The Benefits of having an intentional Learning Environment:
♡Self directed independent practice for target skills
♡Provides sense of order
♡Scaffolds natural drive for Independence
♡Easy self-directed clean up
♡Effort driven by love and respect for your child's interest as a result of your observations
Characteristics:
♡Engaging, aesthectically pleasing safe materials
♡Child-sized and managable by the child
♡Engaging activities
♡Appeals to the child's need for order
♡Fully accessible to the child
Managing Materials:
♡Rotate materials at intervals determined by children's interest
♡Vary according to skills needed for child ie. cognitive, self-care, math, language, science, cultural
♡Place activity and movable parts in a smaller container on the tray
♡Place movable pieces to the left and activity to the right (developes left to right directionality needed for reading)
♡Self directed independent practice for target skills
♡Provides sense of order
♡Scaffolds natural drive for Independence
♡Easy self-directed clean up
♡Effort driven by love and respect for your child's interest as a result of your observations
Characteristics:
♡Engaging, aesthectically pleasing safe materials
♡Child-sized and managable by the child
♡Engaging activities
♡Appeals to the child's need for order
♡Fully accessible to the child
Managing Materials:
♡Rotate materials at intervals determined by children's interest
♡Vary according to skills needed for child ie. cognitive, self-care, math, language, science, cultural
♡Place activity and movable parts in a smaller container on the tray
♡Place movable pieces to the left and activity to the right (developes left to right directionality needed for reading)