Monday & Wednesday 6:30-7:45 North Seattle Community College, IB 1409

CCE 125: Program Planning Candice Hoyt, Faculty (206) (until 9 pm) Office hours by appointment Syllabus: Online—Angel: CCE 125 Program Planning (Hoyt - hybrid) W10

Wednesday 1/20 Environments Environment Study (A 02) NAEYC / Licensing

Environment Who controls our environment? Licensing/accreditation Directors Money Space Teachers Children Materials Parents Government Neighborhood Fire department Hanging along ceiling

Environment Our goals for our environment? Physical: Safe Plentiful Beautiful Nature “Natural” (different from concrete) Outside (garden, etc) Emotional: Safe, empowering, beautiful, “home” Social: Interact with peers Interact with adults Interact with quality tools Educational Stimulating Materials In natural state Natural materials (wooden apples) Activities

Environment Preparation (before) Room/space Schedule Materials Parent communication Cleaning (after) Allowing parents/ their role in environment Updating parents Facilitation (teachers) Educational Being “present” Responsive Leadership Scaffolding

What centers do you have in your classroom? Kitchen Pots & pans Play food Real food Tupperware Furniture (fridge, stove, etc) Eating furniture (table, chairs, etc) Baby bottles Dishwashing liquid (empty) Art Paper Crayons, paint Blue masking tape Box of collage stuff Whiteboard Playdough Cozy area Play house Stuffed animals Books Pillows Bring babies over to sit with Fine motor Climbing Mirrors Dance Transportation Trains Wooden cars, airplanes, emergency vehicles Blocks to make roads People Rug with roads & vinyl floor mat (taped) Geography Music Instruments Light science, light table Math Gross motor Calendar Writing center List of kids’ names Shallow boxes of sand to write name in Chalk board Letter magnets or chips or Scrabble pieces (adult can arrange if they ask how to spell something)

Centers Books Drama Dress-up clothes Changes with month by theme / interest Babies and other dolls Brooms & mops Jungle Blocks - Building Wooden blocks Legos Heavy cardboard blocks – look like bricks Cereal boxes & egg cartons Tubes – paper and plastic (pvc) “Teacher-controlled” (boxes of…) Because make noise or are thrown, or are over-stimulating or need monitoring—small pieces, etc) Balls Musical instruments Bean bags Playdough Area of the room “project/exploration” changes Sensory Oatmeal Rice & rice flour Not always available Always available Water Cornstarch & water Bubbles & water Cornmeal Water & glitter Sand Flax seed Buckets Scoops Pots & pans Cups Freedom to bring things in from other areas Keep sensory stuff at sensory area

Environment Study (A 02) 20 points Due 2/8/10 Compare 2 classrooms Preferably similar age Turn in: Schedules (1 pt) Traffic Maps (2 pts) Observations (15 pts) (see Word document)Word document Reflection Paper (2 pts)

Wrap Up Monday 1/25 Wednesday 1/27 Due… READ Enterprise.pdf (online) EXTENDED TO 1/27— DQ 4: Outside Response to A 6.2 (“Professional Statement on Play”) In Class… NAEYC/Licensing Enterprise Talk Due… DQ 4: Outside Response to A 6.2 (“Professional Statement on Play”) – extended from 1/25 In Class… Bev Bos video Rules Friday 1/29 Due… DQ 5: Enterprise Talk