This documentation served not only asinformation and communication to parents or as advocacy for the developmentand opening ofnew schools for young children by thecity administration, but also as away of creating great interest among educators from other Italian cities and European countries.
Documentation serves a purpose in also inspiring other educators around the world. It's important to exchange ideas and learn other perspectives as it provides a new insight on how others view education.
They are an expression of urgency, desires, reassurance, research, hypothesis, readjustments, constructions, and inventions. They follow the logic of exchange, and of sharing. They produce solidarity, communication with oneself, with things and with others. They offer interpretations and intelligence about the events that take place around us. (
this is so important to remember and understand the importance of how children's thinking process
feeling of wonder and surprise, because creativity, like knowledge, is a daughter of surprise
I always felt this way as children continuously surprise me in a variety of ways where I am always stunned by their actions, behavior, creativity, and ideas
Ithad to be a place favoring children's logical and creative itineraries, a place for becomingfamiliar withsimilarities anddifferences of verbal and nonverbal languages.
definitely a great way to extend the hundred languages of children and a place of ideas that come together to integrate and explore
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This is such a great background information on how the role was created!
where the languages are enriched, multiplied, refined and generated but al o where they collide and hybridize with each other, and are renewed.
this is such a great way to define what it means to exchange and compare ideas and what it means to the children and educators
Understanding and awareness are generated through sharing and dialogue.
it's important to try to paraphrase what our listeners are telling us as we want to understand whole heartedly and share an open dialogue
Listening produces questions, not answer
During my observations, I am always asking a lot of questions!
Systematic documentation allows each teacher to become a producer of research—that is, someone who generates new ideas about curriculum and learning, rather than being merely a consumer of certainty and tradition.
This is really important to keep in mind!
The teacher can help the children uncover their own insights or questions, perhaps expressed by one child in a tentative or partial way—not fully clear to themselves or the group as a whole.
I feel like this is important especially for infant and toddlers. Sportscasting is something we do often in our classroom!
The teacher seeks to extend the children’s intellec-tual stamina and attention span; increase their range of investigation strategies; enhance their concentration and effort; and still allow them to fully experience pleasure and joy in the game
I love this because in our classroom, our children are very focused in nature that involves bugs, rocks, herb gardens, and sticks! We always find ways to extend their learning and learn more about their other curiosities.
teachers repeatedly report that a commitment to honoring children's rights means appreciating the importance of slowing down.
"Importance of slowing down" caught my attention as it is something I remind myself when I am in the classroom. I often get caught up with the day to day tasks and forget to just stop what I do and refocus myself.
We need to be open to what takes placeand able to change our plans and go with whatmight grow at that very moment both inside thechild and inside ourselves
I found this statement relevant to how we develop our curriculum with our toddlers. One week we could be focused on birds and another week we can be focused on bugs. We try to ask broad questions about how children's wonderings about nature and how we relate to them as a child to see what kind of perspectives they would see too. We definitely learn side by side with them.
makeparentsawareoftheirchildren'sexperienceandmaintaintheirinvolvement.
It's important for parents to understand and learn what the children are doing at school and how they are experiencing it. That way the parents can offer similar experiences at home for the children to dive deeper into than at school! Relating home and school is a huge part in our classroom that we live by as we want to explore the relations with one another.
carefulreflectioninaprogramthatiscontinuouslyrenewedandre-adjusted
with different views and ideas that each individual brings in, there is always a fresh new perspective to reflect upon