The Little Ones of Silent Movies

An extraordinary adventure between one and two year old children and little fish at Reggio's Rodari Infant-toddler Centre.

The children are so young that they have not yet acquired speech, nor a very sure stride, taking steps made clumsy by cumbersome nappies and tottering on account of the tugs of gravity.

Nonetheless, these children are quick of eye and hand, quick to make friends, and great communicators.

They are full of ideas and invention in their interactions, which are organised and reorganised.

Published by Reggio Children (1996)

A subtle yet powerful account of working intelligently with 1.5 and 2 year children's intelligences and complex sociable, interpersonal  curiosity

The Many Faces of the Assembly

A study on the human figure in drawing, clay and photography.

The human figure is explored in the context of the morning assembly that brings together all 26 children of the class. The investigation interweaves drawing, clay, and photography, seeking in the connections between the three languages the expressive and cognitive elements for understanding and evolving.

This is a masterful presentation of a learning journey amongst children and educators, with creative and professional employment of video and editing techniques to engage many audiences - parents, other educators, any adult interested in children's learning and engagement.

The Rights of Children

Everything in this document belongs to the thoughts, discussions, and interpretations of five and six-year-old children, on themes that deal with their desires and expectations, and especially with their requests made to the adult world.

It was a trial of faith and hope, a desire to learn more about the children's maturity and inner logic. We were fully prepared to discover the black holes in our knowledge of children.

A book created by the Diana Preschool

Published by Reggio Children (1995)

Children and adults make the time and focus to talk about rights and what children's rights might be. 

The Wonder of Learning

The catalogue of an important exhibition (2007) which is already travelling around the world; it speaks about the developments and the innovative flair of the educational experience in Reggio Emilia.

Recent projects carried out in the municipal Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools of Reggio Emilia are presented in five different sections: a wide interdisciplinary kaleidoscope crossing different languages and media. The metaphor well representing the whole cultural project is the one of the democratic piazza, a place open to the exchange of opinions so as to build up a new idea and a new experience of citizenship.
Edited by Ilaria Cavallini, Tiziana Filippini, Vea Vecchi and Lorella Trancossi
Graphic design by Rolando Baldini and Vania Vecchi
2011, 216 pages