Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (July 27, 2023) © 2024

  • Julie Bullard University of Montana Western
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Title overview

For courses in early childhood curriculum (birth to age 8).

Creating Environments for Learning helps teachers design play-based environments that ensure effective teaching and learning while meeting national and state standards. This resource helps readers understand the outcomes they want to achieve, know how to design an environment to realise the outcomes, and understand their role as facilitators. Emphasis is placed on considering the unique background of each child, with examples and colour photos that demonstrate theory, research and possibilities in action.

The 4th Edition provides up-to-date information on research, standards, and play-based learning.

Table of contents

  1. Understanding the Importance of the Environment
  2. Establishing an Emotionally Supportive and Equitable Environment
  3. Establishing a Context for Learning: Designing Schedules, Transitions, and Routines
  4. Design Considerations and Challenges
  5. Arranging an Effective Environment
  6. Planning a Play-Based Curriculum
  7. Creating Outdoor Environment
  8. Developing Dramatic Play Centers
  9. Developing Visual Art Centers
  10. Developing Music and Dance Centers
  11. Developing Literacy Centers
  12. Developing Physical Centers: Manipulative, Sensory, Indoor Fitness
  13. Developing Block and Building Centers
  14. Developing Science Centers
  15. Developing Math Centers
  16. Integrating Technology
  17. Creating Spaces for Families and Teachers

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