Your Child Could Be the Next Michelangelo!
[New York] Reggio Mayu, a visionary educator and art facilitator with a dazzling background in fashion—including working under the legendary costume designer Patricia Field for Sex and the City—is now making waves with a groundbreaking program that fuses expressive arts with the Reggio Emilia approach and methods of self-liberation.
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💫 From Outer Beauty to the Beauty of Life: A Radical Career Shift
Born in Tokyo and a graduate of Berkeley College in NY, Reggio Mayu built a successful career in New York’s fashion industry, even serving as a store manager for Patricia Field. But in 2002, after the birth of her first child, she shifted her focus from enhancing external beauty to nurturing life itself. This led her to the world of early childhood education, where she spent 16 years as an atelierista—a specialist in expressive arts—at a private preschool in Manhattan.
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🇮🇹 What Is the Reggio Emilia Approach? Empowered Children and “100 Languages”
The Reggio Emilia approach, which Mayu deeply embraced, originated in northern Italy after World War II. It views children as inherently capable, curious, and creative beings. Central to this philosophy is the idea of the environment as the “third teacher”, where light, shadow, materials, and dialogue help children express themselves through “100 languages”—a metaphor for their diverse modes of expression. Rather than imposing knowledge, adults are encouraged to co-learn and co-create with children, honoring their interests and voices.
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🎨 Your Child Could Be the Next Michelangelo!
At the heart of Mayu’s philosophy is a belief that every child holds a unique soul purpose and creative potential. She urges adults not to suppress this innate brilliance, but to nurture it. Her program emphasizes that only when adults confront and embrace their own inner selves can they truly honor the essence and vitality of a child.
Now working as an art director and facilitator, Reggio Mayu offers online courses and workshops designed to cultivate spaces of “co-creation of life”—where children and adults alike can rediscover the beauty of being.
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