Project Learning
Preschoolers can do project learning. In Mission Friends project learning is what Missions Explorers is all about. It’s fun, and it’s easy. And it’s optional. Here are some things to remember when doing projects with young children:
Set up a special area in your classroom for project learning. Include necessary supplies and additional materials such as brochures, books, teaching pictures (many are on the Internet), and a box, pocket folder, or large envelope where preschoolers can keep their work.
Label supplies and keep them in separate boxes such as one for crayons, one for scissors, one for paper, etc.
As preschoolers investigate and learn more about their project, make a list of what they have learned on chart paper. Or have them draw what they have investigated and done on butcher paper. Preschoolers can draw or write about their findings.
Be sure to have a time for sharing what preschoolers have learned while working on their project(s). Invite parents and guests to attend the Project Presentation.
Look at the picture of the bilboquet [beel-boh-KAY] at right. Say: This was a favorite game of the French Canadians and the Inuit people. The game’s name comes from two French words. The word bille means ball. The word bouquet means small piece of wood.