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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

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