Fostering Growth in Reggio Emilia
At The Washington Market School, the Reggio Emilia approach is central to our educational philosophy. Each year, a group of WMS teachers travels to Reggio Emilia, Italy to study at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre. This immersive experience equips them with transformative insights that directly enrich our children's experience at school.
REMIDA: Creative Recycling
Each year in Reggio Emilia, our faculty visit Remida, the center for creative recycling where everyday objects are reimagined and transformed. Visitors to the center participate in educational activities that are focused on sustainability and creativity.
The WMS Materials Collection
Did you know that we have a thriving Materials Collection at both our Duane and Hudson Street Sites? Inspired by Remida, the spaces are home to found and recycled materials, organized by type like paper, wood, fabric, metal, glass, ceramic, and plastic. These objects are used by the children daily in their classrooms and studios for creative play, imagination, problem solving and the multitude of meaningful connections that children are capable of. Check out Let me introduce myself... a lovely poem about our Materials Collection written by Kate Mangold, Art teacher at Duane Street.
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Last year's Reggio Group shares insights into their inspiring and invigorating experience.
Our role as early childhood educators is to see a child as a powerful individual, capable of building their own knowledge through their own processes. I now think of Reggio as a mindset, as a way of being, as a way of demonstrating reverence for every single child and all that makes them just who they are.
Carrie KriesHead of School
Giving make's what's possible, POSSIBLE.
The Washington Market School Annual Fund allows us to empower our educators year after year with extraordinary opportunities for professional development. These experiences have an immediate impact on our children's days at school.
