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The Playhouse Area & Materials
The Playhouse Area & Materials
Playhouses are structures that children can climb in and out of, and imagine and pretend they are big in their little world. Children love to hide, snuggle up, and play... Read more...
How to Set Up, Facilitate, and Use the Climbing and Movement Area
How to Set Up, Facilitate, and Use the Climbing and Movement Area
1. Rotate different obstacles and goals for movement. For example, musical instruments, scarves, or streamers to dance with.2. Explain physical health and body parts and what their functions are. When... Read more...
The Climbing and Movement Area & Materials
The Climbing and Movement Area & Materials
The Climbing and Movement Area should be a dedicated space for movement. This doesn’t require a lot of space for small children if the equipment is child-sized and rotated in... Read more...
How to Set Up, Facilitate, and Use the Center Activity Table
How to Set Up, Facilitate, and Use the Center Activity Table
1. Offer and rotate a variety of open-ended and structured toys daily.2. Talk about the objects: names, patterns, colors, shapes, numbers, and sizes. “This is a horse.” “This is a... Read more...
Getting Started with The Center Activity Table & Materials
Getting Started with The Center Activity Table & Materials
Getting Started 1. Table (train table or table with a lip) 2. Manipulatives (four to five options) 0 - 2+ Years: Set of large Lego blocks, sorting cubes, stacking cups... Read more...
The Center Activity Table
The Center Activity Table
The Center Activity Table is “center stage” for the placement and rotation of toys and activities. This can sit in the center of your playroom (mine did until my oldest... Read more...
Why Structured Areas of Play - The Learning Areas in Create a Home of Learning
Why Structured Areas of Play - The Learning Areas in Create a Home of Learning
Part of the national standards for accredited early learning programs, by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), is to establish areas around a facility called “centers.”... Read more...
The Role of Facilitator - In a Child's Learning
The Role of Facilitator - In a Child's Learning
The role of facilitator is a very important and powerful one; every person who cares for a child plays this role.Facilitator: One that facilitates, one that helps to bring about... Read more...
Transition Time - Time it takes for a child to “adjust”
Transition Time - Time it takes for a child to “adjust”
Transition time is the time it takes for a child to “adjust” to a new circumstance or situation. Children need transition time between events, tasks, and even normal day-to-day activities... Read more...
Preparedness- Preparing a child mentally for what will happen next.
Preparedness- Preparing a child mentally for what will happen next.
Preparing a child mentally for what’s expected in advance allows them to “prepare” themselves for what is happening now and what will happen next. Children live in the moment. They... Read more...
Playroom Guidelines - Guidelines and rules should be established
Playroom Guidelines - Guidelines and rules should be established
Guidelines and rules should be established for the playroom. Anyone who plays in the playroom should be expected to follow them, even adults. There’s much less fighting over toys when... Read more...
The Playroom: Defining and Choosing the Space
The Playroom: Defining and Choosing the Space
If you have the space, choose a dedicated room, that can be “theirs,” where the rules are “different.” In their space, they can dump out toys, drop things, throw things,... Read more...