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Reggio Emilia schools?
Do any of you have kids who are in RE-centered Preschools? What have
your experiences been (positive or negative)? TIA for any input. -L. (I may not be able to respond to any replies - Google changed format and is whacky right now...) |
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Reggio Emilia schools?
On Jan 25, 1:33 am, "-L." wrote:
Do any of you have kids who are in RE-centered Preschools? What have your experiences been (positive or negative)? TIA for any input. My two girls have been in an RE-inspired daycare. DD1 was there from 14 months through pre-K (she's now in a private kindergarten). DD2 is there now (she's 2.5 years) and has been since she was a baby. All in all, we love it. The buidling was designed with RE philosophy in mind so there is lots of open spaces and natural light. Both my girls have done well with the child-led curriculum. I think with my older daughter the Reggio philosophy was implemented better because she had an outstanding teacher who stayed with her class for the entire 4 years she was there. And while I adore my DD2's teacher, she's relatively new and the implementation isn't quite as effective as with my first daughter. The other issue is that my girl's school is a daycare that serves a specific community, so it's not a group of parents that have chosen a RE school - they've chosen a convenient daycare. I think in a true RE inspired school the parent participation and commitment are much higher and really add to the success of the method. I like the documentation that the teachers do, it really helps me see what has been going on and the progress the kids are making. I like the fact that they are exposed to many different ways of learning and different materials (both kids have been working with clay since they were babies, the school has a kiln to fire it). The school also has a dedicated art teacher and art studio which results in some very neat projects. If Clisby is around, her older child attended a RE school for awhile (beyond pre-K) and she spoke very highly of it. -L. (I may not be able to respond to any replies - Google changed format and is whacky right now...) Took me awhile to figure out how to reply to this! The new format is a little startling. Mary W. |
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Reggio Emilia schools?
Mary W. wrote: On Jan 25, 1:33 am, "-L." wrote: Do any of you have kids who are in RE-centered Preschools? What have your experiences been (positive or negative)? TIA for any input. My two girls have been in an RE-inspired daycare. DD1 was there from 14 months through pre-K (she's now in a private kindergarten). DD2 is there now (she's 2.5 years) and has been since she was a baby. All in all, we love it. The buidling was designed with RE philosophy in mind so there is lots of open spaces and natural light. Both my girls have done well with the child-led curriculum. I think with my older daughter the Reggio philosophy was implemented better because she had an outstanding teacher who stayed with her class for the entire 4 years she was there. And while I adore my DD2's teacher, she's relatively new and the implementation isn't quite as effective as with my first daughter. The other issue is that my girl's school is a daycare that serves a specific community, so it's not a group of parents that have chosen a RE school - they've chosen a convenient daycare. I think in a true RE inspired school the parent participation and commitment are much higher and really add to the success of the method. I like the documentation that the teachers do, it really helps me see what has been going on and the progress the kids are making. I like the fact that they are exposed to many different ways of learning and different materials (both kids have been working with clay since they were babies, the school has a kiln to fire it). The school also has a dedicated art teacher and art studio which results in some very neat projects. If Clisby is around, her older child attended a RE school for awhile (beyond pre-K) and she spoke very highly of it. Yes, I'm around. I LOVED my daughter's private school in Atlanta, but I think the RE influence was a lot stronger in the preschool classes, which I didn't have any experience with. (Emma started there in kindergarten). Past preschool, I would say it was more heavily influenced by Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. (Not that Gardner's ideas are inconsistent with RE.) However, it did use RE ideas like open spaces, natural light, and integration of the arts into the curriculum. And similar to what Mary said, the evaluations I got far surpassed anything I've gotten here (2 public schools for my daughter, a private Montessori school for my son.) I think a number of Atlanta preschools (and possibly preschools all over the country) have been influenced by the Reggio Emilia approach. I remember an NAEYC conference in Atlanta having RE presentations, so I assume the the ideas, at least, are pretty widespread. I know of only one preschool here in Charleston that I'd call RE-inspired, and unfortunately I couldn't get my son in - it's run by the College of Charleston education department, and staff and faculty generally get all the spots. I think, though, it boils down to what you like in a particular preschool. It's like Montessori - any preschool can call itself Montessori, or say it's inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. That, alone, doesn't tell you much. Clisby -L. (I may not be able to respond to any replies - Google changed format and is whacky right now...) Took me awhile to figure out how to reply to this! The new format is a little startling. Mary W. |
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