The Reggio Emilia Approachis an educational philosophy based on the image of the child, and of human beings, as possessing strong potentials for development and as a subject of rights who learns and grows in the relationships with others.This global educational project, which is carried forth in the Municipal Infant-toddler Centers and Preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, and has inspired other schools all over the world, is based on a number of distinctive characteristics: the participation of families, the collegial work of all the personnel,the importance of the educational environment, the presence of the atelier and the figure of the atelierista, the in-school kitchen, and the pedagogical coordinating team.Focusing on the centrality of the hundred languages belonging to every human being, in the atelierspaces young children areoffered dailyopportunities to encounter many types of materials, many expressive languages, many points of v iew, working actively with hands, minds, and emotions, in a context that values the expressiveness and creativity of each child in the group.