CHAPTER 7 . THE FIRE HYDRANT PROJECT:ADAPTING THE APPROACH FOR TODDLERS

This chapter is based on the fire hydrant project form toddlers . The main idea in this chapter is that teachers and students don't know what project are they going to do , they have to be open to any idea that children can have.

In one class children were working in a fire truck project and the next classroom children began interested in firefighting. Then when the children of the firefighting project had the chance to use the fire truck, they thought in a necessary equipment for putting out the fire. Then the teacher made a web about the fire truck. A couple of months later during a walking trip to campus, they come to a fire hydrant that kept the children's attention and found out that hydrants  were something the fire fighters used, but they don't have a clear idea yet for what. Then they and their teacher made an investigation and constructed their own hydrant.The teacher brought a real truck to school and firefighters showed the students how the hydrant connects to the truck and help the firefighters to put out the fires.




After that children wanted to know more about the hydrant, where and how the water come from and went further until finish the project.

This began as a firefighting project and ended as an Hydrant project. They made many variations  in the project work. The same project might involve into different experiences for children and ther really learn by doing.

I think,  primary teachers in Colombia work with projects but I want to know if they can have the level of the projects I found in this book.

This is a flowchart of projects with children.

See Figure 7.13







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