Encountering Reggio Emilia's Approach with Carefulness
June 02, 2026
As Gillian said in her earlier post, I’m sure the Princess of Wales’s visit to Reggio Emilia has brought more visibility to their work not only in…
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The Reggio Emilia Approach is it trending?
May 28, 2026
It has been a fortnight since the Royal Visit to Reggio Emila took place and interest on social media seems to be red hot searching on anything…
Catherine the Princess of Wales to visit Reggio Emilia
May 06, 2026
Sightlines Initiative are delighted that Catherine, Princess of Wales and founder of the Royal Foundation has accepted an invitation to visit the…
Reggio Study Group 2026 begins
April 20, 2026
Here we are, pausing from excited introductory discussions at the charming Ghiara Cloisters, where we were also provided high-class Sicilian fare. A…
Beyond Memory - Malaguzzi's challenge
In GAZZETTA DI REGGIO, the regional newspaper of Reggio Emilia, yesterday the Director of the city's preschools published an article celebrating the…
You, Do You Want War?
The children of the city of Reggio Emilia again give voice to this most powerful and anguished question ....
Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life…
Coming across this memorial stone to Charlotte Mason today in Cumbria's Ambleside, I was prompted to delve deeper into her experience and writing.…
Let's hear it for Adventure - Adventure…
Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow. "Better a broken bone than a broken spirit." So runs the mantra for adventure playgrounds - as coined by…
Voices in Reframing Education
The state of education is in a maelstrom, and children, educators and families with it. There's a pushmi-pullyu situation going on - it isn't new:…
A year of opportunity for children, or yet more…
What are our policymakers interested in? As evidenced here, it seems to be still more tallying-up, rather than actual attention to children's broad…
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Apr 21, 2021
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Empathy, Curiosity and Creativity: education for…
This year we are highlighting how the ethics of relationship can prove a foundation for shaping education. We begin with a fantastic opportunity to…
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Mar 26, 2021
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Seeking Truth: Sixty Years in Early Childhood…
"I learned a great deal from the children, families and communities in London's Docklands and the East End where I started teaching in 1961.…
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Nov 23, 2020
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Dialogue, Courage and Patience
Sightlines Initiative Network member Gillian Reece-Jones has been reflecting on a recent positive encounter with parliamentarians, recounts that they…
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Aug 20, 2020
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Thank you Ken Robinson
"RIP to Sir Ken Robinson, an eloquent and indefatigable defender of the role of the arts and creativity in education. His TED talks made him…
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Jul 03, 2020
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Dens, Dens, everywhere
"Rainy day dens, sunny day dens, inside, outside. Whatever the mood or weather the boys love to make a den, and let their imaginations run wild. Even…
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Jun 20, 2020
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"Dreaming of a time where schools are able to…
Well, the testing of five year-olds has been postponed - for a year - by the UK government. It has taken the force majeure of the virus epidemic to…
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Jun 10, 2020
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"Play, love, investigate, test, question, argue,…
Sightlines Initiative's friend and colleague Pat Gura died recently, and the Froebel Institute have already collected some tributes. We also want to…
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May 20, 2020
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Seeing from other points of view: Learning…
This invitation - to look at things in new and unusual ways, or from someone else's perspective - is a strong component of our growing knapsack of…
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May 20, 2020
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Dens of Imagination: Learning Together at Home…
Here is another in our suggestions series: Learning Together at Home (If you haven't already, click on the link to sign up for news and to…
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Apr 30, 2020
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Robots - Friends & Fixers: 'Learning Together at…
Here is another in our suggestions series: Learning Together at Home (If you haven't already, click on the link to sign up for news and to…
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