Why EIS applies the
Reggio Emilia Approach:
Learning Through Play,
Transforming Little Minds
The Reggio-inspired approach is built upon fundamental principles that you can also implement at home to help transform through play the quality time you spend with your children during these formative years.
Core Principles
Children are capable of
constructing their own
learning
Children form an
understanding of
themselves and their
place in the world
Children are
encouraged to use
language to explore
Children are encouraged to use language to investigate and explore, to reflect on their experiences. They are listened to with respect, believing that their questions and observations are an opportunity to learn and search together. A collaborative process.
The environment is
the third teacher
The adult is a mentor
and guide
The Reggio Emilia Approach takes a child-led project approach. The projects aren’t planned in advanced, they emerge based on the child’s interests.
An emphasis on
documenting children’s
thoughts
The Hundred Languages
of Children
A hundred different ways of thinking, of discovering, of learning. Through drawing and sculpting, through dance and movement, through painting and pretend play, through modelling and music, and that each one of these Hundred Languages must be valued and nurtured.
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The Reggio Emilia Approach is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education which values the child as strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and knowledge.
The value of quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood education cannot be overstated. Children who receive high-quality education in their early years reap benefits in their cognitive and social development, and in the development of their language skills and thinking skills in both the short-term and long term.
Eastwood offers the PYP in French due to the significance of the French language to Lebanon’s history, culture, and present day affairs, and due to the rise and growth of French on the global stage. Speaking one of the leading languages of business, education, science, technology, commerce and trade is a form of power and access to greater opportunity, and we aim to provide that power and opportunity to students.
