The Hundred Languages of Children

The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of
thinking
of playing, of speaking.
A hundred always a
hundred
ways of listening
of marveling of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and
understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to dream.
The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred
hundred more)

– Loris Malaguzzi,
founder of the Reggio Emilia approach