"Award-winning educator Vicki Carper Bartolini offers practical suggestions and resources for rethinking your early learning environment with a focus on STEM, using the Reggio Emilia approach lens honoring a student-centered, self-guided curriculum based on principles of respect, responsibility, and community through exploration and play"-- Provided by publisher.

Lessons learned from a preschool teacher -- Lessons learned from Reggio Emilia -- Messages and values in the STEM environment -- The use of time -- The use of space -- Aesthetics -- Materials and themes -- The teacher's role in the STEM-centered learning environment -- Resources for setting up a Reggio-inspired STEM environment.