The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education

This book is informative, easy to read and comprehend and very inspiring. The photos included enhance the text and further help the reader form a visual of the ways in which children interact with materials, their environment and each other...it's priceless...

th is is by far the most fantastic approach to Early Learning....I have been in the field for 38 years and have implementeded the Reggio approach in my program with incredible success

Classic resource-

Great!

I would have liked to have more pictures especially younger children utilizing this in the classroom.

I chose this book for a grad class relating to children and learning through the arts; Italy has got it together when it comes to providing a rich learning environment for children during their early years. Provides good information on the Reggio Approach and why it is becoming more recognized in other countries.

Book fell apart when I opened it. I didn't even get to read it. Now I have to order another.

Long heralded as early childhood education in one of its purest forms, Edwards, Gandini, and George Foreman give us this complete volume laying down the fundamentals of this non-transplantable approach to teaching young children that has been used in Reggio Emilia, Italy for generations.There are many superlatives. First, we get seven chapters detailing Reggio Emilia from those who were instrumental in its creation (i.e. Loris Malaguzzi) to those who actually administered the system (Sergio Spaggiari) to actual Reggio teachers (Carlina Rinaldi). You cannot get a more authentic viewpoint than that! Second, we get a pluralistic view through both American and Italian scholastic eyes of how classic early childhod theory undergirds and buttresses Reggio's approach. Lastly, we get six chapters directly focused on how we can use Reggio's experiences to enhance early childhood education in the US.Is Reggio Emilia the "perfect" approach? I doubt any early childhood approach can claim that characteristic. I also doubt that Reggio Emilia's approach can be accurately executed in the United States--we might be to cynical for that. Not even small cities could truly reflect the seemlessness it needs. If, however, you use this book to educate yourself on the approach by parsing out the myths, I believe it will do nothing short of enlightening you on the fact that the United States is behind in some important areas on how to correctly nurture young children.

I enjoyed reading the diaries of childcare professionals from Reggio Emilia. This book gave me a read insight and brighten my knowledge to international approaches to Early Childhood Education.

Man kann das buch nicht lesen, wörter sind klein, das blatt sehr weiss extrem unahngenehm um zu lesen. Keine ahnung über inhalt.

Reggio's theory is not easy to understand for everyone. Therefore I want to have it and read it more times.