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.15th (approximately) till June 30th.

• 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 SPACEBig 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