Perspectives on the Project Approach

This blog focuses on using the Project Approach in early childhood settings.

Surveys for the Win! Building Investigation and Language Skills
Kim Burd and Laura De Luca
03/2025
Gaining Confidence in the Project Approach
Cecilia Mintz
01/2025
Food for Thought
Sallee Beneke
11/2024
Topic Webs and Project Work
Sallee Beneke
05/2024
Knowledge Versus Understanding
Sallee Beneke
05/2024
Exploring Project Work Through the Eyes of Toddlers and Twos
Sallee Beneke
03/2022
Focused Explorations and the Project Approach
Sallee Beneke
06/2021
Universal Design for Learning and Project Work
Sallee Beneke
08/2020
Selecting Useful Topics for Projects
Sallee Beneke
08/2020
Doing Projects With Families From a Distance
Sallee Beneke
05/2020
Coaching Others in Implementing the Project Approach
Sallee Beneke
10/2019
Adjusting Pace and Location of Project Work
Sallee Beneke
06/2018
Project Work as a Context for Social Development
Lilian Katz
06/2017
Project Work Engages Young Children’s Intellects
Lilian Katz
08/2016
Accreditation Renewal Sparks an Anti-bias Journey
Debra Brownson
03/2016
Making Preliminary Field Trips
Sallee Beneke
11/2015
The “Bottom-up” Perspective on the Quality of an Early Childhood Program
Lilian Katz
10/2015
Giving a Project a Narrative Title
Lilian Katz
05/2014
Thoughts on Project Work with Children Who Have Special Needs
Jeffrey S. Ekena
03/2014
Math and the Project Approach
Sallee Beneke
01/2014
Documentation: The Basics, Part 2
Lilian Katz
04/2013
A Multiage Project on “How Things Work”: An Unexpected Adventure
Ali Lewis
03/2013
Documentation: The Basics, Part 1
Lilian Katz
02/2013
Following the Child’s Lead
Sallee Beneke
12/2012
Project Work in a Program Serving Highly Diverse Communities
Kathy Villano
10/2012
The Project Approach and the CLASS Observation Tool
Sallee Beneke
06/2012
Discussing Project Work with Children in Inclusive Classrooms
Sallee Beneke
02/2012
Project Topics in Neighborhoods Where Safety Is a Major Concern
Lilian Katz
02/2012
Displaying Documentation: Providing Supports for the Viewer of the Display
Sallee Beneke
10/2011
Some Benefits of Multiage Grouping
Lilian Katz
09/2011
Developing a Class Album
Lilian Katz
05/2011
Two Approaches to Implementation of the Project Approach
Sallee Beneke
04/2011
Successful Long-Term Implementation of Projects
Debra Brownson
03/2011
Merging the Project Approach with Other Curricula
Laurie Rhodes
01/2011
Organize High-Quality Professional Development on the Project Approach in Your Own Backyard
Sallee Beneke
12/2010
Responding to Children’s Interest in a Topic
Lilian Katz
11/2010
Props, Teachers, and Projects: Engaging Learners in Representational Play
Sallee Beneke
10/2010
Beginning a Center-Wide Commitment to Project Work
Andrea Anderson
10/2010
Moving from Thematic Units to Projects
Sallee Beneke
07/2010
The Question Table
Lilian Katz
04/2010
Flexibility and the Project Approach
Aissa Norris
03/2010
Journey into the Project Approach
Vicki Larson
10/2009
Projects that Strengthen Children’s Sense of their Communities
Lilian Katz
10/2009
Materials for Representation in Project Work
Sallee Beneke
09/2009
A Project on Trees: Suggestions for Teachers
Lilian Katz
03/2009
Tips for Supporting Teachers’ Implementation of Project Work
Sallee Beneke
10/2008
How Many Projects per Year?
Lilian Katz
10/2008
Informing Parents about the Project Approach
Sallee Beneke
09/2008
Field Trips and Fieldwork
Sallee Beneke
06/2008
Helping Children Take the Lead
Sallee Beneke
04/2008