Community Care Project Planner
by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

The constraint is the whole thing. The project must benefit somebody who is not in this class.
That rules out most of what children first suggest and forces a second round of thinking. What comes back is usually good. A shaded seat for the youngest children. Labelled plants for visitors. A watering rota for the holidays.
The page has a planning frame covering who it helps, what is needed, who does what and when it is done. It also has a cost box, which is where several projects die and where the negotiation with an adult begins. That negotiation is part of the lesson and should not be smoothed away.
Eric Gonzalez-Payne
Founder and curriculum author
Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Published by Empathy Global LLC
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