Holistic Thinking
Learning is multi-dimensional and interconnected
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Principles
Materials as Languages,
Languages as Materials
Hands on experiences with interesting materials shapes our thinking. These encounters help turn intuition into ideas and help us to refine our thinking.
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Children Are Amazing
It is through our work that helps them get to higher places.
Colaboration
The coming together of diverse, multiple perspectives is important and generative of learning. Through mutual dialogue, individuals can challenge their own assumptions, discover, and gain insights they might not have considered before, and deepen their previous knowledge.
Active Listening
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Materials help open our minds to the many ways that others communicate pathways for the construction and communication of meaning.
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About
Jesús Oviedo is an artist-educator, administrator and Early Childhood consultant. He worked as a Studio Coordinator for seventeen years for the preschools of the Reggio-Inspired Chicago Commons EC program. In this role he partnered with children and educators in their research and provided professional development through a Reggio-Inspired lens. Jesús has consulted with Early Childhood classrooms, schools and programs across the US on pedagogy, collaboration and hands-on experiences with materials that foster creativity and high-level questioning.
