The Reggio Emilia approach to early education began in 1945 in Reggio Emilia, Italy and is based on the belief that children are capable of constructing their own knowledge. At the heart of this system is seeing children as full of potential rather than empty vessels. The Reggio Emilia philosophy focuses on interrelationships, the teacher as a guide, the environment as a teacher, long-term projects, documentation, and real-life experiences.

2. The first school started in 1945 in Reggio Emilia, Italy by Loris
Malaguzzi.

3. The Reggio Emilia approach to early
education is based on the belief that
children are powerful people, full of the
desire and ability to grow up and
construct their own knowledge. Children
have not just the need, but the right to
interact and communicate with one
another and with caring, respectful
adults.

5. At the heart of this system is the powerful image of the child.
Reggio educators do not see children as empty vessels that require
filling with facts. Rather they see children as full of potential,
competent and capable of building their own theories.
Loris Malaguzzi in the Reggio preschool.

6. Education based on Interrelationships
The unique Reggio teacher
The Environment as the Third Teacher
Long Term Projects as Vehicles of Learning
The Importance of Documentation
Real life experiences

7. The vision of Reggio Emilia schools is always
evolving. However, what is constant
about the philosophy is best described
by Malaguzzi himself: "What children
learn does not follow as an automatic
result from what is taught. Rather, it is in
large part due to the children's own
doing as a consequence of their
activities and our resources."

8. Video of children in a Reggio Emilia
3rd grade school classroom