Ciao a tutti, A new term is started on the sound of Noah’s Ark. I am thrilled to start this term because is our third term together. Make me so happy to see how Minitalia Lab is growing and with that I can see my dream come true… I want to say thank you, thank you to all of you that believe in this project and for the way you sharing this journey with me. Watching Minitalia Lab growing, is look at my child starting to smile, talk and walk… I am not yet a mum but my long experience with children taught me that every day there is something more to learn. And is so beautiful to discover the beauty of life with the little one. It come time when things get harder and when we find difficult to follow our child. It is I think the time they start to look at life with their own eyes and incredible to believe it happen very soon, sooner then we think. I truly believe in my Mini-Explorers, they all have different personality that’s why they move around in different way. All of them has the strength to reach the goal The story of Noah’s Ark is an amazing journey to safe the life, the wiliness to find the sun under a very dark sky… I guess Noah would have a bit of fear during this kind of adventure but is strength made him reaching the rainbow… I think we are all anxious a bit when we see our little one moving their first step and we would love to make the way smoothly for them. I even think that is the anxious we feel that make us good parents and not the ability to give them a easy life. My Mini-Explorers have a big gift they bring with them as every child… the gift of life that we actually lose a bit everyday… that’s why I want to make everyday at Minitalia Lab a magic day of surprise where doesn’t matter the colour of it or the way you open it. What make the difference is that you are the surprise and you make it special! So let’s row the big Ark of Minitalia Lab through the flood a big rainbow is waiting for us!!!  

Ciao a tutti, What’s on this week in the Lab of Minitalia? I will start from the beginning of this term because this week is the workshop that will close our term into the Space. Minitalia Lab with all the Mini-Explorers will be engaged in one of our creative game, created to put a flag on the Moon, the beautiful Luna we tried to reached along this term. We have been building a rocketship thanks to one of the best engineer in the whole word, the genius of Leonardo Da Vinci and then we all became Astronauts as Neil Armstrong and flew through the Starry Night of Van Gogh to meet one of the biggest star: the shiny Sun that in the painting of Gianni Balla was so colourful to help us to draw a rainbow. After this and more adventures we have explored during this fantastic term, we moved on the Moon with the sound of “Chiaro di Luna” of Beethoven. This week my workshop has been inspired from Jasper Jones but most of all from the amazing book of Gianni Rodari one of the best Italian writer for children’s books. For his lasting contribution he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award. I have chosen the book “Uno e 7”, because tell us about the different colour of the flags and most of all is the first book to tell to children about peace. Gianni Rodari wrote this book when the world was fighting for the colour of the flags. Since then we have reached the Moon a few times… I wonder which colour should be today the flag of the world the one we live all together and the one we should share every day… I like to share at Minitalia Lab the best of my country and the best I found on my way around my world. I like to think that the world is mine and I like to think my Mini-Explorers one day will have a world their own… So let’s put a flag on the Moon and move forward… Term 3 is waiting for us!  

Ciao a tutti, I am very proud today to share here the photo of our beautiful new Mini-Aprons They have been sewn from the amazing hand of the woman of the “Cesar Salai Centre” in Ranchi, India. We have decided to travel so far from Italy this time for our aprons because the Yatra ONLUS (an Italian no profit organization) are building a very impressive project. The philosophy of this organization is: “il diritto a sognare” which mean giving to everyone the right to dream. We love dreams and we want everyone to have the chance to dream. The Cesar Sali Centre, born in a disadvantage village, where people use to live in very pour condition. Now, thanks to Yatra the Centre is becoming strong and allow people to work and make their life upstanding. We are so happy to support this project no as a charity but as a business to another business. Our Mini-Explorers from next term will have the opportunity to be part of this program if you buy one of the Mini-Aprons . We really want to thank you in advance to make this possible and to give to Minitalia Lab the chance to make more dreams come true.  

Ciao a tutti, my personal reading this week was “Tutto comincia dalle Stelle” by Margherita Hack one of the most important Italian astrophysics. The book is a beautiful trip in the Space and incredible to believe Margherita has discovered that all it is in the nature become from the stars. Animals, plants and even humans, we all have carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc, etc… The same ingredients of the stars! I found so magic to share with you this discovery in the week of the Mothers Day. The day of the chef that has combined this incredible ingredient to create the most beautiful stars Which best gift to give to all of the mother of my Mini-Explorers: a “Star little Star” to thank for the wonderful job they make every day. I have decided to share the video of one of my favourites Italian lullaby, the one my wonderful mum use to sing to me when I was a little star and today I want to give back to her and to all of the mum the fantastic pleasure to be a star in one of the best world in the universe, the one you Mamma make every day for us. GRAZIE MAMMA E TANTI AUGURI!  

Ciao a tutti, today I have decided to tell you about the LAB. Our workshops are created to stimulate imagination to let children to approach naturally a new language. Minitalia has created a Lab where all the Mini-Explorers can invent using different material (fabric, cardboards, plastic, paint etc.) the same we use and see everyday. Some of the material  have been used even from many artist to make the ordinary, extraordinary… We aim to help our Mini-Explorers to make connection with what they saw, touched, smelled, listen, and play with, during the workshop and what they usually do during the day. We want to create sense of curiosity to stimulate verbal skills and creativity. Experiment the lab is an opportunity for all the family to share what we learnt and to practice it. Making our unique artwork it is the way to touch and discover the language and a way to keep in mind the experience we had travelling in the magic world of Minitalia Lab. Most of all it is the way to bring home a piece of MIL to play with and create more.