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Pathways to Project-Based Learning Environments in Early Childhood Classrooms
Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Presented by Lori Doriot, Former Educator, Current Curriculum and Training Specialist, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Moderated by Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., VP of Professional Learning Services, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company
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Project-based learning is a developmentally appropriate practice that fosters creativity, curiosity, and choice in which play is at the center of the learning experience. In this edWebinar, viewers engage in exploring the benefits of project-based learning in early childhood classrooms.
Learning objectives include:
- Why project-based learning is important
- What project-based learning is
- How to incorporate project-based learning in early childhood classrooms
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK teachers, coaches, and leaders.
About the Presenter
Lori Doriot received her BS in education degree from Central Michigan University. Lori is an experienced retired educator with 31 years of service in public education. Throughout her career, she has served as a preschool, young 5’s, kindergarten, first-grade, and K-2 multiage teacher. Lori also has extensive experience as an early literacy coach, where she served nine years coaching teachers around their instructional practices. She coached teachers both in her local district and around her county, guiding teachers to reflect on their literacy practices and instruction. Lori also taught Connect4Learning and was one of the first teachers in Michigan to pilot this curriculum. Currently, Lori is a Curriculum and Training Specialist for Kaplan Early Learning Company, where she supports districts and teachers with the implementation of the Connect4Learning curriculum. Lori’s passion is to serve others and to help support teachers with the successful implementation of the C4L curriculum.
About the Moderator
As the Vice President for Professional Learning at Kaplan, Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., draws on decades of experience teaching young children and early childhood professionals, starting with toddlers in the 1980s, followed by PreK-third grade in urban and suburban schools, and as a university lab school director. Since earning her doctorate in ECE curriculum and instruction in 1999, she has served as a program director, full professor, national validator for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and a site visitor for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs (CAEP). She enjoys planning professional development, speaking at conferences, leading study tours, visiting early education programs around the world, and returning home to her family. She is the author of The Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent (2013); Treasure Baskets: Heuristic Learning for Infants and Toddlers (2017); Enticing Environments for People Under Three (2021); and Living Loose Parts: Creatures of Curiosity (2024), all from Gryphon House.
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For more than 50 years, Kaplan Early Learning Company has been a champion for play. From our research-based curricula to enriching classroom environments and innovative technology solutions, Kaplan’s products and services inspire a lifelong love of learning in children and educators. We are architects of learning good and defenders of the imagination. We live for inseparable bonds and open minds. We encourage the eager and inspire the inspirers. We transform lives through play.
