Claudia's trip to Reggio & her experience visiting Centro Internazionale Loris Malaguzzi

1. Visit to Reggio Emilia
Centro Internazionale
Loris Malaguzzi
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Scuola (prek-5
November 5, 2013

2. The Mothership… CILM. Housed in an old
Grana (cheese) factory, the delicate smell
pervades still today

3. The lobby is full of light and visitors are
welcomed at the caffe - the design of which
is reminiscent of La Scuola’s reception minus the coffee and treats.

4. CILM has a resource center with archives for
Reggio and from around the world. It is
beautiful and inspiring

5. The Piazza is used for independent work
by children and assembly

6. Twos and Threes begin to make connections
between real world and fantasy - look at the
materials

7. The Threes were hard at work in their
gorgeous space. Classroom/atelier/nap area
no baby gates in
this place!

8. The Fours classroom is a multimedia lab

9. The Fives are using technology while learning
science in their biosphere mini atelier.
Amazing.

10. The Mensa… Note different seating for
individual tastes

11. The Kitchen - the fulcrum as it is in SF! Mini
kitchen atelier attached for student
exploration
Notice the documentation ↑

12. Fourth Grade was studying Fiumi - Rivers
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I do not have images because upon entering the room, I was peppered with
questions about languages, geography, what our kids study and how and
where the Yukon river is.
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We then delved into why I was there, we together named the 16 nationalities
of La Scuola, we showed off our language skills- with kids sharing phrases in
Farsi, Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Deutsche.
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I SO enjoyed this exchange– and it proves that our IB school needs to facilitate
exchange trips for our kids to other schools – if I, one boring grown up, can so
captivate their interest, imagine what kids their age over several days can do.

13. 5th graders are studying man. On this
day, they were researching the Greeks.
Students were in small groups…
With books taking notes
Watching a video and discussing architecture
Mapping civilizations while researching on laptops

14. Cafeteria of the CILM - where sometimes the
K-5 eats due to limited space in the mensa.
DESIGNED BY
SEBASTIANO
LONGARETTI
LOVE ↑↑ ↑↑
The type of water is etched on the fixture

15. Atelier Raggio di Luce. This exhibition is
open to the public in the CILM - and smaller
versions of it have been presented at MOMA
in NYC, as well as other places in Europe.

16. For children, exploration starts from the center
and journeys outward - Claudia Giudici
I would add: not only children’s…