Read:

• Nurturing Creativity, Chapter 3
• Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, pp. 26-40.

Review the powerpoint Designing a Developmentally Appropriate Classroom.

Rewatch the video from Yvonne Smith’s Pre-K classroom at CPE-I. This time, focus your attention on the physical design of the classroom space. How are learning centers organized in the room? What materials do you notice in different centers (e.g., blocks, science)? How is the furniture organized? How are materials stored? What do you notice about how the children move through the space?

Look at these photographs and notice the materials, the space, the furniture, the flooring:

Using these resources and the class discussion this week, you will design your classroom map for the Learning Environments Project.

Be sure to carefully review the guidelines, so that you will understand what is expected for each part of this project. You will need to use ALL of the resources to create your own developmentally appropriate learning environment.

The Learning Environments Project is due October 17 on Blackboard.