Transparent Curtains and Teensy-Weensy Dots: Reflecting on Emergent Curriculum and the Project Approach

In our classroom, instead ofbeginning the year with particular lesson plans, units, or themes of study, we (the teachers) look to the children to determine the path of the curriculum. The projects often include children's research into an idea, and individual and class discussions on the possibilities the idea offers, such as things we could create, places we could go, and resources we could use. Francesca chimes in, "And you can't touch things with your hands. Because you could break it.