Unpick the best of the Montessori approach
- acknowledge all children’s abilities
- independently successful children
- the role of the adult
- full potential learning
Unpick the best of the Reggio Emilia approach
- make the classroom your “third teacher”
- documentation as assessment
- parent-teacher collaboration
- inquiry based learning
The complete guide to implement these methodologies
Include the whole community in educating the whole child
Match provision to the learning development of children
Develop teaching and learning strategies for:
- using imagination
- socialisation and play
- sensorial training
- personalisation
- encouraging questions
- developing learning and talents
Practical tools and resources to use immediately
The best materials from these approaches and how to use them
Interrelate science/maths with art and creativity
Concrete and sensory materials to explain abstract principles
Numeracy and language resources
Develop independent, happy learners with an aptitude for thinking