Play and learning are like the two wings of a butterfly - one cannot exist without the other.
Carla Rinaldi, President of Reggio Children Today’s ScheduleWe use the lens of Relevance, Rigor and Relationships along with timetabling for structured flexibility to design each day.
Imagination Corner helps to build effective communication and language skills, enhances social skills apart from nurturing imagination and creativity in the child. Life skills are also built through role play.
This corner is mainly related to natural as well as physical phenomena which nurtures the curiosity of a child, creating a sense of wonderment.It allows to one to slow down and observe minute details often overlooked.
Construction Play helps children to think independently to manipulate elements of the play environment to construct something new. This may involve all sorts of different construction methods – stacking, assembling, disassembling, sorting or molding, to name just a few.
This corner is aims at helping children become mindful of taking care of minutest details so as to work towards excellence. This may involve a range of fine motor skills to hone along with art and craft activities too.
This corner is for the sheer joy of playing and having fun in an unstructured play time; research says that we gain maximum from this kind of play. When play is unstructured, children gravitate to it most willingly, thus enabling interactions, conversations, negotiation etc. This may include playing in your garden or in a spacious area without setting up the space.