“Imagine a room with light streaming in the windows, shadows dancing on the floors and walls, and a richly textured world of different shapes and sizes of furniture to climb on, over, around, and in — with places to just sit, places to snuggle. It is a room where you can sometimes make wild messes as you discover the mysteries of sensuous substances that often end up on you. It is a room with different places to be, just like your house — places that look, feel, sound, and smell different” (Greenman, 1993).
Dimensions of Infant and Toddler Programs and Curriculum
Jim Greenman’s Work:
Places for Childhood in the 21st Century
Designing a Classroom Environments:
Landscape for Learning: The Impact of Classroom Design on Infants and Toddlers
Quality Environments for Infants
Environments for Infants and Toddlers
Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers Touring Guide
Quality Outdoor Spaces for Young Children
Virtual Lab School:
Infant/Toddler Safe Environments
Infant/Toddler Healthy Environments
Choosing Toys/Materials/Experiences:
Activities that Encourage Independence
Tips for Choosing Toys for Toddlers
Planning Environments and Materials That Respond to Young Children’s Lively Minds
Maximize your Influence to Make Toddler Mornings More Meaningful
Virtual Lab School: Infant/Toddler Learning Environments
Virtual Lab School: Family Childcare Settings
The Social-Emotional Environment:
Using Social Stories to Ease Children’s Transitions
Virtual Lab School: Infant and Toddler Sense of Self
Rocking and Rolling. Reflection: The First Step for Addressing Bias in Infant and Toddler Programs
Helping your Child Develop a Healthy Self Esteem
Infants and Toddlers, Culture, Race and Ethnicity: References for Course Developers
A Guide to Culturally-Sensitive Care
Encouraging Healthy Gender Roles In Children
Healthy Gender Development in Young Children
Guidance and Discipline:
Virtual Lab School: Infant/Toddler Guidance
Examples of Guiding Behavior in Early Childhood Education
Discipline Your Toddler Using Redirection
Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children
A Toddler’s Need for Boundaries – No Walk in the Park
How to Improve Behavior Problems with Positive Reinforcement
Happiest Baby on the Block: Discipline
Reassuring Routines and Rituals
The Power of Using Everyday Routines to Promote Young Children’s Language and Social Skills
Kaplan Early Learning Company has created the “Kaplan Floorplanner Tool,” which provides sample, interactive floorplans designed to support the ITERS and NAEYC accreditation standards. When you access this website: http://www.kaplanco.com/resources/floorPlannerSamples.asp, you can choose to “look inside” a classroom and view a typical layout, as well as create your own custom floorplan using Kaplan’s designs as starting points.
Additional Readings
Briody, J. & McGarry, K. (2005). Using social stories to ease children’s transitions.
Beyond the Journal. (September 2005), 1-4. Retrieved from http://www.pakeys.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Using-Social-Stories-article.pdf
Community Playthings. (2011, August 12). Infant and toddler spaces: Design for a quality classroom. Retrieved from http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/roomplanning/spaces/infanttoddlerspaces.pdf
Greenman, J. (2005). Places for childhood in the 21st century: A conceptual framework. Beyond the Journal, (May 2005), 1-8. Retrieved from http://va.gapitc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/May-9-2012-4-Places_for_Childhood_in_the_21st_Century_REDUCED.pdf
Greenman, J. (2009). Places for babies. Retrieved from http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/infanttoddler/placesforbabies.html
Lally, J.R. (1995). The impact of child care policies and practices on infant/toddler identity formation. Young Children, (November), 58-67.
Torelli, L. (2002). Enhancing development through classroom design in early head start: Meeting the program performance standards and best practices. Children and Families, Spring (2002).
Torelli, L. & Durrett, C. (2009). Landscape for learning: The impact of classroom design on infants and toddlers.
Parlakian, R., & Lerner, C. (2010). Beyond twinkle twinkle: Using music with infants and toddlers. Young children, (March), 14-19.
WestEd (2007). Environments for group care resource list. The program for infant toddler care. Retrieved from http://www.pitc.org/cs/pitclib/view/pitc_res/1016