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ED413036 PS023951
Title: Bringing Reggio Emilia Home: An Innovative Approach to Early Childhood Education.
Author(s): Cadwell, Louise Boyd
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 1997
Notes: Foreword by Lella Gandini.
ISBN: 0-8077-3660-00-8077-3661-9
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Teacher's College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; phone: 800-575-6566 (Cloth: ISBN-0-8077-3661-9, $43; Paper: ISBN-0-8077-3660-0, $19.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Opinion papers (120); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1998
This book
is a collection of stories describing the Reggio Emilia approach
to early childhood education, based on the author's internship in
the Italian preschools and a
4-year adaptation effort in one American school. The book's prologue
describes the author's work before using the Reggio Emilia approach,
the history of Reggio Emilia,
the fundamentals of the approach, and the College School of Webster
Groves, Missouri where the approach was adapted to a U.S. setting.
Chapter 1, "The Journey," details the initial exposure
to the Reggio approach, securing an internship, and typical days
in the Diana School in Italy. Chapter 2, "The Pleasures and
Power of Playing with Materials," discusses the variety of
materials available to students and tells stories describing projects
children use to build an expanding awareness and
understanding of the natural world. Chapter 3, "The Children
and the Trees," describes how Reggio Emilia educators define
and develop projects, and conveys the
story of the children's study of trees and plants. Chapter 4, "Returning
Home to St. Louis," describes the move to St. Louis to adapt
the Reggio Approach for use in the
College School, the importance of spoken language and conversations
with children, and the use of visual arts. Chapter 5, "Transforming
Space, Time, and Relations,"
deals with structural and other changes in the preschool space and
working with colleagues and parents. Chapter 6, "The Children
and the Garden," describes a project on plants which extended
from preschool through kindergarten, conversations around the project
and grow table designs, children's journals, and sculptures. (Contains
46 references.) (KB)
Descriptors: Childrens Art; Childrens Writing; Classroom Design;
*Early Childhood Education; Educational Environment; *Educational
Innovation; Foreign Countries;
Instructional Materials; Journal Writing; Language Skills; Learning
Activities; Personal Narratives; Plants (Botany); Teacher Student
Relationship; *Teaching Methods; Visual Arts; Young Children
Identifiers: Italy (Reggio Emilia); Project Approach (Katz and Chard);
*Reggio Emilia Approach
