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I certainly don't mean to. I visit different centres, and sometimes this means entering the spaces of infants and young toddlers. When I walk into a nursery, I sense a shift in the atmosphere. There is a stranger in the room. A 5 ft 11" giant.

Written by Clare Caro Schemas in Children's Play are such an important concept when it comes to the development of our children that it's worth taking the time to understand them so you can facilitate them when you see them. Well it's really a fancy word for the What are these schemas?

Making the invisible, visible - The Sculpture Project Making the Invisible, Visible - The Sculpture Project By Sarah Osbourne This year we introduced sculpture to the Early Years One children. We wanted to expose the children to a range of art mediums and support them in using these to create sculpture as a way of representing and making visible their thinking or communicating their emotions, theories and ideas.

I recently went to Rochester, NY to attend a conference at the Strong National Museum of Play entitled, Playful Encounters with the Reggio Emilia Approach. Keynote speakers included Lella Gandini (United States Liaison for the Dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education and coauthor of Hundred Languages of Children) and Ben Mardell (Project Director of the Pedagogy of Play, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education).

Berdoussis, N.L., Wong, A. and Wien, C. 2005. Learner as protagonist in a standardized curriculum: A grade three unit on the city. Canadian Children, 30 (2). Billheimer, W. and Lewis, G. 2004. Transforming environments through self-reflection. Child Care Information Exchange, 157. Bredekamp, S. 2004. The world comes to Reggio Emilia.

Manhattan Schoolhouse is New York City's premier Reggio Emilia inspired Preschool and Daycare program for children 6 weeks to 5 years of age.

Parents are a vital component to the philosophy in our school. Parents are viewed as partners, collaborators and advocates for their children. One way that we foster this relationship is by hosting four major festivals in our school every year.

Children who spend more time in less structured activities-from playing outside to reading books to visiting the zoo-are better able to set their own goals and take actions to meet those goals without prodding from adults, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, GENUINE DRAWINGS WELCOME! Chances are good this is your first time here. WELCOME! In my travels across the country wearing my author-illustrator hat, I see an entire continuum of children's work. Children's art. Children's crafted projects. Children's "craftivities."