This article interrogates an ongoing initiative, launched in 2017, within the framework of “Artoo – Art as Told by Children”, a project explicitly oriented to fostering the authorial agency of preschool-aged children. The programme interweaves the dramaturgical play dimension inherent in…

The integration of digital technologies into the play dimension of kindergarten raises profound questions about the role of play in learning and the pedagogical and ethical responsibilities of the teacher. This contribution critically examines the transformations of children's play in the digital…

This pilot study investigates whether olfactory stimulation, proposed during both learning and naps for children aged 2-3 years, can impact the consolidation of a mnemonic trace. Research demonstrates how sleep plays a central role in this process, and, in early childhood, promotes brain…

The kindergarten teacher plays the role of educational guide capable of proposing learning paths that allow the children to discover himself, ensuring his centrality (Ellerani, 2013), and guaranteeing the discovery of others and of the surrounding world. Through movement, the child develops social…

The article presents a two-year trial aimed to develop reading and writing pre-requisites in kindergarten through the enhancement of metaphonological and musical activities. On the basis of scientific evidence, it is reasonable to suppose that the use of musical play may represent a promising…

Among the social, economic and political contradictions of the post-war period that reverberate in Pauline Kergomard, an active and committed personality from a social and political point of view, is a French pedagogist who articulated her educational reflection between 1800 and 1900 whose name is…