Reggio Emilia
This method of early education was developed in 1963 by Loris Malaguzzi, teacher, educator and parent. The knowledge that children’s individuality is formed during the early years of their development lead to a program based on the principles of respect, responsibility and communion, through searching and discovering things in a supporting and enriching environment based on child’s interests.
The Reggio Emilia pre-school program has been introduced in many schools and nurseries in the world. The Reggio Emilia approach to teaching young children places their natural development and close relations to the environment in the centre of its philosophy.
Malaguzzi bases his pedagogical approach on human relations that children continuously require and that are attended to through their relations with other children, family, educators, as well as their social and natural environment. The educators are required to get to know each child as well as they can so to be able to support them in their search and discoveries.