In the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IB-MYP) Design Atelier, the Design Cycle empowers students to be the protagonists of their learning journey, where failure serves as a valuable learning opportunity. Through the structured MYP curriculum framework of the Design Cycle, IB middle years program …
The Environment is the Third Teacher! The Reggio Emilia philosophy and approach to learning refers to the environment as a child’s third teacher. The La Scuola environmental studies and garden program provides students with a unique opportunity to be in a natural setting while learning about …
The children in the Silicon Valley Kindergarten class, throughout the year, worked a lot with storytelling and its potential. During their third unit of Inquiry on the topic of “means of transportation,” I proposed to the students the reading of Gianni Rodari and the poems …
The greatest benefit of the ateliers for La Scuola International School students is that it provides them ample space to develop their ideas and become confident in tackling the unknown. A special place in every Reggio school is the atelier. The atelier is a laboratory …
One of the greatest benefits of the ateliers for La Scuola students is that they provide ample space to develop the students’ ideas and confidence in tackling the unknown. This blog post is a sneak peak into the fabulous work on the topic of “light …
The natural world with its shapes, hidden structures and variegated colors is always an interesting subject for children to encounter in their daily lives. In recent weeks the children have been working on research of the extraction of natural colors from a vegetable element: the …
As we’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, the greatest benefit of the ateliers for La Scuola students is that they provide them ample space to develop their ideas and become confident in tackling the unknown. What is the Atelier? The atelier is a laboratory of …
A special place in every Reggio school is the atelier. The atelier is a laboratory of sorts; a place full of a variety of materials, mediums and tools that allow students to further their inquiries, explore new ideas and express themselves. Loris Malaguzzi, founder of …