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My Best Course - Using Reggio to find meaning

One Reggio course on language and literacy helped Louise Lowings to get more from her child development training. By Hannah Crown

Literacy is a specific area of learning within the EYFS, and many literacy strategies focus on things such as reading, writing and speaking. For Reggio specialists, however, spontaneity, curiosity and the ability for children to talk freely are emphasised.

‘Reading the world’ is a two-day conference from the Sightlines initiative. ‘At a time when we are seeing literacy devolved into technical exercises’, says the conference blurb, ‘the presentations will emphasise the intrinsic meaning-making of spoken and written language, its place in making sense of the world, and its relationship with other languages of expression.’

The day featured presentations from leading settings, including an Italian Reggio specialist, and local authority early years leads, and was chaired by Professor Peter Moss from the Institute of Education.

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