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Infant and Toddler | Learning Environments | Lesson 1 | ApplyTools to Use: Designing Your Infant-Toddler ClassroomThese tools can help you arrange and rearrange your room—all without breaking a sweat. Remember URLscan change at any time. If you cannot find a site, please contact the company or organization for moreinformation
Classroom Architect:http://classroom.4teachers.org/This website provides a blank floor plan and furniture templates you can use to outline your classroom online
You decide what furniture to put in the room and where it goes. The furniture tools are simple geometricshapes, but they provide an easy-to-use glimpse of how your classroom could be laid out. You can use this siteto design and redesign your space before you move any real furniture
Environments, Inc. Model Room Plans:http://www.environments.com/Help/HelpFAQTopic.aspx?help_faq_id=260The Environments website provides sample room plans that would work for many infant-toddler classrooms
The room designs are based on materials sold by this company, but the ideas reflect developmentallyappropriate practice. If you need ideas about how to design your room, this is a good resource
Community Playthings Sample Classrooms:http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/RoomPlanning/SampleClassrooms/index.htmlThis website provides a three-dimensional view of sample classrooms. Again, the designs are based onmaterials sold by this company, but their sample classrooms can provide you with good ideas about how toorganize your space
Lakeshore Learning Classroom Designer:http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/classroom_designer/cd_launch.jsp?popup=yesThis website lets you design your classroom from scratch. It can help you decide where furniture andmaterials will fit in your classroom. You can choose to view existing classroom features or items availablefrom this company
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1 Infant and Toddler | Learning Environments | Lesson 1 | ApplyKaplan Early Learning Company Classroom Floor Planner:http://www.kaplanco.com/resources/floorPlannerIndex.aspThis interactive tool lets you build your classroom design from a blank template or begin with an exampleclassroom. You can customize the floor plan and dimensions to match your classroom
This document was prepared by The Ohio State University for the Department of Defense's Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth and the USDepartment of Agriculture's National Institute of Food & Agriculture. © 2013 The Ohio State University. All rights reserved. Terms of use for thisdocument are located at http://virtuallabschool.org/legal
To design and redesign your space before you move any real furniture. This interactive tool lets you build your classroom design from a blank template or begin with an example classroom. …
Children of this age are drawn to push-button switches and controls. Technology tools that infants and toddlers might use must be safe, sturdy, and not easily damaged. If technology is used, it must be in the context of conversation and interactions with an adult.
Finally, children are using perception and fine motor skills as they explore technology tools like hinges. Judi: That's right, Treshawn.
This is what learning about technology looks like with infants and toddlers. It's very simple. And again, working with patterns is another thing that we want to do. So with cereal, with toys that you might have around. You can make patterns. Don't forget to talk to them about the patterns. You can narrate what they're doing as they're doing it.
Instead of jumping in and fixing a “problem” for an infant or a toddler, provide just enough help, like loosening the lid on a jar but not taking it off. This encourages children to explore and learn more on their own. Collecting information about infants and toddlers. You can use observations to plan for learning experiences and interactions.