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Greenman, Jim; And Others – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Four articles suggest ways to create good child care environments: (1) "What Kind of Place for Child Care in the 21st Century?" (Greenman); (2) "Strategies for Enhancing Children's Use of the Environment" (Curtis); (3) "Designing the Family Child Care Environment" (Osborn); (4) "Imagine! Child Care--A Great Place for Teachers, Too" (Haack,…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Examines general principles in designing child care centers and preschools: (1) design the site and building so that it has a friendly, child-like, inviting image; and (2) design child development environments to be child scaled, including furnishings, materials, the building, and the site as a whole. Contains criteria and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Educational Environment
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Examines the notion of an early childhood education center organized as a series of houses around a common core of shared facilities. Discusses examples of child-care centers in Sweden and explores ideas that can promote functional facilities. Suggestions include ideas about physical-motor activities areas, administration offices, centralized…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Day Care Centers, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child-care-center spaces as a factor for designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Explores a range of architectural and design issues related to the size of spaces and ways of subdividing rooms to provide opportunities for small-group, quiet activities that are important to quality child care. (AA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child care centers as a factor in designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Proposes as a general principle that, whenever a center is to house more than 75 children, it should be partially decentralized into a village, campus, or articulated series of interconnected houses, with each module serving no more than 60 to…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
