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Engagement in Civic Life art, relationship & voice Louise Jupp 2020 one hundred languages As human beings, children possess a hundred languages, a hundred ways of thinking, of expressing themselves, of understanding and encountering others, with a way of thinking that creates...

Engagement in Civic Life art, relationship & voice Louise Jupp 2020 one hundred languages As human beings, children possess a hundred languages, a hundred ways of thinking, of expressing themselves, of understanding and encountering others, with a way of thinking that creates connections between the various dimensions of experience rather than separating them. The hundred languages are a metaphor for the extraordinary potentials of children, their knowledge-building and creative processes, the myriad forms with which life is manifested and knowledge is constructed. The hundred languages are understood as having the potential to be transformed and multiplied in the cooperation and interaction between the languages, among the children, and between children and adults. (Rinaldi, 2013) questions for reflection Considering that children have “100 languages”, how many ways are there for children to express themselves in your program? What are my understandings of each child?  Children are Citizens Helping young children gain a sense of citizenship to begin participating in democracy.