characteristics of a good enviroment for children

[Laura Hull]

A good learning environment is one built with the size, interests, and needs of the class in mind. Furniture should be child sized, safe, easy to use, and interesting, multicultural and colorful decorations such as photos should be hung at eye level for the given age group. There ought to be a variety of textures and materials-- soft toys, plastic or wooden toys, toys that are active and toys that are for sitting down, toys that are for dramatic play, and ones that are for building, connecting, or creating. It is good for an environment to have different levels of lighting that can be changed according to time of day or activity (being able to lower the lighting a half hour or so prior to naptime can really help children to reach a level of calm before they are expected to lie quietly on their beds). It's also good for the environment to be changed periodically for the sake of interest. Finally, an environment should keep a wide variety of toys accessible to the children during all free play times (yes, this does mean bigger messes) so that children are less likely to fight simply because play materials seem scarce.

[Lyubov Muzhkevich]

One of the good component for early child education are: sensory exploration, dramatic play, art and music area, and both inside and outside should include physical move around area. And the class should appear to be homelike furniture:elements and details, inside and outside toys.