Do you remember the opening year of the first Casa dei Bambini? It was 1907 in San Lorenzo, Rome, with roughly 50 children ages 3–6, and I ask because anchoring to that original mixed‑age context is a useful lens when assessing fidelity in today’s primary programs — are we truly serving the whole span?
It drives me nuts when a “primary” room skews old — 1907 in San Lorenzo had roughly 50 kids 3–6 and the balance mattered. > to that original mixed‑age context is a useful lens when assessing fidelity in — Agreed, and the concrete step we use is a posted 30/40/30 target (3s/4s/5–6s) and quarterly admissions tweaks; if you’re capped smaller, just scale the ratio. Do you audit the age mix before accepting midyear transfers?