Bringing Reggio Emilia Home: An Innovative Approach to Early Childhood Education (Early Childhood Education Series)

About this book

Bringing Reggio Emilia Home is the first book to integrate the experiences of one American teacher on a year-long internship in the preschools of Reggio with a four-year adaptation effort in one American school. The lively text includes many "mini-stories" of preschool and kindergarten-age children teachers and parents who embark on journeys of learning together. These journeys take shape in language in drawings in tempera paint and clay in outdoor excursions and in the imaginations of both the children and adults. This informative and accessible work features photographs of the children (both in Italy and the United States) and samples of the childrens work including some in full color. During the past 10 years there has been a tremendous interest among early childhood educators and parents in the innovative approaches to teaching pioneered in the preschools of Reggio Emilia Italy. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the Reggio Approach! Teachers especially those in early childhood teacher educators policy makers administrators and parents will find it invaluable. Selected topics: The Fundamentals of the Reggio Approach The Pleasure and Power of Playing with Materials Plants in Relationships Children and Spoken Language Transforming Space Time and Relations Turning the Preschool Classroom into a Greenhouse Taking the Plant Project to Kindergarten