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Space: The Final Frontier of Education
How Bennett Day School’s TinkerLabs are peeling back the walls of the traditional classroom What does your child’s classroom do to improve the learning experience? What comes to mind when you picture a classroom? If you went to a traditional American school, you’re likely picturing a space that contains neat rows of desks, a…
Friday: The Digital Atelier
On Friday, we got to get our figurative hands dirty in one of ten ateliers that were arranged for us. I chose the Digital Atelier in large part because I am increasingly interested in the effective technology integration in the learning context. Seamless technology integration: that’s what I was hoping to explore. Well, I couldn’t…
BDS Visits the Diana Preschool in Reggio Emilia, Italy
This morning I visited the Diana preschool, the first of the municipal preschools that opened in 1970. The school is situated amidst a loose line of shrubs in the city’s central park. This was intentional; Malaguzzi wanted the school to be in the heart of the city, a symbolic representation of the centrality and importance of…
A Visit to Boiardo Primary School in Villa Bagno, Reggio Emilia
Our visit to Boiardo Primary School, a state school in the neighborhood of Villa Bagno, Reggio Emilia, started with snacks made by the students and a welcome from the network director Anna Maria. There are eight schools in the network, and five of them are primary. The Boiardo school just moved to their new building…
BDS Visits the Maramotti Infant-Toddler Center and Preschool
By Kate Cicchelli, Principal & Chief Academic Officer. I spent the afternoon at the Maramotti Infant-Toddler Center and Preschool, pictured below: The design for this beautiful space was created by Francesca Fava and Carlo Margini. The city of Reggio Emelia held a competition for local architects under the age of 35 and their design, “Children, spaces,…
Continuing the Adventure: Day 2 in Reggio Emilia, Italy
By Kate Cicchelli, Principal & Chief Academic Officer An intense morning here in Reggio. Today’s presenter, Paola Caligari, gave a rousing talk about the concept of continuity. She started by creating a “provisional map” for the week generated from suggestions shared by audience members as to what continuity means within our schools. Caligari then introduced…
Planes, Trains and Aerobuses: Bennett Day School Goes to the Reggio Emilia Winter Institute
By Kate Cicchelli, Principal & Chief Academic Officer The start to any journey requires a little bit of traversal. Mine came when attempting to find the Loris Malaguzzi International Center, the dedicated space for research and professional development for the people of Reggio Emilia, Italy. I am currently in Italy attending the International Winter Institute, which this year…
A Quest That Began With Questions
By Kate Cicchelli, Principal & Chief Academic Officer There is a great deal of power in the asking of questions, and of course in the subsequent discovery of answers. Bennett Day School is an idea that began with questions: what kind of school experience, what sort of education, was available in Chicago, and what would the ideal school experience look…
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