We are all different, our perceptions, our paradigms, our passions, all are different.
As Albert Einstein said:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
In February the staff delved into what we could do to build meaningful relationships with our families in the centre. Different things we looked at were (more…)
This year Acacia Hill is focusing its year on Best Practice. Each month we will look at a part of our new philosopy aswell as a part of Loris Malaguzzi’s (Founder of the Reggio Approach) Hundred Languages.
https://www.reggiochildren.it/en/reggio-emilia-approach/100-linguaggi-en/
The weekend saw me take a quick overnight trip to Melbourne to listen to the inspirational speaker Carla Rinaldi about the Reggio Emilia Approach. Carla worked closely for many years with Loris Malaguzzi (the founder of the approach). The purpose of the conference was to provoke our thinking on how to connect children’s experiences of learning, thinking, understanding and expressing themselves.
We love texture play at childcare and recently we have had a big focus on different textures. We have had lots of fun discovering how different things feel on our hands and feet. (more…)
Have you tried gardening with children? We recently hosted an afternoon tea for our mum’s which focused on gardening with children………
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