Home About our Philosophy Oct 06 Get the Flash Player to see
this player.  Why Reggio Emilia Philosophy?   Since the school
was born we shared the common belief that children have enormous
potential and curiosity. They strive to understand the world,
making their own theories about how it functions. From the
educators in Reggio Emilia, we learned that the word to educate
derives from the latin word exducere, which means to bring out.
"children's knowledge deserves to be brought out, rather than
filled in" The faculty at L?Atelier analyzed this concept and
believes that children's knowledge deserves to be brought out,
rather than filled in; opening in this way not only
opportunities for growth but also a sense of protagonism,
individuality and awareness of how learning is constructed.
Children are in the center of their learning process as they co-
construct knowledge along with adults (teachers and parents).
From Reggio we became inspired by "the image of the child?. They
see children as a strong, competent an