World's Best Practice
Emergent Curriculum
Project Work
Representational Development
Collaboration
Teachers as
Researchers
Documentation
Environment
Features of the Reggio Emilia Approach and Further Reading
Projects, also emergent, are in-depth studies of concepts, ideas, and interests which arise within the group. Considered as an adventure, projects may last one week or could continue throughout the school year. Throughout a project, teachers help children make decisions about the direction of study, the ways in which the group will research the topic, the representational medium that will demonstrate and showcase the topic and the selection of materials needed to represent the work.
Making a beetle playground