Malaguzzi

Named after the founder of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Malaguzzi classroom is for 4-yr old preschoolers. Children in this room are using all the experiences in the previous classrooms to navigate their relationships, their feelings, their community, and the world all while becoming even more independent!

Meet the teachers

Rihab Abdelhadi

Mentor Teacher

Rihab Abdelhadi

Mentor Teacher

Aaliyah Chilton

Protoge Teacher

Aaliyah Chilton

Protoge Teacher

Pattie Palasek

Teacher

Pattie Palasek

Teacher

Bryan

Teacher
5+ years in early childhood education

Bryan

Teacher
5+ years in early childhood education

Hi!

My name is Mr.Bryan, and I’m a teacher in the Malaguzzi classroom. I have been teaching early childhood education for over 5 years . Recently, I took a break from teaching to pursue Audio Engineering, but I honestly missed being in the classroom, and this is my return!

Recent studies:

Tom Dodd

Recent Study: Lines

Lines are everywhere and yet so easy to overlook! What begins as a way of developing pre-writing skills (an important part of literacy development and

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Lauren Huyck

Mentor Teacher

B.S in psychology and writing
A.A. in early childhood education
Teaching since 2010

My name is Lauren Huyck and I am the afternoon lead for the Scoperta classroom. I started as a teaching assistant when the center was still part of Aquinas in 2010. When we became the GREDC in 2012, I stayed on. In 2014, I was excited to accept the role of lead teacher.

I have a Bachelors in psychology and writing, and an associates in early childhood education. I am currently working on getting a Masters in psychology with a concentration in child development.

I love seeing the children grow and learn. There are so many developmental milestones that I get to see and experience. I fell in love with the Reggio approach and work to incorporate it in all my experiences with children. It has definitely taught me to treat children as citizens of the world.

I honestly could go on about how much I love the work I do and how passionate I feel about every child having quality care but that would take eons. So I will end with these two quotes:

“To take children seriously is to value them for who they are right now rather than adults-in-the-making.”

Alfie Kohn

If you trust play, you will not have to control your child’s development as much. Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine.

Vince Gowmon