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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since Reggio is an approach as opposed to a curriculum, it can co-exist (if necessary) with different curricula. The Reggio inspired approach is HOW education is done. Creative or other curricula is WHAT children are taught. A few schools in DCPS are Reggio inspired but they use the Creative Curriculum. If you choose to be truly Reggio inspired then you would adopt and EMERGENT curriculum where the children and their interests drive the curriculum. Hope this helps.[/quote]

Our PK is Reggio inspired and the teacher is very committed to the approach in a wonderful, supportive way. But like all DCPS schools, their benchmarks are based on Creative Curriculum and that's how they track how children are doing. I think it's a nice balance, particularly for PK where you want the kid's in a play-based environment (NO drilling) but also need to get kids with all kinds of different ability and interests ready for Kindergarten.

I don't understand the anti-Reggio comments for toddlers because I can't imagine Creative Curriculum would be useful at all for children before PK. But a loose Reggio approach makes a ton of sense for very young kids because it is so pressure-free and allows for exploration and independence. Our kid was in Montessori before PK, which I liked, but I think I prefer R-E in general.[/quote]

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