Acknowledgements

Thanks To Schools, Teachers, Children

Thank you to prof. dr. Hilde Colpin (KU Leuven), prof. dr. Karine Verschueren (KU Leuven), dr. Sofie Wouters (KU Leuven) and dr. Sanne Van Craeyevelt to be the inspiration and the scientific anchor for Playing-2-gether for so many years.

Thank you to Maai Huyse (UCLL), Els Bertrands (UCLL), Katrijn Vastmans (KU Leuven, Windekind vzw) for your help with the translation of Playing-2-gether to the Flemish classroom.

Thank you to dr. Greet Decin (UCLL) for making this Erasmus+ KA2 project possible. Without your help, we would not have gotten this fund!

Thank you to Robin and Michel of Klasse magazine, the project Kleine kinderen grote kansen and Miss Jelke (school SBS De Regenboog, Erembodegem) to make the inspiring movie on teacher-child relationships possible. This was a once in a lifetime experience!

Thank you to all the participating Flemish preschoolers, teachers, principals, coordinators, teacher trainers… for all your effort. We enjoyed watching you grow!

For Slovakia

Thank you to Materská škola Družstevná 22, Šalato teachers Dana and Dagmar for their interest and effort and to all children participating in the project.

For the Netherlands

Thank you to the Huizinga school and preschool. Many thanks to the participating preschoolers, their teachers, their parents, the principals, coordinators, and teacher trainers. You showed us that inclusive education is within reach.

For Portugal

Thank you to the institutions of Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Maia that participated in the project: Creche/Pré-Escolar de Vermoim e Creche/Pré-Escolar de Pedrouços. A special thanks to the pre-school teachers (namelly Alberta Fernandes), children, pedagogical directors and parents for all the learning opportunities that were created throughout the project.