by Robin Brooks | Nov 11, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
My Reggio Study Group Convenes On Tuesday evening, October 12, 2010, my Reggio Study Group gathered in Portland to start another year together. We had been calling ourselves the Portland Area Reggio Collaborative, or PARC for a couple of years already. A collection...
by Robin Brooks | Mar 18, 2018 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
As a young child, feeling the warmth of the sun on my face, reflected from the Cabana Club pool, my feet dangling in the cold pool water. My summers were spent poolside while my dad worked his summer job of Pool Director. At home, being tucked in under the covers at...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 27, 2017 | Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
TEACHING VS. LEARNING: One of the scariest things about transitioning to a choice based approach to working with children is a teacher’s fear of losing control. Many of us are operating under the false assumption that if we control every possible variable, we...
by Robin Brooks | Mar 21, 2016 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Every teacher-in-training takes theory classes in preparation for entering the classroom. Over time, our theories about children and learning become the foundation for our practice–the daily life of working with children in the classroom. As I have matured in...
