Playing with Ideas: Play, Learning and Progettazione

Posted on by Debi Keyte-Hartland

The word 'play' is a very contextual and highly debated word.  What it means is often different from one person to another.  It can range from the totality for the freedom for play where there is no need or little need for adult direction.  This may come from a biological and evolutionary perspective such as … Continue reading Playing with Ideas: Play, Learning and Progettazione

Drawing as Meaning Making

Posted on by Debi Keyte-Hartland

From Reggio, we gain a perspective that the 'Arts' are equal and co-existing 'languages' of expression and communication alongside and together with other 'languages'... of science... of mathematics... of written word... of other ways of knowing, describing and discovering the world.  Loris Malaguzzi's poem,  "No Way.  The Hundred is There" is testament to this. Materials … Continue reading Drawing as Meaning Making