<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #2476db;">The Reggio Emilia Philosophy</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Beacon Hill<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Nursery   School<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> is proud to use the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching. The Reggio Emilia philosophy began in Italy after World War II, and follows the natural development of children.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">What does this mean for the children at BHNS?</span></span></span></strong></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">&nbsp;</span>As educators, our goal is to inspire delight, curiosity, and inquiry in the classroom. We strive to help children craft an internal compass to guide them as a learner, rather than relying on instruction and development from others. Among other tools, we give children an organized environment in which to use all of their senses and faculties to learn. Additionally, we want to create cooperation and partnerships between staff, students and parents and the community.<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">How do we achieve our goals of an emergent curriculum?</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">As a school, we are committed to journals with photos and written evidence of learning for each classroom, with weekly documentation displayed for parents and children. Of upmost importance to us is our student-led expeditions, inquiries and investigations. We put a tremendous amount of resources into our dramatic play areas, block, science, sensory, literacy and manipulative areas at the school, as well as on the playground and playscape. Finally, we give the children at BHNS opportunities to run, jump, sign, dramatize rough-house, wiggle, write, read, and create original work. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #000000;">Children learn by doing and self-directing, and they succeed in the future by learning to love school. Their delight and spontaneous wonder will always be our first priority. </span></p>