At the Child Development Center, we use the project approach as a way to guide our curriculum planning. We pick a topic for investigation either base on the interests of the children or from a teacher initiated interest. In the past few weeks, we have observe the children really enjoying “baking” in the dramatic play area inside as well as the “mud kitchen” outside. We wanted to take this interest to the next level by launching an investigation on various aspects of bread baking. The teaching team sat down together and drafted an anticipatory planning web. When the teaching team web together, it helps us to get all the ideas out on paper and to connect them to various developmental tasks. As the investigation progresses, we will revisit the web and expand on the sections which will be of high interests to children. We will start our investigation next week by introducing baking pre-made dough and experimenting with shaping and baking the dough. We are excited to start our first project.

baking bread web

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