Project Work by Our Children
The Project Approach is an approach to teaching that is used at the IVCC Early Childhood Education Center.
What is a Project?
| Lilian Katz offers the following definition of a
project: "A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic
worth learning more about. The investigation is usually
undertaken by a small group of children within a class, sometimes
by a whole class, and occasionally by an individual child. The
key feature of a project is that it is a research effort
deliberately focused on finding answers to questions about a topic
posed either by the children, the teacher, or the teacher working
with the children. The goal of a project is to learn more
about the topic rather than to seek right answers to questions posed
by the teacher."
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Projects from our Center
Projects conducted by the children at our center can be seen in several publications, a video and in the hallway displays.
The Insect Project '98
The Pet Store Project '99
The Library Project '99
The Musical Instrument Project '00
Pizza Project '01
The Greenhouse Project '02
Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3
The Bird Project '03
The Fish Project '04
The Frog Project '04
The Office Project '05
The Greenhouse Project '06
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