Archaeology in Early Childhood Education classrooms for teachers in training: proposals and teaching resources based on La Casa de Hippolytus (Complutum, Alcalá de Henares)

The interdisciplinary nature of archeology and its manipulative, experimental and experiential characteristics are what make it ideal for working with student groups in the second cycle of Early Childhood Education. The teacher must work on spatial and temporal competencies, in a certain way, somewhat abstract and complex for these young students. However, with the use and implementation of activities related to archeology, whether in the classroom, site or museums, students will be able to better assimilate these contents, in a playful, investigative and creative way. In this work, a Roman site, La Casa de Hippolytus (Complutum, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid) is presented as an example. This old college will serve as a base for the teaching of Social, Experimental, Mathematical, Linguistic, Plastic and Visual Sciences, through the different teaching resources that can be applied. This type of active teaching methodologies such as manipulative, imaginative, reflective activities, will generate significant and experiential learning in the students, so highly valued today.