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I’m diving into the Reggio Emilia approach as I shape my new Creative Studio classroom for my first ever high school art class this fall. I’ve been drawn to the way it treats curiosity, materials, environment, and student ideas as essential parts of learning, rather than rushing everyone toward the same polished outcome.

What I keep discovering is that good creative education is less about controlling the process and more about paying close attention. The room can teach. Materials can invite questions. Documentation can help students notice their own growth. And unfinished experiments can be just as valuable as finished work.

It feels deeply connected to the way I already believe creativity works: through exploration, relationship, observation, and permission to follow an idea somewhere unexpected.