The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms - Strategies and Solutions

Early Childhood Education

by Judy Harris Helm (Editor), Sallee Beneke (Editor)

This timely volume will help teachers on the front line to tackle the key challenges they face in today’s classrooms with children ages 3–8. The authors show how good project work can provide solutions to problems that seem overwhelming to many teachers of young children. In The Power of Projects , a group of educators including Lilian 1. Overcoming the ill effects of poverty 2. Moving young children towards literacy 3. Responding to children’s special needs 4. Helping children learn a second language 5. Meeting standards effectively.

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms ~ Strategies & Solutions is a powerful teacher's guide to planning learning projects as part of the classroom curriculum. Judy Harris-Helm and Sallee Beneke do a great job showing sample projects and every step of planning that is easily transferable to any subject area to be taught from preschool into the lower elementary grades. The new guidelines for classroom teachers places emphasis on hands-on experiences and problem solving skills, so using projects planned in detail and executed by the children with guidance from the teacher is an excellent method to increase these skills and independent thinking skills. This is an excellent resource for teachers.

I want to thank the National Association for the Education of Young Children for my copy of The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms ~ Strategies & Solutions that I received as part of my membership package.