Prof. Dr Maruša Laure from the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, presented the activities of the RINKO project at the Fall-o-Ween Children’s Festival in Boston, USA. The event focused on exploring creative approaches to developing children’s foundational knowledge of computer science and informatics in a playful and accessible way. The festival attracted many children […]
Professors from the Faculty of Education at the University of Maribor involved in the RINKO project are actively participating in the international Peer Learning Activity (PLA) dedicated to digitalisation in early childhood education and care. On 21 October 2025, Assoc. Prof. Dr Darja Antolin Drešar from the Department of Preschool Education presented examples of good
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, we carried out professional training for educators at the Murska Sobota Kindergarten, titled “Effects of Computer Science and Informatics.”
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, members of the RINKO project participated in the international EECERA 2025 conference – Early Education for All: Celebrating Diversity and Seeking Inclusion.
In the Dobro jutro show on RTV Slovenia, the RINKO project was presented. The segment was filmed in the Kindergarten Laško, where they showed how children, even at an early age, can develop fundamental computer science knowledge through play and creative activities, without using screens or technology.
Within the RINKO project, we developed 60 teaching scenarios in ten participating kindergartens that introduce preschool children to the development of fundamental computer science knowledge.
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, a coordination meeting of DK/RIN (digital competences/computer science) development projects for the periods 2023–26 and 2024–26 took place in Ljubljana.
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, we carried out an inspiring professional training for educators entitled “Playful Learning of Fundamental Computer Science Knowledge in Kindergarten.”
We wish you a wonderful and peaceful Easter, full of joy and happiness! 🐣✨ For all the little explorers, we prepared a worksheet where children use algorithms to find where the animals belong. 🐤🐰🐑
Computational thinking is not just programming – it is a key skill for problem solving and logical reasoning.
