1. Creating Quality Early Childhood Environments
child centered environments

2. Provide a Sense of WELCOME

3. Draw attention to NAMES

4. Recommended to have names visible at least 4 places throughout the classroom.

5. Establish Daily Routines

6. Center Management

7. Second Grade Center Planning Board

8. Organize Materials

10. preschool circle time area

12. Create engaging learning centers

14. Establish a Print-Rich Environment

17. Provide Visual Cues Symbol charts Visual Boundaries
Footprints on the floor
Pictorial Schedule
Waiting Lists
Concrete boundaries
Labeled Shelves

18. Physical Design
Establish clear boundaries so that children know where the center begins/ends.
Make sure that all children are visible to adults and that adults are visible to children.
Have enough centers for the number of children in your care, and enough materials within each learning centers.

19. Consider the size and location of each center (separate noisy/quiet and wet/dry centers).
Use creative ways to limit the number of children in each center.
Organize materials and keep them in appropriate places.
Have centers organized and ready to go when children arrive.
Keep learning centers engaging
by providing new experiences and
materials.

20. References
TAEYC. (2002). Room to Grow: How to Create Quality Early Childhood Environments. Austin, TX: Texas Association for the Education of Young Children.
Kostelnik, M.J., Soderman, A.K. & Whiren, A.P. (2011). Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum: Best Practices in Early Childhood Education 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.