Bibliography
Thinking About the Reggio Emilia Approach

Dahlberg, Gunilla, Peter Moss & Alan Pence. Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education & Care: Postmodern Perspectives, London, England: Falmer Press, 1999.

Edwards, Carolyn, Lella Gandini and George Forman. The Hundred Languages of Children, Norwood, NJ, Ablex, 1993. [1998. Ablex is now in Greenwich, CT. Get 2nd edition; it's much better! SGC 1998]

Fraser, Susan. Authentic Childhood: Experiencing Reggio Emilia in the Classroom, Ontario, Canada: Nelson Thomson Learning, 2000.

Hendrick, Joanne. First Steps Toward Teaching the Reggio Way. New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1997.

Katz, Lilian and Bernard Cesarone, eds. Reflections on the Reggio Emilia Approach,Urbana, IL, ERIC, 1994.

Reggio Emilia [City of]. I Cento Linguaggi dei Bambini: The Hundred Languages of Children, catalog of museum exhibit, c.1986. [get 2nd edition; it's much better! SGC 1998]

Rodari, Gianni. The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 5 Union Sq., NY NY 10003-3306, 1996. Or order from me ($20 including shipping; I usually have them on hand.)

Topal, Cathy W. Children, Clay and Sculpture, Worcester, MA Davis Publications, Inc. 1983 (note: this isn't about Reggio, but it fits! SGC)

AND two particularly wonderful descriptions of how they work in Reggio, produced by the schools themselves:

Everything Has a Shadow Except Ants (second edition)
Reggio Children, Italy, 1999, Illus. softbound, 89 pp.
available from http://www.learningmaterialswork.com/shop/reggio.htm
Encounters with shadows in many situations, a guide to working profoundly with children's understanding of science

Shoe and Meter 
Reggio Children, Italy,1997; Illus. softbound, 103 pp.
Initial approaches to the discovery, function, and use of measurement
from a project carried out at the Diana preschool.

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