The Project Approach In Action: The Butterfly Project

What is a butterfly? How do they fly? How many kinds of butterflies are there? Have you ever seen a real butterfly? What do butterflies eat? How do caterpillars change into butterflies? Why do butterflies have scales? These are some of the questions my four and five year old students …

Don’t Sell the Picture Book Short!

If you are a parent, or a teacher of young children, how many picture books do you read to a child each day?  Can you imagine a life without picture books?  In my kindergarten class, the picture book and the characters within are the heroes of the day.  Twenty to …