Library workshop of teaching Italian to children: learning through playing

Abstract

During the Week of Italian Culture organised by the Pedagogical University of Cracow a library workshop of teaching the Italian language to preschool children was arranged. The program was based on Bobles, activating the linguistic memory through physical activation, and included three games which were supposed to help the children to memorise, in an accessible way, the names of colours, animals, and some basic expressions in Italian. Moreover, the children also participated in the artistic part of the workshop and the revision part. Events like these are not only an unconventional attempt at teaching a foreign language to children, but also a great example of active participation of libraries in the process of education of the youngest user.