09/27/2026
When you support a Reggio philosophy, one of the things we believe is that it’s important to teach and document self-identity. Below is an example of how we do this in the infant room.
What does a self-portrait look like when you’re only two months old? ❤️
It doesn’t have to be a drawing.
At two months old, she isn’t going to pick up a marker and draw a picture of herself—but that doesn’t mean she isn’t already developing a sense of identity or that we can’t begin documenting who she is.
Her teachers know her. They notice her expressions, her preferences, what brings her comfort, what catches her attention, and the little pieces of personality that are already beginning to shine through.
So for her self-portrait, they used her handprint—her own unique mark—and surrounded it with words that describe the child they are getting to know.
This is what it means to meet children where they are developmentally rather than excluding them from an experience because they are “too young” to do it the way an older child would.
Self-identity doesn’t begin when a child can draw a face.
It begins in relationships.
It begins when someone notices you.
When someone learns your cues.
When someone recognizes your preferences.
When the adults around you communicate, “I see you. I know you. You belong here.”
Even at two months old, her story is already worth documenting. Identity begins with being seen..
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Early Childhood Solutions
Camp Alliance, Inc.
