This unit analyzes the different ways you can adapt the environment to meet the needs of the children in your class. When designing your environment, it is important to keep in mind the skills that the children in your group are learning and have mastered
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Assignment: Unit 3 analyzes the different ways you can adapt the environment to meet the needs of the children in your class. When designing your environment, it is important to keep in mind the skills that the children in your group are learning and have mastered. The way you arrange your classroom and the materials you fill it with can have a big impact on the kinds of play and learning opportunities you provide to your students. For your assignment, use the developmental milestone chart, the unit readings, and the four classroom models to complete the chart below.
| Unit 3 Assignment: Analysis of Environment Designs | |||
| Environment Designs | Developmentally Appropriate Materials or Activities | Physical Design Changes | Adaptive Materials or Areas for diverse learners |
| Analysis of the 0-1 year old environment design | Briefly describe 2 developmentally appropriate materials or activities you would add to the environment to address skills for this age group. 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play? 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 adaptive materials or areas you would include to meet the needs of a 1-year-old infant who is not yet crawling. 1. 2. |
| Analysis of the 1-3 year old environment design | Briefly describe 2 developmentally appropriate materials or activities you would add to the environment to address skills for this age group. 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play? 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 adaptive materials or areas you would include to meet the needs of a 2-year-old toddler who has difficulty with hand-eye coordination. 1. 2. |
| Analysis of the 3-5 year old environment design | Briefly describe 2 developmentally appropriate materials or activities you would add to the environment to address skills for this age group. 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play? 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 adaptive materials or areas you would include to meet the needs of a 4-year-old preschooler who needs sensory stimulation. 1. 2. |
| Analysis of the 5-8 year old environment design | Briefly describe 2 developmentally appropriate materials or activities you would add to the environment to address skills for this age group. 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play? 1. 2. | Briefly describe 2 adaptive materials or areas you would include to meet the needs of a 6-year-old child who is an ESL learner (English as Second Language). 1. 2. |
| Overall Reflection: In two paragraphs describe how the developmental domains are incorporated and what theories support the selection of materials and activities in each of the four classroom designs. | |||
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