This research study explored the concept ofthe environment as the third teacher and howkindergarten children in a school inspired byReggio Emilia viewed their classroom as a spaceto help them learn. A qualitative analysis ofthe research data reveals that children perceivetheir environment as a space that contributesto their learning and acts as a third teacher inthe classroom. In summary, the children in thisstudy described the specific ways they were ableto learn with the materials located within thecentres of their classroom, the ways they engagedin imaginative or pretend play, making real-lifeconnections and communicating with peers, andthe learning that developed through explorationof the documentation on the classroom walls.