Teaching and Learning Styles

Just4Kids will offer the children:

2 Types of Teaching and Learning Styles

Montessori and Reggio Emilia

What is Reggio Emilia? The Reggio Emilia approach is an educational philosophy that focuses on child-centered, self-guided learning in preschool and primary education. The approach is based on the idea that children are unique, have strong potential, and learn through relationships with others and many languages.

. These materials, known as Spielgaben, should be stimulating and interesting enough to be used in many ways:

• Loose parts: Such as blocks, fabric scraps, buttons, shells, and feathers

• Natural light and plants: Classrooms should be arranged to allow for large areas to explore materials 
  

The materials should be accessible to children whenever they want, and should change as their interests change. Play is driven by the children's interests, questions, and the world around them, and the materials should add to their play in meaningful ways. This opportunity for children to create their own play helps to develop independence and creative thinking. 

What is Montessori learning? Montessori education is a combination of self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. Children make creative choices in learning with a wide range of age-appropriate activities and educational toys. Our caregivers/educators  will help guide children in play in the process. Children will work together or individually to develop, sharpen and gain skills to their full potential.

Montessori discovered that experiential learning in this type of classroom led to a deeper understanding of language, mathematics, science, music, social interactions and much more. Children can learn through their own experience and at their own pace.

Infant/Toddler (birth-3 yrs old)

*provide a safe, engaging and nurturing environment for the child

*promote trust in themselves and their world

*develop confidence in their emerging abilities

*develop gross motor coordination, fine motor skills, and language skills

*offer opportunities to gain independence in daily tasks

Primary (3-6yrs old)

*foster the growth of functional independence, task persistence and self-regulation

*promote social development through respectful, clear communication and safe, natural consequences

*contain a large variety of materials for the refinement of sensory perception and the development of literacy and mathematical understanding

*offer opportunities for imaginative exploration leading to confident, creative self-expression.

Elementary (6-12yrs old)

*offer opportunities for collaborative intellectual exploration in which the child’s interests are supported and guided

*support the development of self-confidence, imagination, intellectual independence and self-efficacy

*foster an understanding of the child’s role in their community, in their culture and in the natural world.

These materials, known as Spielgaben, should be stimulating and interesting enough to be used in many ways:

• Loose parts: Such as blocks, fabric scraps, buttons, shells, and feathers

• Natural light and plants: Classrooms should be arranged to allow for large areas to explore materials 
  

The materials should be accessible to children whenever they want, and should change as their interests change. Play is driven by the children's interests, questions, and the world around them, and the materials should add to their play in meaningful ways. This opportunity for children to create their own play helps to develop independence and creative thinking. 

The Reggio Emilia approach and the Montessori method can be blended together because their differences can work well when combined. Both are early childhood educational methods that are child-centric and nurturing, and they both give students a lot of agency and freedom.