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What are the 100 Languages of Children? 

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What are the 100 Languages of Children? 

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The 100 Languages of Children refers to all the never-ending ways that children can express themselves, explore, and learn.

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Very Important Part of the Reggio approach

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Very Important Part of the Reggio approach

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The 100 languages of children is kind of like the center of the Reggio-inspired approach.  Everything revolves around the belief that children learn through real-life, hands-on experiences. The Reggio approach ensures  students are able to learn and express themselves in a large variety of ways.

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In Reggio Emilia children learn a lot through hands-on experiences 

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In Reggio Emilia children learn a lot through hands-on experiences 

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This is one of the 100 languages of children!

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One of the 100 languages of children are drawing!

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It is all about the individual student's interests and preferences!

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Students are given many opportunities to explore and interact with their surroundings whether it be nature, or even other people and things in the community.

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I have learned that schools  in Reggio-Emila and Reggio-Inspired schools utilize many real-life materials and tools. For example, instead of washable Crayola paint given to the students in small amounts with instructions on  what to paint and how to do it... these  students  are handed the entire bottle of paint  and can decide on their own  what they want to paint!

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Another of the 100 languages of children is music. Schools in Reggio-Emila are full of different instruments that students can utilize. There is a wide variety compared to what is made available in schools here in America. In Reggio-Emila, students can play the drums, the piano, guitar, and so much more.

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I honestly did not know much about Reggio before this course. So everything that I listened to and read was new information for me. Two things that I really love about the Reggio-Inspired approach is the idea that the students really are the leaders of the classroom, their teachers have so  much confidence and trust in them.  I love this because  here in America it feels like the teachers are almost always micro-managing for several reasons. One being that they simply don't want to deal with a huge mess, or they are worried about something happening and ending up in trouble.

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The other thing that I really loved about the Reggio-Approach is how involved family is with everything that the class does. I love how it is encouraged for families to bring their own hobbies and interests into the classroom! In one of the videos we watched in class a parent cooked with the class,  another parent wrote  and  directed an  entire play with the class! I  think that we should  really try incorporating more of  this into our own classrooms here in America. I think it would  be really beneficial to send out a  survery to all the families at the beginning of  the year asking about their hobbies  and interests so that  we can get them more involved in the classroom if they would like.

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Unfortunately I do not have a picture to share because I was at work and well, confidentiality. But anyways, I decided to incorporate some ideas that I gained after learning about the Reggio-Inspired Approach with my infant classroom. These children are 6 months to 1 year old.

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I am usually the teacher that all my co-workers look at oddly when they walk past my classroom window. My children and I are always making huge messes and doing crafts and activities that a lot of teachers in the building avoid with their children due to the mess that follows. However, one thing that I do not usually do is let my children play with paint without it being contained in either a ziploc bag, or another container of some sort. Well, I've been trying to be more open-minded since taking this course. I let my infants sit at their highchairs and paint with their hands. Naturally they wanted to put it all in their mouths. Crayola paint isn't toxic, so I didn't necessarily stop them from putting their hands in their mouths, but I also did not encourage it.  I did explain that paint is not for eating, and I redirected them a lot to the papers. It was a very messy experience but one thing I noticed was how interested they were in this paint. Usually our crafts do not last very long, they get bored fast. However, this activity lasted quite some time. I believe this was because they had the opportunity to experience the material with all of their senses and there was not goal other than to do just that.

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To Learn More about schools in Reggio-Emila or more about the Reggio-Inspired approach check out the following links! 

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To Learn More about schools in Reggio-Emila or more about the Reggio-Inspired approach check out the following links! 

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https://www.reggiochildren.it/en/reggio-emilia-approach/
https://www.goodwin.edu/enews/characteristics-of-a-reggio-inspired-classroom/
https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/what-is-reggio-emilia/