Children are challenged with trying to communicate their emotions and expressions of how they understand their surroundings. They are individuals with their own thoughts, emotions, and expressions. These expressions are represented in the children's many "languages;" drawing, painting, sculpture, shadow play, dramatic play and music.

The Reggio Emilia philosophy believes children have a natural curiosity to learn with unlimited potential. Children will make their own theories in an effort to explain how the world functions. In Reggio Emilia, they believe that each child creates their own learning experience from direct interaction with their environment. By allowing the child to build their own foundation, intelligence is not memorized, it is created