Title: Create physical space to maintain a developmentally appropriate learning environment for each child.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services II (19153-II) > Section: Providing a Positive, Safe, and Healthy Learning Environment

Creation should reflect

- safety hazards in and around the childcare setting
- components of a diverse/multicultural curriculum
- how to adapt the learning environment to accommodate special needs
- results of research into the needs of children for safe and ergonomically appropriate space, room arrangements, and equipment
- regulations concerning safety and prevention of illness as well as injury.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are standards for a safe, healthy learning environment?
- What are the consequences of providing/not providing a safe, healthy learning environment?
- What should be done to establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment?
- How can one effectively arrange child development settings/classrooms to help ensure good traffic flow and behavior?
- What types of equipment and materials should be included in different areas (e.g., art area, science area)?

Communication

- What criteria should be used to decide how to provide a safe, healthy learning environment? What resources are available to help in making the environment safe and healthy?
- What environmental features should be considered when arranging the early childhood classroom? Who can provide expert counseling about environmental features?
- How can the standards for a safe, healthy learning environment be communicated to the parents and children?
- How can parents be a resource to the early childhood classroom?

Leadership

- What are the basic health practices and prevention procedures regarding illness and disease?
- What historical circumstances led to the formation of current health practices in this country?
- What will be the outcome of maintaining or failing to maintain a safe environment?
- What government organization is responsible for safety and sanitation practices at a childcare facility?

Management

- What are the steps to implementing safe and healthy practices that comply with state regulations?
- What are the basic criteria for meeting the state standards regarding safe and healthy practices?
- What are the benefits and consequences of managing or failing to manage healthy practices and prevention procedures?
- What are the consequences of not meeting the state standards?