She compares the United States approach to learning with pre-schoolers, to the learning styles of children in Reggio Emilia. In the U. S. we often utilize themes in pre-schools programs, where children study a subject through various experiences in art, story, music, their environment, and science. Carol Lindsay tells me that the Reggio schools use very simple materials. They have learning centers just like many of our early childhood programs. Block area, housekeeping, library, etc.
Teachers are listeners and observers.
They ask questions of the children. They create hypotheses and theories. The curriculum in Reggio is not established in advanced. The projects that children initiate can last a few days to several months. I have identified several problems that I feel would not work effectively here in the U.S. if we truly adapt this approach as it is in Italy.