The more that the educator highlights the child's perspectives on and constructions of the world, the more likely they are to know the child in meaningful ways. This approach gives the child a voice in the curriculum. For instance, there is growing international interest in the work of the pre-primary schools of the Reggio Emilia region of Italy. There, children's questions, interests and ideas are used as a basis for curriculum building. Hughes drew on ideas that have flowed from Reggio Emilia when she wrote this of the place and techniques of observation in her curriculum: