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Reggio Emilia Links


Reggio Children: Reggio Children is a mixed public-private company that the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, along with other interested subjects, decided to establish in 1994 to manage the pedagogical and cultural exchange initiatives that had already been taking place for many years between the municipal early childhood services and a large number of teachers and researchers from all over the world. Added 2/8/04.


North American Reggio Emilia Alliance: North American Reggio Emilia Alliance Formed. Added 11/29/2002.


Florida Reggio Collaborative for the Rights of Children: Florida Reggio Collaborative for the Rights of Children is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization. "Reggio" refers to the innovative approach to early childhood education developed in Reggio Emilia, Italy, after World War II. The leader of this movement, Loris Malaguzzi, promoted education as a fundamental right of children. "If the children had legitimate rights, then they also should have opportunities to develop their intelligence and to be made ready for the success that would not, and should not, escape them" (Malaguzzi, 1993). It will be hosting the exhibit "The Hundred Languages of Children in 2005".


ECRP Article on Reggio Emilia: Article in Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP) titled: Reflections and Impressions from Reggio Emilia: "It's not about Art" by Nancy B. Herzgog, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Added 7/21/02.


Personal Reflections on Reggio Emilia: Article praising the benefits of the Reggio Emilia education by -Bonnie Neugebauer . "The schools in Reggio Emilia are wonderful places for children and adults to spend their days, working and learning together. They have grown out of a culture that values children, out of the intense commitment of a group of parents, out of the leadership of a visionary man. They have a long history; they have evolved over time. These schools are rooted in the culture that created them." Added 4/17/08.


St. Aquinas College Early Childhood Education Program: Description of the Reggio Approach to education form the St. Aquinas College Early Childhood Education Porgram website. Added 7/13/04


Synopsis of the Reggio Emilia Approach: Synopsis of the Reggio Emilia Approach prepared by the Cyert Center of Carnegie Mellon University. Added 8/27/00.


Applications for Reggio Emilia for the Early Childhood Educator: Educators working together with parents and the community in the town of Reggio Emilia, Italy are realizing the potentials, talents, and rights of young children. They have demonstrated their practices in their schools for 30 years. Called the Reggio Emilia approach, these practices are becoming more and more recognized in the United States as we seek to understand and apply what lessons have been learned. This slide series provides an abbreviated glimpse of some of the concepts incorporated in the Reggio approach. Added 5/23/04


Merrill-Palmer Institute Reggio Resource: Reggio Emilia Resources web site of the Merrill-Palmer Institute at Wayne State University. Reggio Emilia-Related Conference Schedule-regularly updated Reggio Children: Information, Contacts, Resources The Hundred Languages of Children Exhibit Schedule Reggio Emilia Study Tour Information Resources Related to the Reggio Emilia Educational Philosophy Rersources of Related Interest North American Reggio Network Contact Information. Added 9/24/00


Reggio Emilia Calendar: ECAP Collaborative at the University of Illinois page contains a listing of conferences, workshops, lectures, and other events related to the Reggio Emilia Approach.


The Reggio Approach: An Inspiration for Inclusion of Children with "Special Rights": The Reggio Approach to early childhood education has become a topic of much interest to teachers desiring a more constructivist classroom for brain based learning. Many researchers have written reports of effective teaching in the pre schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. However, few have addressed the manner in which the needs of children with "special rights" or children in special education have been met. This paper describes the Reggio Community, the Reggio Approach, and full inclusion of children with special rights. Added 5/23/04


How Italian Preschools are Proving Dewey's American Detractors Wrong: Article in Education Weekly by Mara Krechevsky, Ben Mardell, and Steve Seidel researchers on the Making Learning Visible Project at Project Zero in Harvard University's graduate school of education, Cambridge, Mass. Added 2/2/05.


Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative: Publications and resources related to Reggio Emilia. Includes material from former ERIC/EECE website. Updated 2/8/04.


Boulder Journey School: School in Boulder Colorado inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach. One of the founding members of NAREA.


Making Learning Visible: Making Learning Visible: Children as Individual and Group Learners is a three-phase project. The first phase, a collaboration between Project Zero and the Municipal Infant-toddler Centers and Preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, examined how to document and assess individual and group learning. The second phase explored these ideas with American preschool, elementary, and middle school teachers. In Phase III we are expanding the research and reach of these ideas through a monthly MLV Seminar with American teachers from preschool through high school, the development of MLV institutes at Project Zero, the publication of new materials documenting these ideas in American classrooms, and a partnership with teacher educators. Updated 2/10/05.


Early Childhood Meeting: Teachers.Net Tuesday, November 24, 1998 Early Childhood Meeting: The Reggio Emilia Approach with Sydney Gurewitz Clemens and Debbie Heck


Reggio Emilia Resources: List of selected resources including books and articles on the Reggio Emilia Approach to Education prepared by Lella Gandini. Added 8/27/00.


Editing: Permission to Start Wrong: Article by Sidney Gurewitz Clemens in the Early Childhood Research & Practice Journal regarding the Reggio Emilia Approach to education. Added 8/27/00.


Article on Reggio Emilia Education: Article by Lilian Katz on Reggio Emilia Education. Added 8/27/00.


UVM Campus Children's Center: Website explains the rational and theoretical foundation for the UVM Campus Children's Center which was inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach to education. Added 2/2/05.


Aesthetics Codes in Early Childhood Classrooms: Article in Design share regarding the environment in the schools of Reggio Emilia. Added 2/2/05.


Reggio in North America schools: Paper written by Ian Ferro published in Journal of the University of Calgary. Added 8/5/04.


Home Schooling Learning Network: The Home School Learning Network is an affordable, dynamic online K-12 curriculum service that allows home educators and teachers to access thousands of unit studies, lesson plans, and worksheets. In addition, our learning environment offers a collaborative environment where educators can communicate and interact. This is the Reggio Emilia section. Added 1/11/05.


The Best Kept Secret this Side of Italy: The Best Kept Secret this Side of Italy. Article in Ditrict Adminsitration Magazine. Added 8/5/04.


Links to the Reggio Emilia Approach: EmTech web site for teaches, students, parents and others. Comprehensive list of links to the Reggio Emilia Approach. Also includes links to student projects. Added 8/27/00.


The Innovative Teacher Project: Reggio Emilia inspired project at Dominican College at San Rafael, California.

Hundred Languages of Children Exhibit

The Hundred Languages of Children exhibit documents the approach to early childhood education used in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The exhibit displays original work by children, photographs, transcriptions of children's dialogues, and accounts of the reflections of teachers.


Reggio Children Newsletter: Rechild: Reggio Children Newsletter is a newsletter published two times per year by Reggio Children, a company whose aim is to protect and promote the wealth of experience accumulated in the field of early childhood education by the municipal infant-toddler centers and preschools of Reggio Emilia.


Innovations Newsletter: Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange is a quarterly newsletter published by the Merrill-Palmer Institute that provides information on Reggio Emilia and the Reggio Emilia approach to education.


Article in Education World: Pre-K-3 Educators Learn from the Reggio Emilia Approach

"The stronger the start, the better the finish." Those words, Secretary of Education Richard Riley says, should be our motto for early childhood education. Last winter, Riley and 250 other U.S. educators traveled to Reggio Emilia, Italy -- a community widely known for its model preschool education program. Added 7/21/02


Link to purchase Reggio books: Link to amazon.com to purchase books related to the Reggio Emilia Approach to education. Added 8/27/00.


The Reggio Approach at SSC Preschool: Preschool in Salem, MA adopts the Reggio Emilia approach to education. Added 8/27/00.


Gallaudet University Child Development Center: Includes information about the Reggio Emilia Approach. Added 7/21/02.


BJE Early Childhood and the Reggio Emilia Philosophy: Website of Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago. Describes how they have adapted the Reggio Emilia Approach. Added 8/5/04


Reggio Emilia Videos: Videos about Reggio Emilia Detroit Head Start Inspired by the Reggio Approach 1996. A 16-minute videotape that focuses on a staff development project launched in consultation with Reggio Children and sponsored by the Merrill-Palmer Institute of Wayne State University.


Reggio Emilia Resources: Link to a site that sells books related to the Reggio Emilia Approach. Added 7/21/02.


Videotapes related to Reggio: Videotapes for teachers interested in the Reggio Emilia approach to education


Gris Gris House website: New Orleans daycare inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy. Added 7/21/02.


Hillcrest & Parkland Players: Website of Hillcrest and Parkland players, a Reggio inspired preschool in British Columbia. Added 8/5/04.


Creativity Prized in 'Reggio'-Style Preschools: Article in Project Tomorrow. Added 8/5/04