Picturing the Project Approach: Creative Explorations in Early Learning

When teachers implement the project approach to learning, young children can follow their own real-world interests to gain deeper understanding. Children wonder about a topic, formulate their questions, and then figure out the answers for themselves in their own way.

The project approach helps children dig deeply into intellectual and social experiences that can help them see meaningful benefits of the skills they are acquiring. Picturing the Project Approach will lead teachers every step of the way toward incorporating this teaching method in any toddler, preschool or elementary classroom. Teachers will learn how to:

• Identify a topic
• Decide on a project
• Develop the project
• Share the learning
• Bring the project to a close
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• Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years (Early Childhood Education Series)
• Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach
• Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children (Loose Parts Series)
• Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner's Guide for American Teachers
• Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments (Loose Parts Series)
• Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments: Creating, Supporting, and Collaborating
• The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children's Learning
• Wonder Art Workshop: Creative Child-Led Experiences for Nurturing Imagination, Curiosity, and a Love of Learning