The word “animazione” was first used in Italy in the early Seventieth in theatre and education, meaning (likely but widely than “animation” in France) a way of “animate” what's inside people, their own resources, to do things and grow together. During every experience of animazione, more than the product, it is important the process, the discovering by everyone of the power of our actions, relations, words, observations, to reach elements of knowledge and express ouselves in a “natural” way.  *

The natural way of children is playing, is observing things and imagining them with emotion, is trying and seeing, is “testing” their world in the group of the children themselves. The adult is present to give the right starting ideas, to address in case along the way, to act as a referee during the game, granting the rules to be respected and that everyone  actually take his part in the action. The adult collects the results as well. And the prize for everyone in the group is not to be the first in learning some items, but to find out every time something new and interesting to do, to try, to study and work about, amusing himself and possibly co-operating with the others, that's more relaxing and convenient, using all the strength of the group and, finally, producing.

Animazione about the environment, or about using computers, is above all discovering: discovering all the “clues” of a tree in a park (not necessarily the ones already quoted in a book), and discovering also the possibilities given by computers to everyone (not necessarily the same procedures to learn for all, often the same - or the only? - hardly learnt once by the teacher!)