Public preschool of Scandiano Reggio Emilia Italy Teacher

Public pre-school of Scandiano (Reggio Emilia, Italy) Teacher: Cinzia Braglia

ORGANIZATION • Requirements for the access: children living in the Municipality of Scandiano, aged between 3 and 5. • Availability: 168 places, 6 age-based classes (2 classes for the “Younger group”: 3 -year-old children; 2 classes for the “Middle group”: 4 -year-old children; 2 classes for the “Older goup ”: 5 -year-old children) • Staff: 12 teachers; 5 collaborators. • Service Calendar: from Sept. 15 th (approximately) till June 30 th. • Opening days: from Monday to Friday • Full-time classes: from 8. 00 a. m till 4 p. m. • Supplementary services: earlier access (from 7. 30 a. m. only for authorized families); longer stay (from 4 p. m. till 6. 20 p. m. only for authorized families)

TYPICAL DAY • 7. 30 a. m. – 8 a. m. preschool (for those who have appropriate certification) • 8 a. m. – 9 a. m. entrance and welcoming • 9 a. m. - 9. 30 a. m. roll call and break • 9. 30 a. m. – 10 a. m. assembly • 10 a. m. - 11. 30 a. m. free and structured teaching activities • 11. 30 a. m. - 11. 45 a. m. first leave • 11. 45 a. m. - 12. 30 a. m. lunch • 12. 30 a. m. – 1 p. m. second leave • 1 p. m. – 3 p. m. nap • 3 p. m. - 3. 30 p. m. snack • 3. 30 p. m. – 4 p. m. third leave • 4 p. m. - 6. 20 p. m. additional time

OUR PRIORITIES • The significant relationship among peers and with adults • The enhancement of the game in all its forms and expressions • The emphasis on productive making and experiences in direct contact with nature, things, materials, social environment and culture in order to guide curiosity

OUR BEST PRACTICE: BUILDING GAMES WITH RECYCLED MATERIAL

BIG BUILDING SPACE Big construction “This is a city” “Those are long streets” BUILDING SPACE IN THE CLASSROOM “This is a drum, listen!”

• Children are focused on giving a different identity to already known objects; • Facing problems about balance, heights, lengths and volumes; • Making a profit from objects, in an imaginative meaning, through the exploration; • Accepting and sharing ideas and solutions coming from others; • Let imagination and creativeness act to build objects that “work”; • Deepening their knowledge through the play; • A recycle of materials, ideas and invention.

OUR SPECIFIC INTERESTS IN THE WORK GROUP • Relationship between play and creativeness development • Relationship between music language and creativeness development • Enhancement of cultural differences as didactic method to improve the creative thought

THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION