Reggio Emilia
The Reggio Emilia approach is a child-centred approach and it started in a small Italian town of the same name. The approach was inspired by Loris Malaguzzi.
It is very collaborative with parents and practitioners working together to meet children’s interests and needs.
They believe the environment is the third educator with parents and practitioners being the first and second.
Adults play an important role when working with children. It also stresses the importance of adults listening to children and being partners in their play.
Reggio Emilia settings are organised around a large open space where children are free to choose. Children do not follow a set curriculum, they direct their own learning.
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Rudolf Steiner, 1861-1925
They believe early years learning occurs ‘primarily through imitation and play’ during which children need ‘a secure, caring, and structured environment where activities occur in a meaningful context’
Holistic, spiritual and social are familiar words used within the Steiner approach.
The curriculum is designed to be in harmony with the child’s phase of development
The emphasis of this perspectives is on a child playing and developing emotionally and socially in a safe and creative environment, as this underpins all other areas of development.
Key features of Steiner approach are: Link to spirituality, Natural materials rather than toys, Practical skills, Reading and writing and Role of an adult.
Encourages balanced growth towards ‘physical, behavioural, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual maturation’
Piaget’s stages of play
He believed that children’s cognitive development is linked to their experiences and they use these experiences to develop ideas and concepts.
He developed this theory of cognitive development through his close observations of watching children develop and
The Reggio Emilia approach is a child-centred approach and it started in a small Italian town of the same name. The approach was inspired by Loris Malaguzzi.
It is very collaborative with parents and practitioners working together to meet children’s interests and needs.
They believe the environment is the third educator with parents and practitioners being the first and second.
Adults play an important role when working with children. It also stresses the importance of adults listening to children and being partners in their play.
Reggio Emilia settings are organised around a large open space where children are free to choose. Children do not follow a set curriculum, they direct their own learning.
Interests and …show more content…
Rudolf Steiner, 1861-1925
They believe early years learning occurs ‘primarily through imitation and play’ during which children need ‘a secure, caring, and structured environment where activities occur in a meaningful context’
Holistic, spiritual and social are familiar words used within the Steiner approach.
The curriculum is designed to be in harmony with the child’s phase of development
The emphasis of this perspectives is on a child playing and developing emotionally and socially in a safe and creative environment, as this underpins all other areas of development.
Key features of Steiner approach are: Link to spirituality, Natural materials rather than toys, Practical skills, Reading and writing and Role of an adult.
Encourages balanced growth towards ‘physical, behavioural, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual maturation’
Piaget’s stages of play
He believed that children’s cognitive development is linked to their experiences and they use these experiences to develop ideas and concepts.
He developed this theory of cognitive development through his close observations of watching children develop and