When one imagines the city of San Francisco, California, there is no doubt that for many, an image of the Golden Gate Bridge comes to mind. When one pictures the Golden Gate Bridge, it is unlikely that you think of a preschool underneath it. However, the Discovery School, the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s on-site licensed preschool, is located at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge within Fort Baker National Park. With two mixed-aged (3- to 5-year-old) classrooms, a research partnership with University of California Berkeley Developmental Labs, and educators with many combined years of studying the Reggio Emilia preschools, it makes sense to highlight and interpret the principles and values of the Reggio Emilia approach within the school’s context.

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