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ReFocus Journal Issue 04
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles Include:
- ' Learning from Laos: Children and environments' by Architect John Waldron
- 'ReMida Denmark: The function of materials in places of imagination' by Karen Eskesen
- 'Danish Preschools UK Study Week reviews' by Sarah McGahern, Sue Cleaver and Tricia Yates
- 'Focus on Herefordshire' by Sue Peasgood
- 'Elemental materials' by Robin Duckett
- The Drama of Clay' by artist Sally Brown
- 'Open Space, Open Air, Open Minds' by (Kingswood Centre) by Rachel Wells
- 'Sophie's Story' by Trish Prescott and Wendy Lowe
ReFocus Journal Issue 05
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles include:
- 'The House of Objects' by Elaine Mason
- The 'Inside-Out' Project: Can the physical environment be a 'teacher' in itself?' by Mary Featherstone
- 'Focus on Buckinghamshire' by Yvonne Davies
- 'Learning Journeys: Green Croft Children's Centre' by Catherine Davenport
- 'Uncertainty and Knowing' by Annette Poulson and Cath Dennis
- 'Placing and Arranging, No Glue' by Solveig Morris
- 'The Role of the Educator is to Stir Things Up' by Marika Gedin
- 'Threads: The Real and Hidden World of Nature' by Linda Lines
ReFocus Journal Issue 06
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles include:
- 'Professional Amnesia: A suitable case for treatment' by Mary Jane Drummond
- 'Acting Up: Leadership and responsibility' by Peter Dixon
- 'Playing and Learning Outdoors' by Jan White
- 'Pedagogical Documentation' by Chris Holmes and Chris Merrick
- 'Community of Enquiry: Do hedgehogs dream?' by Adam Turner
- 'The Energy of Conviviality and Imagination: Exploring and developing ideas through dance and music' by Maria Mernin and Cath Reding
- 'Acting up: Leadership and Responsibility' by Peter Dixon
ReFocus Journal Issue 07
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles Include:
- 'When Pedagogy and Atelier Meet' by Claudia Guidici
- 'From Display to Visable Thinking' by Debi Keyte Hartland
- 'Making Art: Beauty, Metaphor and Relationships' by Jess Tomlinson
- 'Rethinking Resources' by Emma Pace
- 'Non-Verbal Storytelling' by Mike Akers and Sandra Barefoot
- 'Everyday Creativity'' by Melodie Glass and Eloise Robinson
- 'With Inclusion and Creativity in Mind' by Louise Jackson
ReFocus Journal Issue 08
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles Include:
- The Fascinator Trap - Jane Bravery
- Exploring in a Cambridge Forest - Ruth Sapsed and Filipa Pereira-Stubbs
- What's the problem, guys? - Mariette Heaney
- Exchange and dialogue with Sweden - Emma Pace
- Ready-packaged or well-rooted? - Annica Wennstrom
- The Wonder of Learning: The Cultural Challenge from Reggio - Speech by Harold Gothson
- Interview with Jan Millikan - Lella Gandini, Elin Swedenmark and Judith Allen Kaminsky
- Spirals - Kirsty Liljegren
ReFocus Journal Issue 09
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles Include:
- Conversations with Loris Malaguzzi - Jorn Moestrup and Karin Eskesen
- A Generous Environment - Diane Rich, Mary Jane Drummond and Cathy Myer
- On an education for being -Jacqui Cousins
- A Place to Be - Review - Emma Pace
- Reflecting on the Refelective Cycle - Deborah Aguirre Jones and Liz Elders
- Careless talk costs lives - Robin Duckett
- What's in a name ? - Mick Waters
ReFocus Journal Issue 10
ReFocus is the UK network of early childhood educators, artists and others influenced in their practice by the preschools of Reggio Emilia
Articles include:
- Ways into the Woods by Deb Wilenski
- Inspiring Creativity by Johanna Scott
- Reggio Children International Network by Debi Kyte Hartland/Emma Pace
- Traces from Reggio by Margot Meuwig and Tienke Van Der Werf
- Venturing out by Chris Holmes
- Opening up to ideas by Tracey Hutchinson
- Focus on North Yorkshire by Paula Willis
- Artists' Interventions by Penny Hay
- Materials and Imagination by Gail Alder
- Watch the Ripples Spread by Andrea Gray
- A Community of Learners by Nicki O'Brien and Vicki Whittaker
- The Developing Brains and Minds of Young Children by Mary Fawcett
Reggio Tutta
Commissioned by Reggio Emilia's tourist board, the children of Reggio Emilia's preschools have made a portrait of the city, along with essays, contributions, and notes on the educational context.
"At night the sky talks to the trees. The trees make a kind of music that comes out of their leaves and the flowers, too; the wind is the loudest music, the air is softest. It's the seed that, when it gets big, says "pine", but in silence, under the ground, and then the tree remembers its name.. "
The way the children recount their personal experiences and sentiments depict a city that is positive, livable, and welcoming: drawings of streets, squares, monuments, churches and buildings.
Published by Reggio Children (2001)
Remida Day
A book that describes the first four years of the Remida Day initiative dedicated to recycling, based on the experience of the Remida Creative Recycling Center.
Edited by AGAC, Friends of Reggio Children Association, Municipal Infant-toddler Centers and Preschools of Reggio Emilia, REMIDA.
Sixteen events designed to support the culture of creative recycling and promote ethical behavior that opposes the 'throwaway' culture.
Published by Reggio Children
The Black Rubber Column
During the explorations in the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre before it was opened to the public, children are enchanted by the columns in the Exhibition hall.
They decide to prepare a gift for them: a series of garments made of different materials that columns can wear on and change.
From the planning to the realisation of the final draft of The Black Rubber Column of the Diana Preschool: a small and precious narration reveals children’s learning strategies.
Texts and photographs by Isabella Meninno
Published by Reggio Children (2009) as part of the 'Wonder of Learning' series
The Diary of Laura
Perspectives on a Reggio Emilia Diary
Through the voices of Carolyn Edwards and Carlina Rinaldi this book presents a powerful tool of observation, reflection and professional development for educators.
An assemblage of affectionately written notes and photographs, the original diary chronicles the journey of one child’s first month in a infant-toddler centre in Reggio Emilia.
It includes international reflections on the significant learning from educators' diary of a young child in a Reggio Emilia infant-toddler centre.
Published by Redleaf Press (2008)