Welcoming Classroom Arrangements

Classroom Environment for Infants and Toddlers

When the teacher is setting up a classroom for babies and toddlers they have to ensure that the environment will be beneficial for the children.  The teachers must be able to engage in conversations that will have the children engaged.  There are many ways to evaluate an environment to make sure it will benefit the baby or toddlers literacy development.  Here are some examples of classroom environment that provides space and a open feeling for good classroom management.  The mission of the academy is to keep each individual infant, toddler or child safe, healthy and happy.  It was a pleasure to get ideas for infant and toddler environments.


These pictures were taken from the Academy for Active Learners

www.TheAcademyForActiveLearners.com

Infant Room

This teacher ensured that not only was the Classroom arrangements appropriate but she also provided 10 simple tips for evaluating the environment.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-tips/qualities-of-a-good-day-care/

Toddler Classroom

The goal for a infant and toddler  teacher is to not only provide a safe, open and well organized classroom but that the teacher provides a warm and nurturing environment for children to learn.  This should be the expectations for parents and teachers.

Classroom Environments for Preschoolers 

The Preschool environment is very important for the students growth and development.  It should be set up to be welcoming to the families as well as provide learning materials that will engage and educate the students.  The space should also be big enough to move easily throughout the learning areas.  Here are some examples of a Pre-school classroom. The children would easily be able to participate in a variety of learning activities in these environments. http://familychildcareacademy.com/the-learning-environment/ gives great examples of wonderful open classrooms for children to learn.

Pre-School Classroom

Pre-school Classroom

Children engaged in a circle activity with their Head Start teacher  this picture was found at
www. howtowalktoschool.com

Classroom Environment for First Grade

 I had the pleasure of going on Debbie Diller website "A journey of learning" where she featured  Morgan Simoneoux, she is  first grade teacher from Baton Rouge, LA.  She has a warm and inviting environment that allow the children to feel welcome and engage in their learning experience.

The colors are warm and inviting in the classroom, for the first graders to participate in the various  learning activities.  

classroom library

Classroom Environment for Third Grade

I had the pleasure of going to The Cornerstone website.  Angela Watson who created this site in 2003 loves to assist teachers in having strong classroom environments. You can get further information on positive classroom management.  http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/organization/classroom-seating-arrangements

They had  wonderful arrangement of a third grade classroom. I had the pleasure to see a wonderful spaces and well organized environments.

This classroom allows the students to see the teacher and also have a good view of the classroom.  This arrangement also takes up less square feet in the classroom.  This arrangement is also good for having students work in pairs.

This is an examples of utilizing tables instead of desks.  This gave the teacher more space and it was very conducive for the children to learn.  The teacher said in her post that  if a child had any issues with their classmate they were able to move and join the team when they felt better.  Her blog is Tables vs.Desks

I hope that you enjoy this Blog as much as I enjoyed researching amazing websites.


Julie