Resources

Though many of our provincial kindergarten programs in Canada endorse an emergent curriculum, we have a longer history of teaching by telling and drilling. Is it even possible for strong literacy skills to be borne through children’s curiosity and within a pedagogy of listening? What could this look like? This is the question Jennifer Kelly tackles in her book Reggio-Inspired Literacy in Primary Classrooms. Check out my review of her book here.

This short, relatable, and wise book is a valuable read for early learning and care educators. We don’t have to wait for an unpredictable, uncomfortable moment to arise. Click to read my review of this valuable resource.

Documenting Children’s Meaning is an invaluable resource for North American early learning educators who work in varied contexts (including drop-in family/child programs) The authors share inspiring and accessible examples of why we document and create documentation that is important to children, families, educators, and society. Read my review here.

My copy of The Original Learning Approach by Suzanne Axelsson is filled with circled words and underlined sentences with notes in the margins. It’s a book that I will never be ‘done’, but rather one that I will revisit often as I strive to grow in my work and living with young children. Read my review here.

I first discovered The Art of Land-Based Early Learning in 2019 at an Ontario Reggio Association conference in Toronto. It was at this conference that I also met Sophie Edwards, the leading editor of this book. This book has informed and inspired me as an educator to consider new ways of nurturing caring relationships among children and adults with the natural world.

A festive thought – Visual metaphor in children’s learning is published by Reggio Children as a culmination of extensive research carried out in the Isituzione of Preschools and Infant-Toddler Centres of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s Department of Education and Human Sciences.