If you don’t already know this about me, I am a huge fan of the Reggio Emilia approach for early childhood ed. It has strong roots in allowing the child to initiate his own learning, as he is given the space to explore the world around him with all of his senses. In this context,…
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?…
