The document discusses considerations for designing effective learning centers in a classroom, including establishing clear physical boundaries for centers, ensuring visibility and organization of materials, providing an adequate number and variety of centers sized appropriately for the number of children, and making centers engaging and relevant by regularly changing and rotating interesting materials that relate to children's lives. It also provides examples of using visual prompts and real objects to demonstrate handwashing steps for children.
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3. Classroom Arrangement and
Design: Learning Centers
Physical Design
Clear boundaries
Visibility
Visual prompts when centers are not
an option
Adequate number of centers
Size and location of centers
Number of children in centers
Organization of materials
Preparation of centers
4. Classroom Arrangement and
Design: Learning Centers
Create meaningful and engaging learning
centers
Relevant to childrens needs,
interests, and
lives
Highly engaging and interesting
Variety of materials in each center
Changed and rotated on a regular
basis
19. Change Diaper Wash Breakfast Music
Use real objects.
22. 1. Turn on water. 2. Wet hands.
3. Get soap. 4. Rinse hands.
23. 5. Turn off water. 6. Dry hands.
7. Throw away towel. 8. Go play.