Reggio Children
http://zerosei.comune.re.it/inter/index.htm

Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/poptopics/reggio.html

North American Reggio Emilia Alliance (NAREA) – for Study Tour information and information about the exhibit The Hundred Languages of Children  www.reggioalliance.org

Innovations In Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange
http://ted.coe.wayne.edu:16080/reggio/

Reggio Emilia Aotearoa New Zealand
http://www.reanz.org

Organizations offering Reggio-inspired conferences, institutes, coursework or research:

Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/mlv/

St. Louis Reggio Collaborative
http://www.reggiocollab.org/

Boulder Journey School
http://www.boulderjourneyschool.com

Opal Charter School
http://www.portlandcm.org/opal_school.php

Lesley College, Cambridge, MA
http://web.lesley.edu/reggio/index.html

ChildCare Exchange
http://www.ChildCareExchange.com

World Forum on Early Care and Education
http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/

Association for Childhood Education International
http://www.acei.org/

Other Resources

Books
Olive Press
http://www.olivepressbooks.com

Learning Materials Workshop
http://www.learningmaterialswork.com/store/page6.html

Routledge Education
http://www.routledge.com/books/series/contesting_early_childhood_SE0623/

Materials and Experiences

Art Scraps
http://www.artstart.org/reusestore.html

Leonardo’s Basement
http://www.leonardosbasement.org/1history.php

Ax-Man, a surplus goods store
3 Twin Cities locations
http://www.ax-man.com

Continental Clay
http://www.continentalclay.com

Minnesota Clay
http://minnesotaclayusa.com

“Found” materials resource ideas

“Found” and recyclable materials surround us in the environment. These often-discarded and overlooked objects offer rich shapes, colors and textures that can stimulate active learning.

As Lella Gandini and Cathy Weisman Topal write in their book Beautiful Stuff!, “One way to rediscover our own creative impulses is to see possibilities in materials. Children possess a natural openness to the potential of materials. When adults become aware of this process, they find ways to watch and listen to children. Children and adults become collaborators as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, create, construct and think with materials.”

Below are some lists of “found materials” compiled by experienced teachers. Feel free to use the lists with families and colleagues to collect materials that will inspire you and your children.

You may download the lists in pdf format: Resource List (170) and Material List by Sandy B (202)