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Forum: Italy
Oct 20th 2014, 2:16 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Yes, exactly. Although my daughter's state run scuola materna was pretty 'soft' although underfunded and a very high student-teacher ratio. But she just started scuola elementare (see my comments...
Forum: Italy
Oct 20th 2014, 8:58 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

I agree. The "Reggio Emilia" method is also incredibly popular in the US and no one here has ever heard of it here. I suspect that the reason that Montessori and Reggio Emilia were (purportedly)...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 8:04 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Or the kid at my daughter's public school in Rome who had the teacher slap him across the face in front of the class just a couple of years ago.

(luckily, not my daughter's teacher!)
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 3:26 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

I remember that stuff too. I remember playing with clay and firing things in the school kiln, lots of art, making things with wood in "shop" class, dancing to disco music (this was the 70s!), making...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 2:29 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Ok just googled "first grad activities" and this is one of the many websites I found: First grade games and activities - Learning Activities | GreatSchools...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 1:57 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

That's kind of sad if collecting leaves from the courtyard and planting a tree were really special events for you when you were in primary school which you still remember now as an adult. Those...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 12:29 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Actually the lunches at our daughters' public school is one of the few high points. They're cooked on site and organic.
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 11:24 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Maybe we should switch our daughters to a church school. It will be a financial stretch but do-able if we cut out a few things.

Only thing is both DH and I are atheists. We're not...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 9:36 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Fair lady - the system is very different here but I guess you know that already. What brings you to Italy in particular? I assume that you and your partner have jobs lined up?

I think the hardest...
Forum: Italy
Oct 1st 2014, 9:32 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Thanks for all the wonderful advice, everyone.

DH ended up speaking to both teachers when he picked daughter up from school yesterday. He just asked how she was going and they said "fine!" ...
Forum: Italy
Sep 30th 2014, 1:08 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Thanks 37100. My husband picks the kids up from school every day but he says he never sees Italian teacher only maths teacher. I do drop offs but usually don't go all the way up to the third floor...
Forum: Italy
Sep 30th 2014, 12:42 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 260,066
Posted By acquafrizzante

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

I posted here a long time ago with a different username back when my older daughter was just starting asilo. Anyway, now she's just started prima elementare and younger daughter is in scuola...
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