This project is an action research where the participating preschools use pedagogical documentation as a tool of assessment and educational development evolving literacy and democracy. This project address several key competences outlined by the European Commission as well as supporting national curricula in the participating countries. The objectives of the project being: • To develop working methods evolving literacy concerning emergent literacy, mathematics, science, digital technology and culture and environmental awareness, as well as the meaning making of society . • To develop working methods evolving democracy, building bridges between formal and non formal learning contexts to maximize the interest, creativity and participation of the children in a motivational and student-centered cross curricular environment. • To be able to use pedagogical documentation as a tool of assessment. The total number of participating preschools will be 4 in as many countries. The preschools being Leikskólinn Holt in Iceland, Przedszkole nr 48 z Oddzialami Integracyjnymi W Zabrzu in Poland, the pre- and elementary school C.R.A. Alto Cidacos in Spain and Vrtec Trzic in Slovenia. The background of the project is a project addressing the very same issues taking place in the preschool Holt in Iceland in 2012-2013. The project would hence be complementary in regard to this former project now addressing the same issues but on an international level. To have the possibility to discuss these topics with other preschools in Europe, would add to the understanding of democracy and literacy, as well as having an impact on working methods and what competences to be addressed when working with democracy and literacy. There will be three transnational project meetings for planning and assessing the project, and for preparing a publication. Learning, teaching, training activities will take place four times during these two years, one taking place in each participating preschool. These activities would always include a day of job shadowing the daily work in the preschool and the opportunity to discuss pedagogical documentations from the participating countries, as well as learning courses and/or lectures and visits to other schools of interest in the vicinity. In between activities the project will progress in the different preschools using a website for mutual presentations and discussions. The project also include working with eTwinning, addressing certain topics involving literacy and democracy based upon the experiences during the learning, teaching, training events. The methodology of the project being an action research, it is vital for the preschools to apply time for discussions in order to: identify an area of practice to be investigated; imagine a solution; implement the solution; evaluate the solution and change practice in light of the evaluation (McNiff, 2002). The result of the project being institutionalization of teaching methods and developing teachers‘ attitudes concerning democracy and literacy, as well as using pedagogical documentations for assessments. References: McNiff, J. (2002). Action research for professional development: Concise advice for new action researchers. Viewed the 23rd of April 2014 á http://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp.