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EJ547961 PS526717
Title: The Fiber Project: One Teacher's Adventure toward Emergent Curriculum.Author(s): Booth, Cleta
Source: Young Children, v52 n5 p79-85 Jul 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0044-0728
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1997
Describes
a preschool classroom project intended to explore cotton and wool
production. Describes the planning process, project implementation
and evaluation, collaboration with other teachers, additional fiber-related
center activities, and how the project provided opportunities for
work in many curriculum areas. The fabric project concluded with
the creation of a class quilt. (KB)
Descriptors: Class Activities; Learning Activities; *Personal Narratives;
Preschool Curriculum; Preschool Education
Identifiers: Cotton Production; *Emergent Curriculum; *Project Approach
(Katz and Chard); Textile Fibers; Webbing (Thematic); Wool
