ABSTRACT
In 2011, as part of the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance (NAREA) Seventh Summer Conference at Asilomar, Monterey County, California, the Alegria Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Center was included on a tour of demonstration schools where Reggio Emilia ideas had strongly influenced the school's curricular and inquiry practices. This chapter is both the story of the history of inquiry and documentation at Alegria Head Start Center and a look at what is happening there now, 6 years after that initial memorable visit. Now, nearly 10 years later, the teachers and director at Alegria continue to use the documentation process to make learning visible, and to use this process to think about their practices together and with the children and families at the center. Teachers observe, document, talk with the children, and meet regularly to review their work together. This recursive process of observation, talking, documenting, reviewing is the foundation for the way they now conduct their teaching.
