At Explorers Early Learning, we are deeply inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach, a world-renowned philosophy that places children at the centre of their learning. This approach fosters creativity, independence, and collaboration, ensuring children learn and develop the skills they need for lifelong learning.

Our Reggio Emilia inspired early learning centres are designed to inspire curiosity and encourage children to explore their world through hands-on, inquiry-based experiences. If you’d like a deeper understanding of this philosophy, read our detailed blog: Exploring the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education.

How is a Reggio Emilia-inspired approach® different from other approaches?

Reggio Emilia's educational project is a system of education that values children as protagonists in learning. It adopts a conceptual approach to learning, an approach that does not silo learning into subjects but recognises that learning is interconnected.

Explorers uses a project-based learning approach as a strategy for children to explore concepts that they are curious about. Projects allow children to work together and develop valuable social skills such as negotiation, listening, collaboration and confidence.

Explorers is inspired by Reggio Emilia’s metaphor of the Hundred Languages, a strategy of inclusion that values every child and their preferred style of learning. Educators at Explorers provide opportunities for children’s learning through storytelling, drawing, painting, music, digital invitations, movement or construction.