All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

In both cooperative learning and project work, the teacher encourages children to talk to one another. This helps them pay attention to each other's efforts and ideas. Children take to these kinds of exchanges very readily, but the teacher really needs to encourage this interaction.

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

Provide lots of opportunities for children's natural curiosity to manifest itself. With very young children, our role is one of supporter and guide.

When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third won’t. So two-thirds of the children are wasting their time.

Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished.

Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.