What is Progettazione? Explore the Process of Design Thinking

Cambridge, MA

Join us for a series of four online workshops as we focus on the Reggio principle of progettazione. Loosely translated into English, progettazione is defined as a design thinking strategy for planning where teachers hypothesize about children’s interests, make predictions, document, and together with children, engage in an extended process of learning. We will explore […]

Designing Intelligently Responsive Environments: Children, Spaces and Relat

Designing Intelligently Responsive Environments: Children, Spaces and Relationships In this workshop, we will uncover the processes around designing intelligently responsive environments, where children’s voices are honored through co-constructive participation. We will take time to look at the soft qualities of our classrooms, such as light, color, materials, sounds, organization, placement, and microclimates, in an attempt […]

Reggio-Inspired Projects: Planning and Facilitating Engaging, Child-Directe

Reggio-Inspired Projects: Planning and Facilitating Engaging, Child-Directed Learning In this workshop, we will focus on the Reggio principle of “progettazione”, a design thinking strategy for planning where teachers hypothesize about children’s interests, make predictions, document, and engage in an extended process of learning together with children. After overviewing the idea of a cycle of inquiry […]

Leading and Listening with Vision and Heart: Building Reggio-Inspired Pract

Leading and Listening with Vision and Heart: Building Reggio-Inspired Practice Leading a Reggio-Inspired program can be a wonderful, messy, and challenging job. In this seminar designed for program directors, school leaders and coaches, the administrative team of the Worcester Child Development Head Start Program will share their journey to bring Reggio-inspired practice to their program. […]