5 tips for setting up a Reggio-Inspired Classroom:
Keep it Neutral:
Neutral colours are less distracting and allow the children’s art work to stand out.
Neutral colours promote a relaxing and calm environment which encourages creativity.
Neutral colours are less distracting and allow the children’s art work to stand out.
Neutral colours promote a relaxing and calm environment which encourages creativity.
Keep it Organized:
Natural baskets and trays are a great way to display resources and materials.
A classroom message center facilitates organization and allows children to organize their own work, letters home or even send one another messages.
Natural baskets and trays are a great way to display resources and materials.
A classroom message center facilitates organization and allows children to organize their own work, letters home or even send one another messages.
Keep Spaces Defined:
Adding books, stuffed animals, a comfy blanket and oversized chair are good ways to invite children to read or socialize in small groups.
Alternately, building blocks and building manipulatives are best laid out in a large area without furniture restrictions.
Adding books, stuffed animals, a comfy blanket and oversized chair are good ways to invite children to read or socialize in small groups.
Alternately, building blocks and building manipulatives are best laid out in a large area without furniture restrictions.
Provocation:
It’s all about peeking a child’s natural curiosity. You want to make something irresistible.
Place materials in a simple yet attractive way as an open invitation to explore and learn!
It’s all about peeking a child’s natural curiosity. You want to make something irresistible.
Place materials in a simple yet attractive way as an open invitation to explore and learn!
Natural is Beautiful:
Natural materials provoke spontaneity and creativity.
Natural open-ended items such as twigs, stones, glass, wood and pinecones light imaginations and are an alternative to plastic manipulatives.
Natural materials provoke spontaneity and creativity.
Natural open-ended items such as twigs, stones, glass, wood and pinecones light imaginations and are an alternative to plastic manipulatives.