IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Observational drawing of a Tulip Tree leaf

Many years ago, Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio approach wrote a beautiful poem titled The Hundred Languages of Children. The message of this poem is that young children have many ways to express what they know about the world including drawing, painting, drama, sculpture, dance and many, many more.  In many schools today, the capacity children have for showing what they know in a myriad of creative ways is overlooked in favor of expressing knowledge through only reading, writing and arithmetic.  Continue Reading »

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This entry is one of a series of entries designed to familiarize families with the core values of the Reggio approach to education.  In the Preschools and Infant-Toddler centers of Reggio Emilia and in Reggio inspired schools in the United States, educators have what is referred to as a strong “image of the child”.  A definition of “image of the child” would be capable, creative and responsible.   Continue Reading »

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