(a) Creating a curriculum around the child’s interests.9
The Reggio Emilia approach considers children as protagonists in their own learning and
thus is allowed to use this position to be active in making decisions about their own learning.10
Further, “[c]hildren are not passive receptors of teacher-generated knowledge but are able to
construct knowledge based on their experiences and interactions with others.”11 When a child is
a protagonist of his or her own learning places emphasis on the idea that a child has rights rather
than needs, and that right to make their own learning choices is embedded in the Reggio Emilia
approach.12