Inspiration is taken from the Reggio Emilia approach along with Scandinavian and forestry approaches at the Little Barn Owls group. Educators are constantly researching ways of making environments more inviting for children and value these as the ‘third teacher’.
Little Barn Owls adopts an enquiry-based learning approach, which enables it to provide continuous provision that supports children’s current interests, and its emergent curriculum allows educators, atelieristas and pedagogical co-ordinators to propose engaging and exciting provocations that often evolve into lengthy in-depth projects.
Following a recent trip to the Reggio Emilia study tour, trainers and leaders from Little Barn Owls were inspired to create research environments, working alongside educators to bring aspects and resources from atelier and mini-atelier spaces into the wider environment, creating connections between areas through technology and intelligent materials. Digital microscopes, cameras and projections allow them to make spaces within everyday areas of provision more connected and meaningful to children’s interests
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