Title: Design learning centers that encourage exploration, discovery, and development.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services II (19153-II) > Section: Creating a Curriculum Responsive to Children’s Needs

Design should include

- grouping materials and equipment around common activities in areas that fit the unique interests, needs (e.g., coping with trauma and building resilience), and characteristics of the child population
- reflecting available space and materials, budgetary constraints, and applicable licensing regulations.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why should creativity be encouraged in children?
- What teaching strategies encourage children to exercise their creativity?

Communication

- How can one identify the developmental needs and interests of children?

Leadership

- What learning centers can be set up in a classroom?
- What skills are needed to design a developmentally appropriate learning center?

Management

- What are licensing regulations for learning centers in the state of Virginia?
- What are the resources needed to design a developmentally appropriate learning center?