At today's parent forum we began explore the concept of the Image of the Child. We began by thinking about what comes to mind about our children and how we think about them. This short video helped to place the idea of the image of the child in context and its birth in the philosophy of Reggio Emilia.
We went on to read the Why Sheet: Image of the Child and used the Connect, Extend, Challenge routine to help consider our response. These are some of our reflections:
Connect
- It was good to connect with who my child is
Extend
- Learning is two-way traffic
- May need to give them more opportunity to teach us what they like
Challenges
- How do we reconcile our image of the child with our actions
- Time – parent interest vs child interest
- Creating opportunities to allow our children’s interests to grow
- Freedom vs Discipline
- Rights and Responsibilities
We realised that, unfortunately, sometimes what we like to think about our child and how we think we view them is not always reflected in our actions.
For the next week we shall be keeping a log of our actions and observations each day to reflect on the image that we are holding of our child.
Please do join us in keeping a record of your interactions with your child and we'll discuss our discoveries at next weeks' Parents' Forum.
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