%0 Journal Article %T What Happens at a Car Wash? %A Barbara Gallick %A Lisa Lee %J Early Childhood Research & Practice %D 2011 %I University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign %X A class of 3- to 5-year-old children in a child care center in the midwestern United States chose to study a car wash as a group project. This article discusses how the project evolved, describes the three phases of the project, and provides the teachersĄ¯ reflections on the project. Photos taken during the project and childrenĄ¯s sketches are included. %K Early Childhood Education %K Project Approach %U http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v12n2/gallick.html