{"id":1642,"date":"2021-07-14T22:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/?page_id=1642"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:57:11","slug":"the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489757662264{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The project&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626294844734{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;For Gioiosa learning is fundamental because it promotes the development of the child. This can only happen if the learning is linked through experience to real situations, which allows the child to develop critical thinking, reflect, and hypothesize through hands-on exploration.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563872868477{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]In fact, direct experience has some fundamental characteristics for the learning process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Curiosity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the word exploration, we refer not only to the physical investigation but also to its recollection and evaluation, which allows the child to go from simple concepts to more complex ones.<\/p>\n<p>Children in this age group co-participate in the learning process and are the main protagonists. Between 3 to 6 children develop their basic personality traits and start their conscious decision-making, gaining autonomy.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2986&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563873039433{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The child is in transformation and their cognitive, emotional, and social growth can be enhanced by rich, various, and engaging experiences provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The child is now conscious to be different from others, developing an initial understanding of the rights and needs of the people around them, developing empathy, and creating richer and more structured relationships every day. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong><em>During the 3 years attending the Scuola dell\u2019infanzia, the child undergoes a deep transformation regarding physical, cognitive, linguistic development, and autonomy.<br \/>\nTo respond effectively to children\u2019s needs, children are grouped into different \u201csezioni\u201d (rooms) with specific age-appropriate educational and cultural projects, which take into consideration children\u2019s needs.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wh-theme-icon vc_custom_1563869085551  scp_theme_icon-ffa508c159e3412ac7ec04eeac207585\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-edarrow-right-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<strong>GIARDINIERI (Gardeners)- 3 year-olds<\/strong>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h6|font_size:18px|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626295021094{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For children aged 3, the tale (or<\/span><b> Fiaba)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represents an effective tool to communicate their magical world, imagination, feelings, and emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To scaffold children in their understanding of the value of Tales, the educator doesn\u2019t provide explanations but facilitates children\u2019s expression through a variety of art experiences. The name <\/span><b>GIARDINIERI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refers to the importance Nature has within the program: by taking care of the seeds in the veggie garden and seeing them growing children learn care practices that symbolically reflect their learning journey.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wh-theme-icon vc_custom_1563869085551  scp_theme_icon-ffa508c159e3412ac7ec04eeac207585\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-edarrow-right-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<strong>ESPLORATORI (Explorers) 4-5 years old<\/strong>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h6|font_size:18px|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626295164686{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a child turns 4 they go from the egocentric phase to a more social one characterized by the need to be part of a group. To respond to this emerging need the child is scaffolded to learn about ancient cultures to analogically discover qualities, values, and emotions that are fundamental to open to the social dimension. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wh-theme-icon vc_custom_1563869085551  scp_theme_icon-ffa508c159e3412ac7ec04eeac207585\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-edarrow-right-circle\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<strong>STORICI DI PRIMINA (historians) <\/strong>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h6|font_size:18px|text_align:left|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626295177638{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children aged 5 develop an emerging need to story tell and leave a mark. To respond to this need the child learns about the Camuna culture (the Camuni were a people of ancient Italy with a pre-Indo-European language), which, in analogy has left marks of itself through graffiti and created its social reality going from hunting to agriculture. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563867651860{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2988&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enhance furthermore the development of the children, multi-aged grouping is promoted during daily routines and specific projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By providing cultural projects to the children, the educators allow them to touch base with their own emotions to identify them, recognize them and share them through play, with the ultimate goal to be able to effectively express them. Emotional development owns a fundamental space within our learning experiences where both educators and children engage in a variety of experiences aiming to support self-regulation, emotion recognition, and expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide this quality of care the ratio educator to child is 1 to 10, which allows educators to create an educational relationship with all children and their uniqueness. <\/span><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489757662264{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The project&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626294844734{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;For Gioiosa learning is fundamental because it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/the-project\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3067,"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1642\/revisions\/3067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gioiosabergamo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}