The Hundred Languages

The child, as a human being, has a hundred languages: a hundred ways of thinking, expressing himself, understanding, meeting others through a thought that intertwines and does not separate the dimensions of experience. The hundred languages are a metaphor for the extraordinary potential of children, of the cognitive and creative processes, of the multiple forms with which life manifests itself and knowledge is constructed. The task of our school is to enhance all verbal and non-verbal languages with equal dignity.

What We Believe 

“Education is a right of all, of all children, and as such is a responsibility of the community. Education is an opportunity for the growth and emancipation of the individual and the collective; it is a resource for gaining knowledge and for learning to live together; it is a meeting place where freedom, democracy, and solidarity are practiced and where the value of peace is promoted. Within the plurality of cultural, ideological, political, and religious conceptions, education lives by listening, dialogue and participation; it is based on mutual respect, valuing the diversity of identities, competencies, and knowledge held by each individual and is therefore qualified as secular and open to exchange and cooperation.”

From “Indications, Preschools and Infant-Toddler Centres of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia”, 1.1 Education is a right, (2009)