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Project Approach teachers strive to create learning environments that truly value and support children's capacities for complex thought. At the heart of the approach is the goal of engaging children in interesting, personal, meaningful investigations of their world.

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Challenging in using the Project Approach

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Challenging in using the Project Approach

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1. Balance skill and interest based classroom activities.
2. Foster an atmosphere of curiosity and discovery
3. Provide ample opportunities for active, hands on learning
3. Maintain and open link between school and home.
5. Support children's play as a vehicle for learning.

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Graphing, measuring, drawing, labeling

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Primary Sources: Children gather firsthand experiences

Books and online sources, or Secondary Sources, are used in concert with primary sources to round out children's understanding.

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-What do we know?
-What do we want to know?
-How can we find out?
-What did we learn?

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1. Knowledge
2. Skills
3. Dispositions
4. Feelings

These four learning goals are interconnected.

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Framework: Children's learning experiences are optimized when they are actively engaged in meaningful, authentic explorations of their day to day world. As the classroom view indicates, children who learn through this method are investigating topics that are meaningful to them.

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Many of the key elements of the Project Approach are not necessarily new. Teachers at both preschool and primary grade levels are now making connections between project learning and state standards. This includes a balance between skill-based and interest based learning.

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1. The importance of creating authentic learning environments: flow naturally from the context of daily experiences

2. Nature imagination and engage children's senses

3. Teachers act as guides and facilitators to engage children in personally meaningful, interesting investigations that promote learning.

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The Project Approach: Active Inquiry

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Personal stories are at the center of the literacy curriculum. Students have the opportunity to share personal stories, adding details.

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Students are engaged in learning how to socialize and communicate with other people.

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A five year old child should not be expected to spell conventionally correct.

Rather, students should build interest through writing. From there, the way that they write helps a teacher key in on their development in their reading and writing.

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Students are engaged in Technology.

The center has installed smartboard in every classroom to increase literacy effort.

Students can manipulate and take responsibility for their learning.

Technology has taken the center to another level.

When students have questions, they can get information, pictures, and videos with a click of the mouse.

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1. Cooperation
2. Problem Solving
3. Critical Thinking

^These are all pieces to making up a day.

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1. Develop a plan
2. Carry the plan through.
3. Writing about it.

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Students are highly motivated because they are doing activities for a purpose.

Engagement levels are high.

Students are learning through dramatic curriculum.

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The theme for each project evolves out of the natural curiosity of students.

Students guide themselves to resource to help focus learning.

Teachers pose questions: Ex: How do we get to Brazil?

Students use text and resources to get information.

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Students and staff busy engaged in adventures.

Lifelong learning exploration.

Serving 500 3-5 year old students.

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Students have a authentic purpose for learning.

Students are working independently to be a problem solver.

Students are excited about the process of learning.

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Authentic, real purpose for learning.

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Video: Introduction to Project Approach

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Five-Year-Olds Pilot Their Own Project Learning