Judy Harris Helm heads her own educational consulting and
training company, Best Practices, Inc., in Brimfield, Illinois. Her
books include Becoming Young Thinkers: Deep Project Work in the
Classroom; The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges
in Early Childhood Classrooms?Strategies and Solutions; and Windows
on Learning: Documenting Young Children's Work, Second Edition.
Lilian G. Katz is past president of the National Association
for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and professor emerita
at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Everything you could possibly need to start a project is covered in
this book, so start investigating!- Association for Childhood
Education International (of first edition);
""As an elementary school principal and former teacher educator, I
highly recommend this book. It is an essential professional
development tool for promoting effective teaching and learning. The
content of the book centralizes authentic, student-driven project
work that leads to positive outcomes for elementary and early
childhood students.""- Tricia DeGraff, Principal, Academy for
Integrated Arts;
Praise for Previous Editions:
“Everything you could possibly need to start a project is covered
in this book, so start investigating!”- Association for Childhood
Education International;
“A readable and extremely valuable book…includes a planning journal
with step-by-step guidance for doing a first project with young
children.”- Child Care Plus;
“Along with tips on how to get started and successfully carry out
this approach, readers will find methodologies for maintaining
curricular standards and utilizing technology.”- ENC Focus;
“This practical book is full of good ideas for teachers developing
investigative projects with the youngest children. A powerful
resource, it combines sound educational theory with many ways to
support and document learning.”- Sylvia C. Chard, University of
Alberta, Canada;
“In this beautifully written book, the reader takes a journey,
discovering the many answers to the why, what, and how questions
about the project approach. In addition to providing the essential
how-to guidebook for projects, Helm and Katz address today’s
burning issues?standards, evaluation, special populations, and
relation to the larger curriculum.”- Sue Bredekamp, Council for
Professional Recognition
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