It’s
been a busy and exciting summer at Reggio Kids. We hosted educators from abroad and home and supported schools in their journey
toward being Reggio inspired!
We
thank them for placing their faith in our abilities to assist them along the way as
they transform their thinking around working with children and their environments.
Change, is both a daunting and rewarding process that takes time and commitment to
begin and sustain.
As
I answer questions about our work, I am constantly led back to my most
important piece of advice. There will be
a great divide between your expectations and reality. Defined expectations will
leave you disappointed. Instead think of it as path that appears to have an end
yet when you get there it veers right and then left, it goes upward toward a
mountain peak and then down toward the river bank. This is a Reggio inspired journey.
There
is no end that you are working toward. Instead, it as a great
adventure with no final destination. It is all about the ride. Just
when you believe you are a master, the children will make you the student. Therein
lays the magnificence of transformation!
Yes,
our schools have rich environments, a loose part studio, beautiful playgrounds,
walls lined with the echoes of students both past and present but do not let
that fool you. We also have great struggles that an inherent in the everyday
life of running daycares.
Stay
focused, take heart in knowing you are working toward a better way of being with
children!
As you fall into September:), set a few goals for yourself and see where you land!
Make you own music and buckle
up and enjoy the ride!
