Spearheaded by the Princess, the visit will focus on early childhood development and forms part of a high-level fact-finding mission to explore leading international approaches to supporting young children and those who care for them.
Building on the Centre’s Shaping Us Framework, launched in February 2025, the visit will examine how a shared understanding of social and emotional development can connect with approaches in other countries working to prioritise the early years. The Princess’s visit to Reggio Emilia is a powerful starting point. Reggio Emilia’s internationally recognised approach to early childhood education places relationships, environment and community at the centre of a child’s development, and is widely respected for creating nurturing, creative and responsive learning environments.
During the two-day visit, Her Royal Highness will spend time with educators, parents, children and civic and business leaders to see the Reggio Emilia approach in action. The visit will highlight the importance of the environments and loving human relationships that surround a child, and the role they play in shaping healthy development from the earliest years.
‘The Princess is very much looking forward to visiting Italy next week and seeing first-hand how the Reggio Emilia approach creates environments where nature and loving human relationships come together to support children’s development,’ a Kensington Palace spokesperson said. ‘As the Centre for Early Childhood continues to build its work internationally, this visit is an opportunity to connect the Shaping Us Framework with leading global approaches, and to highlight a shared understanding, that it is in these early years, through the natural world and the warmth of human connection, that we begin to lay the foundations for a resilient and healthy future.’
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