Experience Workshop Tests Poly-Universe Exercises at Vastatuulen Daycare
Continuing our active research phase in Jyväskylä, in February 2026 Experience Workshop visited Vastatuulen daycare to conduct another pilot session for the Erasmus+ KA2 project, EARLY-POLY. This project explores the use of the innovative Poly-Universe toolkit in preschool education, aiming to create a comprehensive guide for teachers working with children aged 3-10.
Poly-Universe Excercises at The Fox Nest Daycare
In the middle of February 2026, Experience Workshop visited the local English-speaking daycare, The Fox Nest. The visit was a key milestone in our ongoing Erasmus+ KA2 project, EARLY-POLY. This project explores the use of the innovative Poly-Universe toolkit in preschool education, aiming to create a comprehensive guide for teachers working with children aged 3-10.
Announcing the EARLY-POLY Methodological Study Book: A New Resource for STEAM Education
The Methodological Study book for the ERASMUS+ EARLYPOLY project is now published free-to-use. This comprehensive resource is now available in both English and Hungarian. Experience Workshop is proud to have contributed as a project partner, with our STEAM director, Dr Kristóf Fenyvesi, shaping the STEAM methodological foundation of this work.
EARLY-POLY peer-to-peer meeting and training in France
The project’s international partners convened in September 2025 for a in-person working session. The meeting was hosted by our French partner, the Espace de l’Art Concret (EAC), in the beautiful setting of Mouans-Sartoux, France.
Erasmus+ Finland 2025 by Convitto Nazionale Benevento School from Italy
Take a look at the following video created by teachers and students from Convitto Nazionale Benevento School from Italy which came to Jyväskylä in October 2025 for a week long combined mobility of job shadowing teachers, students and teachers participating in a teacher training course.
AI-in-Education Beyond Scale Training Week in Beijing
Our STEAM Director, Dr. Kristof Fenyvesi, recently returned from Beijing, where he led a one-week intensive programme on AI in education for 100 teachers from some of the city’s leading primary and secondary schools. Rather than isolated pilot projects or experimental future classrooms, the visit revealed a coordinated and systemic transformation already taking place across one of the world’s largest school systems.
Project-Based Learning Webinar Supporting the Sino-Finnish School Partnership
Experience Workshop continues to facilitate the connection between Hua Yuan Primary School in Beijing and Jyskä Primary School in Jyväskylä. This sister school partnership began with a successful visit in 2024 and the schools are now looking forward to the second visit in 2026.