Reggio Emilia Related Books
Bambini:
The Italian Approach to Infant/Toddler CareAuthor(s): Carolyn Pope Edwards, Lella Gandini (click on the author's name for more titles)
This collection is filled with dozens of examples of experiences with dynamic, open systems of organization that support emotional and cognitive development of infants and toddlers–and respect the delicate relationship between parents and their young. Also included are many photos, some in colour.
RRP $53.95
Bringing Learning to Life
The Reggio Approach to Early Childhood EducationAuthor(s): Louise Boyd Cadwell (click on the author's name for more titles)
Building on her enormously popular book, Bringing Reggio Emilia Home, Louise Cadwell helps American educators understand what it means to use ideas from the Reggio Approach in their classrooms. In new and dynamic ways, Cadwell once again takes readers inside the day-to-day practice of a group of early childhood educators. This time she describes the growth and evolution of the work in the St. Louis Reggio Collaborative over the past 10 years.
RRP $49.95
Bringing Reggio Emilia Home
An Innovative Approach to Early Childhood EducationAuthor(s): Louise Boyd Cadwell (click on the author's name for more titles)
This is the first book to integrate the experiences of one American teacher on a year long internship in the preschools of Reggio Emilia with a four year adaptation in one American school.
RRP $49.95
Diary of Laura, The
Perspectives on a Reggio Emilia DiaryAuthor(s): Carlina Rinaldi, Carolyn Edwards (click on the author's name for more titles)
This beautiful book chronicles the journey of one young girl's first months in an infant-toddler program in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Photographs and written notes detail 11-month-old Laura's growth, discoveries, and milestones in the program, offering a unique perspective on her early child care experience. Originally published in 1983, this is the first time the diary is available in English and includes new photos of Laura as an adult with her family and her original teachers, and reflections and commentaries by recognized Reggio Emilia experts from around the world including Jan Millikan from Australia.
RRP $56.95
Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom
Interpreting the Reggio Emilia Approach in SchoolsAuthor(s): Carol Anne Wien (click on the author's name for more titles)
In this book, teachers and principals share their experiences with emergent curriculum, and with the creative practices they've developed in urban classrooms kindergarten to third grade. We learn what they were trying to do, how they began the process, the challenges they faced, the decisions they made, and what happened to the children.
RRP $62.95
In the Spirit of the Studio
Learning from the Atelier of Reggio EmiliaAuthor(s): Charles Schwall, Lella Gandini, Louise Boyd Cadwell, Lynn Hill (click on the author's name for more titles)
This beautiful book describes the revolution that the Reggio Emilia atelier (art studio) brought to the education of young children in Italy, and follows that revolution across the ocean to North America.
RRP $67.95
Infants and Toddlers at Work
Using Reggio-Inspired Material to Support Brain DevelopmentAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book contains a wealth of practical and specific activities and materials to use with infants and toddlers to enhance growth and development. Writing in the accessible style that her readers appreciate, Ann Lewin-Benham looks at current research from the neurosciences to show what teachers and childcare providers can do with very young children.
RRP $62.95
Powerful Children
Understanding How to Teach and Learn Using the Reggio ApproachAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
In Powerful Children, the author describes projects in a school that successfully adapted the Reggio Emilia Approach with disadvantaged children. She explains how to use the Reggio Emilia Approach to address current major concerns in early education, including helping children become self-disciplined, making sure children are ready for school, assessing childrens progress, and laying a foundation for literacy.
RRP $62.95
Reflections
Reggio Emilia Principles Within Australian ContextsAuthor(s): Jan Millikan (click on the author's name for more titles)
The first Australian book on Reggio Emilia principles and the impact they have upon Australian Early Childhood Services. An excellent introduction for early childhood practitioners and students to the teaching principles of Reggio Emilia and the implications for care and education of young children in Australia.
RRP $49.95
Seen & Heard
Children's Rights in Early Childhood EducationAuthor(s): Ellen Lynn Hall, Jennifer Kofkin Rudkin (click on the author's name for more titles)
Using examples from a Reggio Emilia inspired school in the USA with children from ages six weeks to six years, the authors emphasise the importance of children's rights and our responsibility as adults to hear their voices. It offers strategies educators can use to ensure the inclusion of children's perspectives in everyday decisions.
RRP $56.95
Twelve Best Practices for Early Childhood Education
Integrating Reggio and Other Inspired ApproachesAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
Written in the accessible style that her readers appreciate, this book expands on Lewin-Benham’s earlier works by showing the foundations for teachers to practice the Reggio Approach in their own settings. It introduces several new techniques: fostering language skills through Meaningful Conversation, designing inspiring environments, switching from a scheduled to an Open Flow day, using materials to build brain networks and stimulate Significant Work, and much more.
RRP $71.95
We Are All Explorers
Learning and Teaching with Reggio Principles in Urban SettingsAuthor(s): Daniel R Scheinfeld, Karen M Haigh, Sandra J Scheinfeld (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book examines a program-wide, multi-site implementation of the Reggio approach in an early childhood developmental program serving low income, culturally diverse children and their families. It focuses on the application, meaning, and value of these principles, and describes how they pervade relationships with parents, teacher development, and the organization of the program.
RRP $65.95
Working in the Reggio Way
A Beginner's Guide for American TeachersAuthor(s): Julianne Wurm (click on the author's name for more titles)
Working in the Reggio Way helps teachers of young children bring the renown child-centred practices of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, to American classrooms. Including photos and documents from Reggio Emilia, and interactive activities for individual or group reflection, this innovative resource leads teachers to a thoughtful examination of their programs that enables them to transform their teaching using Reggio tools.
RRP $49.95
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