Here are 5 tips to help you to plan a great room arrange for your childcare centers.
1. Monitoring
Creating a room arrangement with open spaces incorporating line-of-sight views allows supervisors to monitor all areas of the room. An open floor plan also provides access for easy supervision.
2. Movement Patterns
Furnishings help guide movement patterns through the child care center, but pathways need to be open to allow children the space to move freely without any risk of bruises or cuts.
3. Floor Coverings
Room arrangement incorporating practical floor coverings helps delineate imaginary rooms by the flooring patterns. Use of wall-to-wall carpeting or solid flooring avoids trip-and-fall injuries, but children also need cushions, pads, or mats for quiet and sleep time and seated activities.
4. Furnishings and Clutter
Child care furnishings incorporating boxes and bookcases assist in storing center equipment and toys not in use during certain times of the day. Children should have access to toys throughout the day to explore texture and surfaces and experiment with movement, but unnecessary clutter can be dangerous.
5. Activity and Quiet Areas
Organizing the room with permanent areas for learning centers, activities, and also quiet spaces for children gives the center staff room to move groups through the daily activities without relocating any large furnishings or disrupting other events happening in the center.
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