Does reggio emilia approach encourage physical activities on children during covid-19 pandemic?

Learning in early childhood, which is identical to play, requires teachers to make adjustments to interesting learning activities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and countries have implemented school closure policies, distance learning has begun to be implemented in early childhood education. Teachers as learning designers are required to be more creative so that they can facilitate children's development. The physical development of children during the distance learning period cannot be observed directly. It needs an appropriate learning design approach. The Reggio Emilia Approach (REA) is a constructivist early childhood education program that allows instructors to explore pleasurable learning even as learning evolves. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the Reggio Emilia approach that encourages children's physical activity when distance learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This research uses a qualitative approach with case study method. The study participants were 15 children aged 4-6 years and 5 parents. Observation, documentation (photos and videos) and interviews with parents were used as data collection. The findings of the study shown that the Reggio Emilia Approach (REA) can encourage children's physical activity even though they carry out distance learning. Children can still play in a limited environment at home with their parents and other family members and keep moving to carry out physical activities. The physical activities carried out by children while carrying out distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic through the Reggio Emilia Approach through play activities. Further research can be continued to explore more varied activities design in Reggio Emilia Approach (REA) to increase children's physical activities independently. © JPES.