IELDS Standard: 1.E.ECb
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The Music Project
Michele Baird and Jean StaffordDeSoto Prekindergarten, DeSoto Grade SchoolDeSoto, Illinois DeSoto is a small rural town in Jackson County located approximately 10 miles from Southern Illinois University. DeSoto Grade School is a feeder school to Carbondale District #95, which is one of the larger school districts in southern Illinois and houses prekindergarten through eighth grade.…
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Up Up and Away: The Airplane Project
Kimberly CurialeIrving SchoolMaywood, Illinois Irving School is located 13 miles west of Chicago in Maywood, Illinois. We are part of School District 89, which includes Maywood, Melrose Park, and Broadview. The 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children of Irving’s prekindergarten classes reside throughout the district. The district has four preschool classes, both with a morning class…
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The Cow Project
Angie Herrington with Julie Morrison, Mandy Moses, and Mindy MosesSt. Ambrose University Children’s CampusDavenport, Iowa The project described here was undertaken in the Dragonfly classroom at the St. Ambrose University Children’s Campus in Davenport, Iowa. The Children’s Campus serves children ages 2 months to 5 years old. Children’s Campus teachers begin exposing children to inquiry-based…
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Things to Sit On
Projects are the part of the curriculum that involves children in investigating objects and events around them that are worth knowing more about. Project work is a way of uncovering a subject rather than just covering it. A project focusing on “Things to Sit On” has the potential to involve the entire class from the…
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From Door to Door: A Project about Doors and Gates
Projects are the part of the curriculum that involves children in investigating objects and events around them that are worth knowing more about. Project work is a way of uncovering a subject rather than just covering it. Doors are so much a part of our daily lives that we tend to take them for granted.…
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Investigating Wheels
A project is a part of the curriculum that involves children in investigating objects and events around them that are worth knowing more about. Project work is a way of uncovering a subject rather than just covering it. A project on wheels has the potential to involve the entire class, the children’s families, and community…
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Bouncing Balls
During circle time, the children played a guessing game about balls.
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Time for Preschoolers: In Sequence!
Here are some activities that can help children find out more about sequences.
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Say Yes to the Mess! Water Works
Playing with materials such as water can be an important outdoor experience for preschoolers.
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Say Yes to the Mess! Snow Time
Playing with snow can be an important winter-time experience for preschoolers.
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Natural Illinois: Mammals
Look carefully and you may see squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, or field mice—or the tracks they leave behind.
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Natural Illinois: Butterflies and Moths
You don’t have to go to exotic places to find interesting plants and animals to study at home or in the classroom!