues at a first level. The purpose of this paper is to design and evaluate activities aimed at investigating preterm infants' perceptions of concepts that define the environmental dimension of light and comparing them with the new perceptions that infants form after teaching intervention. The method followed is the project...

In recent years, the Project method and the interdisciplinary approach to knowledge in Kindergarten are the pillars of preschool education both in Greece and abroad. This book contains 4 articles that present ways of implementing environmental education as well as Health Education in kindergarten using Project Method, interdisciplinary approaches of knowledge and New Technologies. Specifically, the titles of the articles are the following:1. The insects: An Environmental Education Program, 2. "The climate is changing": A didactic scenario of an environmental education program in kindergarten,...