6. the classroom spaces are well organized, and learning
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6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: These rooms have been designed to allow children to move freely around the room and move from one center to another without interfering in one another’s play.
6a. There is ample space to allow children and adults to move freely.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: There’s plenty of room for children to maneuver through the room, including those using assistive devices such as wheelchairs and walkers.
6b. There is sufficient space for equipment.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Photos and names indicate individual space for each child. Hooks are provided for backpacks under the photos. Lunchboxes, or other personal items, are placed on the shelf above.
6c. Individual space is provided for each child’s belongings.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Shelves are used to partition areas but do not block the view of the teachers. Children can move through spaces with ease.
6d. Clear pathways are available for children to move without disturbing other children’s work/play (furniture is placed so children walk around, not through, activities of others). There are no obvious runways.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
6e. Materials and equipment are available in sufficient quantity to occupy every child involved in activities (duplicate materials are available as needed).
Description: There is an adequate number of materials and supplies for children during daily activities.
Description: There is plenty of room for two or more children to play at the sand table in the picture above.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: The manipulatives on these shelves are stored in clear, open containers which support choices and easy selection of items and clean up. Labels to assist with clean-up are located under each bin on the shelves.
6f. Materials are labeled and on open shelves within children’s reach to encourage them to select and use materials independently. If containers have lids, they should be easy for a child to remove.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This reading area is positioned away from the active areas of the classroom. Children can read without interference from play occurring in other areas of the room.
6g. Quiet centers and active centers do not interfere with one another (e.g., the quiet Book Area is separated from louder, more active areas, such as the Dramatic Play/Housekeeping or Block Area).
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This cozy space is located in the back of the classroom to provide quiet time.
6h. Space is set aside for privacy (for one or two children to play or rest) and is available to children.
Description: This loft in the dramatic play area adds a cozy space for a few children on top as well as adding more play space below.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Children have access to books, in addition to science and discovery materials in this area.
6i. Materials to support language and literacy are located throughout the various centers.
Description: On the left, the words to a rhyme the children are learning as part of a spring planting unit are posted in the science area.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Children have access to educational technology at various times throughout the school day.
6j. Technology is used to extend learning and enrich the curriculum (e.g., computers, tape recorders, microscopes).
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This is an example of an interest area sign with visual supports.
6k. There are clearly defined interest areas. These may include:
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Children have access to a variety of materials for use in the art area. In addition to being a neat and organized work space, this art area allows for social interaction as children work side-by-side.
6k.1. Art Area: Paper, crayons, markers, pens, thick pencils, paints, play dough, clay, scissors, tape dispensers, staplers
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: There are a variety of materials and duplicates of high-interest toys, in this block area.
6k.2. Block Area: Wooden, plastic, or cardboard blocks (different shapes); accessories such as trucks, animals, toy people
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This reading area is set up as a living area for children to become comfortable as they read or use their imagination during pretend play.
6k.3. Book/Listening Area: Wide selection of books, in good condition, adequate in number, and culturally and ability diverse. Additional language materials such as flannel board stories, puppets, recorded stories and songs.
Description: In the book area, books are kept in multiple storage units and displayed in a manner that invites the child to read.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This dramatic play area contains a variety of child-friendly materials that might be found in a home to make play a more authentic experience.
6k.4. Dramatic Play/Housekeeping Area - Child-sized play refrigerator, stove, sink, etc.; dishes, pots and pans; dress-up clothes and props such as telephones (to enact play activities relating to a police officer, construction worker, firefighter, and others)
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This area contains a variety of manipulative toys at differing skill levels for children. They are organized for ease of selection.
6k.5. Fine Motor Area and Various puzzles (with/without knobs, large floor puzzles); small building toys (Legos®, Lincoln Logs™); manipulatives(different size beads for stringing, sewing or lacing cards, pegboards); rulers, measuring cups
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: Different materials are available for use in the sand/water table to provide a variety of sensory activities.
6k.6. Sand/Water Table and Different sized plastic containers, spoons, funnels, scoops, shovels, toy people, animals, trucks
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This science station contains a variety of labeled items and activities related to the current unit of study.
6k.7. Nature and Science Area and Collections of natural objects (rocks, insects, seeds, etc.); living things to care for (plants, pets); nature/science books and toys
Description: This discovery area offers children a variety of activities to explore the environment and conduct science experiments.
6. The classroom spaces are well organized, and learning materials are accessible to all children.
Description: This math area provides for a variety of measurement, number, shape, comparison and recognition activities for the children.
6k.8. Math Area and Materials for learning to count (small toys, play money); to measure (scale, rulers, tape measures, measuring cups/spoons); to compare (containers); to recognize shapes (puzzles, geo-boards); to write numbers (phones, clocks, calendars, cash register)