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ERIC Number: EJ889719
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1524-5039
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A Valuable Experience for Children: The Dim Sum and Chinese Restaurant Project
Ha, Yuen Lai
Early Childhood Research & Practice, v12 n1 Spr 2010
This article describes the Dim Sum and Chinese Restaurant Project undertaken by 6-year-old kindergarten children in Hong Kong. The article discusses the importance of listening, observing, and documenting children's actions to meet their needs and interests. The kindergarten program that participated in this project is a nonprofit kindergarten organized by a Christian church. Parents and teachers agreed to try a project-based learning approach wherein the children would direct their own learning based on their interests and would search for relevant information and materials to support their explorations. In addition, the children were encouraged to integrate drawing and writing daily newsletters to communicate to their parents what they needed and how their parents could help them. Thus, the classroom activities shifted away from teacher-centered lessons toward an emphasis on learning activities that were interdisciplinary, student centered, and integrated with real-world issues and practices. (Contains 24 figures.)
Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 877-275-3227; Tel: 217-333-1386; Fax: 217-244-7732; e-mail: ecrp@uiuc.edu; Web site: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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