Exam 4: Creating Meaningful Places in Your Program to Support Children and Families

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -Flexible child-centered space and equipment arranged for young children in a program are called indoor and outdoor __________.

Adequate storage areas are necessary in both the indoor and outdoor spaces:

Teachers create meaningful places to support children by:

Discuss why early childhood teachers are encouraged to create and support programs for young children that are effective, inclusive, and culturally relevant?

When enrolling new families program administrators and teachers encourage parental involvement by:

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -__________ are environments that respond to the great diversity of children, cultures, languages, and abilities.

The building design:

The elements of effective family engagement in early childhood education were summarized from the research and reported by the PEW Center for the States and include:

The environment:

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -The __________ includes the surroundings, conditions, and locations where care and learning for young children may take place; the indoor and outdoor spaces.

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -The flexible, low storage throughout indoor and outdoor spaces is __________ and these can store selected curriculum materials accessible to children.

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -Family members contribute their time and input to sharing their cultures, hobbies, and occupations and in doing so, __________ enrich the curriculum learning experiences.

Engaging families early in the daily program activities at their children's schools:

Indoor spaces and environments for young children should include:

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -__________ provides places to keep materials, supplies, and equipment that are essential to the operation of programs for young children.

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -__________ are the surroundings, conditions, and locations where care and education of children take place; includes the buildings and play spaces.

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -A location, or area, such as an interest center either indoors or outdoors, enriches experiences planned and offered for children in an early childhood setting. This would be considered a(n) __________.

Environments need to support:

Placement of activity areas and the movement of children around interest centers:

Terms used in completion questions: activity area conferencing environment families as resources inclusive settings interest centers places settings shelving storage -__________ are the delineated areas for specialized activity within an indoor or outdoor environment.