| "A Reggio Inspired School"
Our Project work
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The Reggio Emelia Method
"All children have preparedness,
potential, curiosity, and interest in constructing their learning, in
engaging in social interaction and in negotiating with everything the
environment brings to them."
— Lella Gandini
In 1963, the people
of Reggio Emilia, Italy, wanted to insure that their children attended
a school system that provided opportunities to develop their
intelligence and to prepare for the successes of life. So, over three
decades ago, a municipality-sponsored preschool began. Loris Malaguzzi
and the parents and community of this close and communal town headed
the new program. By 1967 there were 20 municipality preschools for
young children between the ages of three and six years. The first
municipal infant-toddler program also began in that year.
The Reggio
curriculum is founded on projects. Projects emerge from the children's
expressed interests. They are not planned out in advance, but rather
build upon the continued experiences of the child in the process of
constructing his knowledge. Projects can be short term, lasting a few
days, or long term, lasting a few months to a year. Projects usually
require little money and lots of fantasy. There is usually more than
one project happening at one time, so each project may not be worked on
daily. The children often revisit and refine a project, constantly
moving from theory to practice until their inner knowledge is reached.
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Art is the staple to all projects. In Reggio Emilia preschools, art is
not considered just "art" but symbolic expressions. These symbolic
expressions are called "the hundred languages" of children. Loris
Malaguzzi explains the child's hundred languages the best in the
beginning of a poem he wrote "The Hundred Languages of Children, 1998":
The child is made of one hundred.
The child has a hundred languages, a hundred hands, a hundred thoughts.
A hundred ways of thinking, of playing, of speaking.
A hundred, always a hundred ways of listening, of marveling, of loving.
A hundred joys for singing and understanding.
A hundred worlds to discover.
A hundred worlds to invent.
A hundred worlds to dream.
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Here are a few of our completed projects:
LONG TERM PROJECTS
The Building Project
The Grocery Store Project
The Museum Project
The Pizza Project
The Bakery Project
The Train Project
The Olympic Project
The Tomato Sauce Making Project
| Here are just a few of our short-term projects.
SHORT TERM PROJECTS
Recycle Project
Blending Colors Project
The Seed Project
Many Cooking Projects
Cultural Projects
Seashell Project
The Apple Project
The Leaf Project
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