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All About Gardens
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The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 25.A.ECc
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From Door to Door: A Project about Doors and Gates
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Getting Ready to Read and Write in Childcare
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The Horse Project
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Investigating Wheels
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Learning about a Stethoscope
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Literacy across the Preschool Curriculum
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Magnets and Cars
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Mack Reads His Book
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Natural Illinois: Birds
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Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started
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Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 2—Organizing the Children’s Web
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Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 1—Creating the Children’s Web
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Things to Sit On
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Up Up and Away: The Airplane Project
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Using Predictable Books with Young Children
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What’s Next? Predictions at Story Time
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Young Authors at Work: Story Dictations
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