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Sara sits down with Maddie, the host of the EdTech Classroom podcast to talk all things PBL in early childhood. She goes in depth about her most recent remote PBL unit where her students wrote and recorded their own podcast about outer space, highlighting the steps of planning high quality projects for young children.
Sara shares her planning process for her “Planet Podcast” project, a podcast produced and written by her 4 and 5 year old students during the pandemic school year.
Sara, Amanda and Erin talk with Aaron Mauer on his podcast that is dedicated to pushing the boundaries in education and technology. In this discussion, they share some of the misconceptions surrounding early childhood PBL and how teachers can overcome them.
For those that work in early childhood education, they often deal with misperceptions – often suggesting that younger learners have barriers to deeper learning or high-skilled activities. Not only are these inaccurate, according to teacher and early childhood education advocate Sara Lev, but the situation is also quite the opposite.
Sara joins Assistant Head of School Andrew Bishop and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Brandon Wiley in a conversation about project-based learning in early childhood education. In this episode, they discuss the common misconceptions and the benefits of PBL for children ages 3-8. Plus, you'll hear about the genesis of a professional development opportunity that Sara and her co-authors (Amanda Clark and Erin Starkey) are partnering with Dawson to host on our campus in Las Vegas in February 2024: the first-ever Early Childhood Project-Based Learning Conference.
Sara sits down with Kyle Wagner to talk all things early childhood PBL, and how she leveraged PBL during the pandemic to implement a variety of powerful projects including a podcast, website and book of poetry - all online with her 4 and 5 year old TK students.
Sara talks early childhood PBL and joyful learning with Jared O’Leary on his podcast.