Teaching through Project Based Learning can be scary and overwhelming at first. It took me nearly 10 years to even begin to attempt PBL in my classroom. My favorite college professor taught us about PBL and assigned students to write a project-based unit. Once I began teaching, I never used this method. I was worried that my young students wouldn't be able to handle the freedom, that I wouldn’t be able to cover the curriculum, and that we wouldn’t have the time to spend on PBL. Last year I finally jumped in, but I have been very intentional about each step along the way. I use PBL in my classroom, but I see the work I am doing as my own professional project to learn and grow through.