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Description
Decription
Svanhild’s Travels is a Norwegian learning concept for daycare children, which promotes understanding
of nature and sustainable consumption habits and choices, through the use of storytelling. It includes
teaching materials for daycare centers and interactive web- and mobile applications, which can be used
by both daycare centers, preschool children and their parents.
In the concept, Svanhild, a well-known Norwegian storybook figure, is used to tell stories from which
children can learn about sustainable consumption and nature in an inspiring and positive way. Attitudes
toward the environment are created early, which is why preschool age children are especially targeted
by the concept. The Svanhild’s Travels learning concept aims to inspire children to learn about
sustainability and to teach that each person can have an impact on the environment by making
sustainable choices. The goal is to engage children and parents on an emotional level in order to create
a mindset that inspires good consumer choices.
Major achievements
The activity pack has been distributed to approximately 600 daycare centers. The concept was initially
tested in several daycare centers and the feedback received was very positive. Exact numbers are not
available for how many families or children use the applications, but feedback received from the users
so far has so far has been positive.
Challenges and potential for further development Limited funds have been available to communicate
the concept. More resources would be needed for getting the material to daycare centers and for
communicating the concept more effectively.
