Earlier this week I posted free lesson plan templates.  One of the questions that I used to ask the most was “How are you supposed to plan ahead when you are implementing an emergent curriculum?!”  I like to think of my lesson plan as a flexible outline. When I sit down to write my lesson plan, I start with the activities that I know the children want to explore – these are the experiences that support what I’ve been observing in the classroom.  They’re related to the conversations  I’ve heard and the questions that the children have been asking.  They may use materials that the children have shown a particular…