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• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: How Children Really Learn
• Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes
• Learning Is in the Brain
• Connected Learning
• Synaptic Junctions
• Brain Structures
• Pruning
• Respecting Child Thinking
• Play as Mental Development
• Pillars of the Mind
• Using What We Know
• 1. Projects and Young Children
• The Project Approach
• Intellectual Competencies of the Early Years
• More on 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’ Fears of Science
• Investigating Nature
• Sharing Nature Projects to Educate Others
• The Canada Goose Project
• 9. Project Investigations as STEAM Experiences
• STEAM and the Project Approach
• STEAM Disciplines
• The Airplane Project
• STEAM in the Airplane Project
• 10. Responding to Challenges Teachers Face in Project Work
• “Yes, But” Thinking
• Focusing on Teacher Decision Points
• Final Thoughts From the Authors
• Color Plates
• References
• Index
• About the Authors
• Project Planning Journal