Reggio Emilia Model

Reggio Emilia Model

Introduction

The Reggio Emilia Model, known for their creative, sophisticated aesthetic curriculum, first opened in 1963 (a development of preschool run by parents after World War II). Discovered by international scholars in the early 1990s, they have generated broad interest among early childhood educators. Described as an adventure and research undertaken by teachers and children, the operational curriculum is based on teachers' careful observation and documentation of what children say and do, highlighting children's artwork (which constituted the “Hundred Languages” exhibit that traveled across the globe). Referred to as an integrated art approach to curriculum, it has ...