Guest Teacher: Kati Nash
Reggio Blog Series 

Hi! My  name is Kati and I am a teacher in a Reggio-inspired preschool that serves the most at-risk children in our school district. Our school is unique in that we have private, philanthropic funding but remain a public school. Our school works with many local foundations and groups including the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. I am so excited that I can share a glimpse of my children’s inspiring investigation from this year with the world.
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We first began noticing  children’s intrigue with ramps, bridges, and
tunnels emerge in the block area.

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Children were building multi-level structures and using objects to manipulate cause and effect relationships with their structures.

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We wondered what would develop if the children’s ideas of ramps were brought
into another area of the classroom.

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Teachers set up a series of provocations involving ramps and a variety of materials. These started with simple ramps and obvious balls.

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As teachers watched the children’s interactions with the ramps evolve
they would add or take away materials.

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During ongoing exploration children began to agree that “a ramp goes down.” And thus the children formed their definition of a ramp.

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Kati will be a guest presenter this summer with Fairy Dust Teaching's e-institute!