That is why we need to push more hands on experiences rather than just teaching them by speaking it

we don't want to stifle their creativity or learning. We want to encourage it and push them to so more.

Public school seems to do a bunch of this where they seperate many ideas instead of seeing them working together

People look at the "arts" as something that is not important, which is why I love reggio because they incorporate an atelier in the forefront of teaching.

I think that it is so awesome that they made it a priority to make sure that their schools fit children with special needs.

We are a team, and that is one of my strongest view points that I have acquired from this course.

We are in the middle of training for conscious discipline, and it just makes sense. How can we expect children to learn with us when we don't even form a strong connection with one another. Listening forms this relationship, which will then promote learning.

In the first few months when children finally arrive to my school, listening is gonna play a big role. We cannot learn our children for who they are without listening to them. That includes all forms of observation.

I feel like if we instill this sense of "why", "how", "what" our children will dive deeper into learning. We want to encourage their thought process, not shoot it down.

This whole message is very inspiring, not just for the context, but for us now in the wake of this pandemic. Although most of us are not able to work with kids, but some may have kids of their own. Listening to their fears to help us fight our own, as well as calmly and honestly find knowledgeable answers to this scary time. These kids may not fully understand what is going on, but we still need to listen even if their worries are "silly". Their feelings are valid too.

I love the idea that the teachers do not impose an actual measuring tool, and instead let the children come up with different ways to measure an object.

I feel like many teachers would stop the play scene just to get rid of that bug, instead of appreciate the learning experience of what to do with a bug in the play area.

I feel like the main idea here is that everything is a learning moment, we just need to figure out how to make that learning moment easier for the child so they can understand what went wrong and what went right.

This is a wonderful quote, and a metaphor that I have never thought of. We need to adjust our skills to work with the children, just as they adjust their skills to succeed in further development.

I feel often we think about only what we do as teachers. I think this sentence really conveys the idea that teachers in Reggio really value the role that the children play in their teaching.

Again, the public school system has created this mindset that as a teacher you are the boss and the only one with ideas. You are to do what you are told and not ask questions. It is a shame to see.

I definitely see in the public school system, and every undergrad/grad student in the education program, that disregard the value of play. In ever Human Sciences and Early Education college that I have been in, they stress the importance of play. I wish everyone felt that way.

I feel like we don't give children enough credit in the way that they think. They may not think as deep as we can as adults, but they are not incapable of thinking in a way that is abstract.

If we as adults want to fight for our rights, why shouldn't we let children fight for theirs too?

Becoming a better teacher is what I strive for because I want the children to benefit from being in that environment. I want to know how to make that environment better for them. Overall I know this is going to be a long and hard process.

I am big on Bev Boss who focused on making her classroom/school extremely child-led. She proposed difficulties for children to overcome, but left the children to figure out mainly among themselves. She helped foster their creativity, problem solving, and independence.

I definitely feel like this works for everyone. We all want people to see how hard we worked on something, for them to understand that we tried our best. I definitely did not think about a child feeling this way, and this is eye opening. I will make sure that I focus on my children's process and not product.

curriculum that is based off of each child instead of the class as a whole I think is better because each child is developing at their own pace. Not everything will work for each child.

I definitely think the reggio approach accepts the change that may/will happen. Especially with their curriculum, they work with the children on what they are interested in. I strive to eventually experience a classroom like this.

I feel like I as a teacher really need to emphasize more on my children's community and my own. I discuss with my children where I am from, and what my family is like, and I ask the children the same. However I feel like I am not putting enough emphasis on encouraging them to be proud and talk about what their community is like for them.

If we as teachers cannot work together and show the children that we cannot work together, how do we expect the children to work together with other children.

I definitely feel like we have our own biases, and that is why we need to focus on having the children take charge in the settings instead of the teachers taking full charge.

Riverfield in Tulsa, OK usually takes the first 6-8 weeks in observing the interests of the class, then proposes a scene that relates to that interest to see if the children are really interested in learning about that topic.

Parents can help with materials, ideas, and information that pertains to the child.

Bronfenbrenner's theory

As seen in the video "Everyday Utopias" children had roles and tasks that they took pride in doing.

Although they used theory to teach children, they also understood the meaning of their culture in their teachings. Just like at Boulder, they also have to consider their culture to use and adapt the Reggio approach.

Reggio encourages the community to be a whole/as one.

The whole community came together to create these schools.