"I hope this “iceberg” model will provide a useful visual depiction of the danger of concentrating on basic skills instruction in pre-k.
I hope also that it will help people understand why getting early childhood right is so important and the imperative need to fix the childcare situation in the U.S. for families of poor children – in fact for all our children."
Dale C. Ferran, Feb. 12, 2022
"It’s necessary that we believe that the child is very intelligent, that the child is strong and beautiful and has very ambitious desires and requests. This is the image of the child that we need to hold. ...
Instead of always giving children protection, we need to give them the recognition of their rights and of their strengths."
Loris Malaguzzi, June, 1993
Translated by Baji Rankin, Leslie Morrow, and Leila Gandini