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.
Students at Eastwood learn and engage in mindfulness practices in forty-minute sessions twice a week with a certified mindfulness educator. Learn more about our new program.
Eastwood International School (EIS) views education as a science. Its philosophy is inspired by the vast body of research and the scienti?cally proven educational methodologies, which contribute to the advancement of students’ intellectual capabilities and to the ampli?cation of their holistic engagement in the learning experiences.
Eastwood Schools also opened its first Special Rights Program nationally and an outstanding English as a Foreign Language Program. International academic and non-academic standards were soon implemented with the help of leading consultants from across the globe. Eastwood Schools’ journey continues until this day with a successful track rate over the last 46 years and with certifications from globally recognized institutions, such as AdvancED, and effective implementation of various international programs, such as the International Baccalaureate.
