Projects

Projects emerge as:

a need to gain a deeper understanding – a process, concepts or big idea shemo.edublogs.org/birthday-celeb
a call for action – to solve a problem, to make a change shemo.edublogs.org/the-bike-park/

Projects may stem from:

a wondering – facial expressions, theories ·
a question – oral, drawing ·
a problem – connected to something experienced, seen or heard ·
a passion or interest – personal or community

Project Spaces: Projects often emerge due to an experience, or situation in the classroom or outdoors. As the project developed, individuals or small groups worked in specific spaces or the actual space where the project lived. Projects tend to take children into the context and often outside their immediate classroom space. The projects help the children explode themselves in a context outside of their immediate space where they engage with the community (children and they are learning are visible in the community). A project station may hold a memory or archive of a process, with artefacts (photographs, documentation etc.) of learning, thinking (brainstorms) and action. It is a space where engagement and reflection can continue.

“The children, together, are building landscapes. But the landscape contains each individual child’s identity and particular interests.” Anna Rainieri #reggiochildren