Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom is an essential read for anyone wishing to understand emergent curriculum and who hope to nurture an enlivening, energizing way to learn!

You may be wondering how to get started creating this exemplary curriculum in spite of pressures to implement a standardized one!

Pages 96-110 of this resource will rejuvenate you!  A teacher wants to begin with the Reggio inspired curriculum but is uncertain how it would unfold.

Diljot’s question, “How do starfish be born?” is the provocation.

As the children pondered and theorized about the question, observations demonstrated that the children’s theories were flexible and capable of evolving. Conversations flourished. Documentation as process helped with ongoing planning. As children documented, their theories shifted. Graphic representations represented gateways into the children’s thinking, and as their theories became clearer so did their representations. With flexible allowances of time, children’s thinking was provoked through higher level questions that encouraged critical thinking and inference-making. Content needed to be layered to support thinking. The teacher encouraged the children to emerge as empowered researchers in an emergent curriculum that was coconstructed. Together they shared discoveries, challenges, and conflicts always moving forward!

This book is a treasure!