Reggio Emilia Approach

The Reggio Approach was developed for municipal Child-care and education programs serving children below age six. This approach has formed a strong child-directed curriculum model. Teachers follow the children's interests instead of focusing on curriculum. Parents are expected to get involved with schools. In these classrooms there are two teacher per classroom with 12 children in the infant classrooms 18 in the toddler classrooms ad 24 children in pre-primary classes, one teacher that istrained in the arts. in this school there is no principal and they include the concept of teachers as learners. This approach is often know as the child's third teacher. Inside these schools they decorate with indoor plants and vines. Key features of Reggio Emilia's early childhood program are the role of the environment as teacher, children's multiple symbolic languages, documentation as assessment and advocacy, long-term projects, the teacher as a researcher, and home-school relationships.