Friday Sharing Birbal and Akbar Stories
It was just beautiful to see how the children took on the challenge of creating their own Akbar and Birbal...
Day 2 Mashi Theatre with Live music at Robert Mellors Primary School
Today was full of music, stories and puppets. As it should be! Arun met the group for the first time...
Day 1: Mashi Theatre Meets Robert Mellors Primary School
Today Mashi Theatre enchanted and amused Robert Mellors Primary School with a short introduction to Akbar and Birbal. This wasn’t...
Planning Day
Planning for research and development is exciting as there isn’t one definite direction or question. We have a chance to...
A farewell Reggio
Dinner in the piazza Below are some pictures of the Remida recycling centre, that does not mean to say everything...
"Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each." Plato
On visiting two Reggio Emilia schools in the past 24 hours, I cannot put it into words better than Plato!One...
The Image of the Child
Today’s theme the image of the child, is possibly the root of the Reggio approach.James Hillman, author of ‘Politics of...
"No matter where you come from, you are no stranger here" Primo Levi
International Centre Loris Malaguzzi The above quote was taken from a Reggio Pre-school and it was indeed a very warm...
A picture speaks a thousand words, here's a few thousand words…
Considering we haven’t as yet officially started the programme, it has been a very busy day getting to know the...
I see Z things Zzzzzzzzzz…
The journey to Reggio Emilia via Amsterdam (of course!) Leaving Leicester city centre at 2am on a Friday night, now...