Children are capable. Reggio Emilia starts with an “image of the child” and develops its program around this. Children are seen as strong, full of potential and curiosity, and able to ...

Reggio, which is named after a town in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, often appears in the U.S. as part of the pedagogy of ultra-elite private schools -- but it was developed to help the ...

“Reggio Emilia sees teachers and children as co-learners and co-teachers.” Warfield, who also has two older sons, ages 13 and 15, said she stepped back when 2-year-old Roman Nancarrow-Iglesias ...

The Reggio Emilia philosophy dates back to the late ... Educator Loris Malaguzzi created principles and practices in order to provide environments that honor the rights of children and ...

The Reggio Emilia approach has not been without criticism, not so much for the key principles that it works with, but for the ways in which the approach has been taken up.

Basic Principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach. The child is the protagonist of their own development. Adults are collaborators, observers, and guides to the child's learning process.

Anita Malavasi’s first delivery was salt. In the fall of 1943, she brought a packet of it into the mountains outside the city of Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy, to supply a growing group of ...

The early years approach adopted by pre-schools in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy, is held in high regard throughout the world. Their educators' commitment to clear values and principles and a ...

The result was the creation of a programme based on the principles of respect, responsibility, and community. Under the Reggio Emilia approach, children are encouraged to demonstrate ...