Early Years Documentation

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.

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by TeachThought Staff Whole Child Learning is a thing; Whole Teaching should be a thing too, no? Here at TeachThought, Jackie Gerstein's usergeneratededucation is at the top of our reading list, in large part for her thinking about the human side of formal education.

Building a movement in which every child has the right to meaningful outdoor experiences that invite them to play, learn, and explore their place in nature every day.

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

Anne Van Dam, Assistant Principal at Zug Primary was recently interviewed by the IB about how students have ownership of their own learning. The article below highlights her responses and those of others working with the Primary Years Programme.

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.

As many of the readers of this blog will know, I am in the final stages of completing a new book. For several reasons, it has had the longest 'gestation' period of any book I have ever written - so seeing it now at the design stage is EXCITING.

By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. I have been an ardent proponent of emergent curriculum in early childhood education well before I became Reggio inspired. In the early nineties I became aware of the work of Elizabeth Jones and John Nimmo and used their textbook, Emergent Curriculum as the foundation for the curriculum courses that I taught to...

Easel.ly is a simple web tool that empowers anyone to create and share powerful visuals (infographics, posters)... no design experience needed! We provide the canvas, you provide the creativity.

The Sabot Institute is a biennial, three-day education experience which showcases national speakers, our own faculty, and Reggio-inspired classrooms. While the target audience is educators from across the country - teachers, administrators, and academics - we know that parents, artists, and public servants also find real value in the information and exchange of ideas.

Early Childhood Resources

Early Childhood Resources

Reflective practice occurs when teachers step back and evaluate the learning environment. The teacher looks at himself or herself. They ask, "How can this be better?" They identify what went right or wrong. It occurs both during the learning events and after.

documentation processes and recordings of children's work