Tools To Use Designing Your Infant Toddler

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Tools to use designing your infant toddler

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Infant and Toddler | Learning Environments | Lesson 1 | Apply
Tools to Use: Designing Your Infant-Toddler Classroom
These tools can help you arrange and rearrange your room—all without breaking a sweat. Remember URLs
can change at any time. If you cannot find a site, please contact the company or organization for more
information

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 geometric
shapes, but they provide an easy-to-use glimpse of how your classroom could be laid out. You can use this site
to 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=260
The 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 developmentally
appropriate 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.html
This website provides a three-dimensional view of sample classrooms. Again, the designs are based on
materials sold by this company, but their sample classrooms can provide you with good ideas about how to
organize your space

Lakeshore Learning Classroom Designer:
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/classroom_designer/cd_launch.jsp?popup=yes
This website lets you design your classroom from scratch. It can help you decide where furniture and
materials will fit in your classroom. You can choose to view existing classroom features or items available
from this company

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Infant and Toddler | Learning Environments | Lesson 1 | Apply
Kaplan Early Learning Company Classroom Floor Planner:
http://www.kaplanco.com/resources/floorPlannerIndex.asp
This interactive tool lets you build your classroom design from a blank template or begin with an example
classroom. 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 US
Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food & Agriculture. © 2013 The Ohio State University. All rights reserved. Terms of use for this
document 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. …

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is technology safe for toddlers?

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.

What skills are children using when they use technology tools?

Finally, children are using perception and fine motor skills as they explore technology tools like hinges. Judi: That's right, Treshawn.

What does learning about technology look like with infants and toddlers?

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.

How can i help my infant or toddler learn?

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.