This post is PART 2 of my “how-to” series on Long Term Projects. In this post, I will be sharing all about continuing long term project work. That is, branching off the original starting topic of a project to expand and apply knowledge in other areas. This piece of project work is critical in order…
Starting a long term project with young children is more challenging than it sounds. Knowing how and where to start is only the beginning! Questions I’ve often come across include: How do I gear the work down to the child(ren)’s level? How much do I control the direction/outcome? How do I maintain focus and attention?…
Here’s a little tour of the set up we have at home. I have always been a believer that the environment is just as much a teacher as the teacher herself, because the set up and offerings of the environment lead the child to much of what he or she chooses to engage it. Therefore,…
