Summer Camps Protection, Leraning and Fun!

III. Methodological competence: organization and planning
Planning
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Animators have a planned written lesson plan.
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Animators have prepared the necessary material which is close-by and ready to 
be used.
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Animators have chosen a place and material which are safe for children.
Division of the lesson
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Animators have concisely planned for all three phases/sections of the activity.
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Animators have planned each phase/section of the lesson/activity with appropriate 
exercises and/or games.
Time management
• 
Animators have set an appropriate time for each part/phase of the activity and 
respected it.
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Animators have respected the time available/set.
IV. Methodological competence: participation and variety 
Participation
• 
Animators have divided the group in several smaller groups in order to enable 
children to be active at all times.
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Children are always active in the exercises, there is very few waiting time.
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Children have the opportunity to play every role in a game.
Variety
• 
Animators vary the organization between individual, in pair, small groups and 
whole group activities.
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Exercises have an appropriate duration period which avoids activities from being 
too long or short.
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Imagination
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Children are motivated and have fun during the activity.
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Children’s imagination is stimulated further.
• Animators have made an effort to find original exercises and games.
V. Methodological competence: objectives and progression
Objectives
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Animators have communicated clear objectives to the children at the beginning 
of the lesson/activity.
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Animators have set clear physical objectives to be met during a lesson/activity.
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Animators have set clear psychosocial objectives to be met during a lesson/
activity.
• The objectives are adapted to the age group (not too easy, not too difficult).
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The objectives can be observed as clear behaviours.
Progression
• The exercises/activities increase in difficulty throughout the lesson.
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There is a logical link between the exercises/activities.
• Children can learn through successive steps (no final form without preparation).