“We value space to create a handsome environment and its potential to inspire social, affective, and cognitive learning. ”
‘Environment as a Third Teacher’
The environments of Reggio Emilia are aesthetically pleasing, beautiful, and use nature as a model and guide to create spaces that allow for curiosity, wonder, and exploration. In this training, parents and teachers will learn how to make their own unique, ever evolving environments that are specific to their child or group of children that have endless potential and possibilities.
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Benefits for Educators, Leaders in the field of Early Childhood Education, and Parents of Young Children – This two hour, virtual, interactive training will look at the ‘Environment as the Third Teacher’, a principle of the Reggio Emilia philosophy. In the book, Caring Spaces, Learning Places, Jim Greenman wrote: "Good space for children (and adults) is the result of asking the right questions to establish goals and thinking through the important feelings and behaviors that are to be supported: independence, interdependence, respect for property, adventurousness. Good space doesn’t force behavior contrary to goals, such as dependency, or overemphasize unimportant goals, such as a tolerance for waiting.” We will look at our values for children and families and start asking the right questions to establish your own goals and vision for your environments.
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This training is a 2-hour class.