Many days I sit at my desk willing a Facebook post to hit my inbox and nothing comes.... and then today ...when I am on vacation of course ... 3 very compelling posts come in.  When we made the decision to invite parents into our curriculum as real partners in exploring the children's thinking, we were afraid.  Afraid parents wouldn't show up, or that they would show up wouldn't understand

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It has been a busy week for SRCC Parents with 3 centres having their Fall Family Meetings. Terra Nova invited parents to experience and understand the use of loose parts at the centre.  The children had left some impressive creations for their parents who, after considering them, made some changes and left the children with very exciting new creations to use.  Through this process parents

We believe this at the SRCC - that learning and teaching should be fully integrated and that the best Educators are the ones who see themselves as artists and scientists and researchers, always on the quest to satisfy curiosity - their and/or the children's.  When we look at how to offer professional development that meets the needs of our Educators we look at what we want to offer the children.

On our 10 year journey into the world of emergent / responsive / Reggio-inspired curriculum with the guidance of our colleagues at Hilltop Children's Centre, London Bridge Children's Centres and Ann Pelo we have have changed so many things, learned new ways of working alongside the children and facilitating their investigations and explorations.  One of the things we had really not yet mastered