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Illinois Early Learning Project (IEL) Chats and "Ask an Expert" Events

• The Project Approach: Display and Documentation Techniques (Sylvia Chard)
  http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/chard/index.htm
• Doing Projects with Children at Home (Judy Harris Helm)
  http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/helm2006/sup.htm
• The Project Approach and the Early Learning Standards (Sallee Beneke)
  http://illinoisearlylearning.org/chat/beneke2005/index.htm

IEL Tip Sheets

• Click here for a listing of the IEL Project Approach Tip Sheets.

 ERIC/EECE Digests (archived on the CEEP Web site)

• The Project Approach
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1994/lk-pro94.html
• The Contribution of Documentation to the Quality of Early Childhood Education
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1996/lkchar96.html
• Issues in Selecting Topics for Projects
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1998/katzpr98.html

Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP) Articles

• Implementing the Project Approach in Part-time Early Childhood Education Programs
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/beneke.html
• The Project Approach: Meeting the State Standards
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/schuler.html
• Changing Classroom Practice to Include the Project Approach
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v8n2/clark.html
• Dynamic Aims: The Use of Long-term Projects in Early Childhood Classrooms in Light of Dewey’s Educational Philosophy
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/glassman.html
• Linking Standards and Engaged Learning in the Early Years
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/helm.html
• Continuity and Purpose in the Design of Meaningful Project Work
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/mcaninch.html
• The Effects of Project Work in a First-Grade Classroom: A Little Goes a Long Way
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/dresden.html
• From Themes to Projects
  http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n1/chard.html
  

Publications

Free on the Web:

The Project Approach catalogs, which contain project descriptions as well as articles related to project work, are available at no cost on the Clearinghouse for Early Education and Parenting Web site. The first three catalogs, edited by Judy Harris Helm, were prepared for the annual meetings of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The fourth catalog was prepared for a meeting of the Midwest Association for the Education of Young Children.

• Project Approach Catalog
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/project.html
• Project Approach Catalog 2
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/projcat2.html
• Project Approach Catalog 3
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/projcat3.html
• Project Approach Catalog 4
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/projcat4.html

For Sale:

Rearview Mirror: Reflections on a Preschool Car Project (2004), by Sallee Beneke
This DVD documents the work of a master preschool teacher, her co-teachers, student teachers, and young children as they explored the automotive laboratory adjacent to their classroom at a community college in Illinois.

• DVD, $15 (the DVD also contains an electronic copy of the original book).

Orders may be placed by telephone, fax, or U.S. mail.

See the Publications Order Form
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/pubsorder.html

Other Resources

• University Primary School Project Information: The Project Approach
  http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/curriculum2001/projapp.html
  University Primary uses the Project Approach as part of its curriculum and includes information about the Project Approach on its Web site.
• Best Practices, Inc. Project Information
  http://www.bestpracticesinc.net
  This Web site offers numerous resources on the Project Approach. Of special interest will be the Resources section.
• Project Approach Home Page
  http://www.projectapproach.org
  This Home Page, maintained by Dr. Sylvia Chard, Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education at the University of Alberta, presents information on the Project Approach.

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Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative