Apr 04 2011
Lab Report Volume 1 Number 2
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Mar 20 2011
March 10 – Open House
On March 10th the IPS/Butler University Laboratory School hosted an Open House for our students and parents. The children enjoyed the many activities that were set up in the hallway where our school will be located next year. Staff members from St. Mary’s were present to answer questions about the preschool and childcare services St. Mary’s will offer to families next year. Butler University College of Education students were also on hand to facilitate activities with the children allowing parents to tour the school and ask questions. It was truly a joy to see the children together for the first time as they engaged with one another and with the materials available to them!
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Mar 05 2011
Values of the Reggio Approach – The Hundred Languages of Children
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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