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[quote=Anonymous]Just as an FYI, play based learning for Early Childhood classrooms is simply best practice as this is the most developmentally appropriate manner that young children learn. Reggio Emilia is a little town in Italy, so no school should call themselves 'Reggio,' but rather 'Reggio Inspired' (as OP corrected herself on.) Furthermore, there is a misconception that the Reggio Emilia APPROACH is actually a curriculum, which it is not. It's a philosophy of education which guides how children are viewed, which then translates into what happens in the classroom. Unless you are at a school where the teachers truly believe in, and are invested in the values laid out in the Approach, your child will receive a haphazard, uninformed experience masquerading as 'Reggio Inspired.' My own child attends a Reggio Inspired program which strives for authenticity and sends their educators to Reggio Emilia for training on a regular basis. I have also worked and trained with educators who are inspired by the Approach (both inside and outside of DCPS,) so I have a realistic understanding of what an authentic Reggio Inspired program should like, and what a 'grab bag' program looks like. At the end of the day, a Reggio Inspired program is really only as good as the Principal and teachers who work there, and their belief in the Approach and all it entails.[/quote]

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