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Playful learning...

The child

The child is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.

A hundred, always a hundred
ways of listening,
of marvelling, of loving,
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding.
a hundred worlds
to discover,
a hundred worlds
to invent,
a hundred worlds
to dream.

The child has a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
 
They tell the child
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
love and marvelling
only at Easter and Christmas.

They tell the child
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety nine.
They tell the child
that work and play
reality and fantasy,
science and imagination,
sky and earth,
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.

And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way
The Hundred is there.


Loris Malaguzzi 1920-1994 Founder of the Reggio Emilia Approach
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Democratic Principles
    • History >
      • 60 Years of Learning
    • Our Vision and Graduate Outcomes
    • Child Safe and Volunteers
    • School Information
    • Kindergarten Information
    • Out Of School Hours Care (OSHC)
    • Canteen
    • Contact Information
    • Our Location
    • School Uniform
  • Parents
    • School Board
    • Parent Social Club
    • St Mel's Netball Club
    • Fun Fair
    • Parent Handbook
  • Community
    • Parish
    • Our Calendar
    • Annual Report
    • Wellbeing Officer (NSCSWP)
  • Learning and Teaching
    • Religious Education - Source of Life
    • Learning For All
    • Learning and Teaching
    • Learning Feedback
    • Aboriginal Perspectives - Yorta Yorta History
  • Enrolment
    • Our Learning Suites >
      • Kindergarten
      • Early Years
      • Lower Years
      • Upper Years
      • Specialist Teachers
      • OSHC
      • Student Leadership
    • Enrolment Forms
    • Fees
  • Downloads
    • Current Newsletter
    • Information and Policies
    • Canteen Menu
    • Absence Notes
  • Open Learning Centre
  • Employment