10. Final Thoughts. The Project Approach -- Benefits of Projects in the Early Years -- Intellectual Competencies of the Early Years -- Building Mind and Brain Capacity -- Guiding Projects with Young Children -- 2. Getting Started -- Issues in Selecting Topics for Projects -- Anticipatory Teacher Planning -- Building Common Experiences -- Finding Out What Children Already Know -- Developing Questions for Investigation -- Setting Up the Classroom for Investigation -- The Next Phase -- 3. Developing the Project -- Beginning Phase II -- Preparing for Investigation -- Moving into Investigation -- 4. Investigation -- Field-Site Visits -- Debriefing -- Moving into Phase III -- 5. Concluding the Project -- Culminating the Project -- The Power of Documentation -- Types of Documentation -- Using Materials and Equipment for Documentation -- Distilling Documentation -- Evaluating the Project -- 6. Preschoolers Engaged and Learning -- The Camera Project -- Learning as a Journey -- 7. Using the Project Approach with Toddlers -- The Fire Hydrant Project -- The Sign Project -- Diverse Pathways to Rich Experiences -- 8. How Projects Can Connect Children with Nature -- Thinking about Children's Contact with Nature -- Finding a Project Topic on Nature -- Overcoming Teachers' Fear of Science -- Investigating Nature -- Sharing Nature Projects to Educate Others -- The Canada Goose Project -- 9. Project Investigations as STEM Experiences -- STEM and the Project Approach -- STEM Disciplines -- The Airplane Project -- STEM in the Airplane Project -- 10. "Yes, but" Thinking and Project Work -- Responding to Challenges Teachers Face -- Final Thoughts.
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