All children are born curious, eager to discover the world around them. They desire knowledge and, like little scientists, generate hypotheses, conduct experiments, and reach conclusions. Sometimes their research manifests itself through actions, playing, and interacting with others and things; other times, questions about the world are posed explicitly, through words.
Children's questions are often different from adults' questions because they reflect a typical childhood mode of thinking: somewhere between magical and logical thinking. This is why children seek answers to problems that may seem completely irrelevant to adults, or interpret the world, facts, and relationships according to their own unique categories. In all cases, the process of questioning is the foundation of cognitive, emotional, and relational development. Children's questions are the foundation of our design, and we will emphasize the most valuable aspect of the question: THE RESEARCH PROCESS IT CAN SET IN MOTION.
All children's questions are legitimate and will be taken seriously, and all their answers, the fruit of slow research and sharing with the group, will be considered legitimate and valid, even if not always scientifically correct.
Slow time is the best teacher; the opportunity to try again and again is the foundation of our pedagogical credo. Mistakes cannot and should not be a source of frustration for children, but rather the best opportunity to develop real learning. Only by allowing children to make mistakes, copy, imitate, hypothesize, and concretely experiment in a relaxed setting—far removed from the frenetic pace of today's life, the pace of video games or cartoons where the story unfolds in the same, repetitive way over the course of ten minutes—can our children consolidate their learning.
We continue with outdoor education, often spending time outdoors: "outside-in, inside-out" in an educational continuum that will lead us to many nature experiences in our own backyards, but also in our town's public parks.
Italiano 
English 
