Brittney Williams

Classroom Floor plan and summary

Grade: Kindergarten

The ideal classroom for preschool and primary school children should include
the following: the classroom should be well organized with several learning centers
that are developmentally appropriate for the age of the children in the room. The
room should have activities that are child initiated and others that are teacher
initiated. Also there should be a presence of active and quiet learning activities of
various group sizes. (Barresi) This classroom layout is developmentally appropriate
for young children because it includes all of these aspects that are necessary for the
childrens learning environment.
It is important to have a sense of order in the classroom. The sense of order
and tidiness make the environment comfortable and inviting for the children.
(Marion, 2001) Also when the children know where all the materials are they are
more likely to engage in many centers and clean up after an activity.
A good classroom should also allow the children to make many choices, as
this one does. Though there will be a defined schedule with the days activities
there should still be a time in the day where children can choose what activities
they would like to do. This is why it is helpful to have many different learning
centers. This classroom layout includes several centers that are structured
differently, some allow students to learn in smaller groups, independently or in large
groups. This layout is developmentally appropriate for children preschool to primary
school. The layout of the classroom allows children to transition to different centers
and engage in those activities without interfering with the children learning in other
centers. This layout also allows for children to have a learning space for different
subjects. With this layout children can do each subject each day while transitioning
through centers which is most effective at this age, rather than having all the
subjects at a desk the entire day. This is due to the fat that young children learn

through exploration, play and movement. Meaning that for subjects like art, music
and science they cannot simply do all their work from a textbook as older children
would be expected to, they need lessons that are developmentally appropriate so
having centers set up already makes this easier for the teacher and the students.
Other aspects of this layout that are beneficial for children of that age is that
there are centers where they can have much social interaction and others that allow
children to be solitary. (Marion, 2001) Children learn a lot through play and engaging
with others, so centers like the music and dramatic play can be useful for that kind
of social learning. However children also need time to be alone to regroup before
going back to interact with the group, this is where the computers and reading
centers can be used for solitary cognitive learning.

Works Cited
Barresi, J. (n.d.). The Early Childhood Learning Enviornment. Retrieved from
https://ublearns.buffalo.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2948089-dt-content-rid6620012_1/courses/2141_11300/The%20early%20childhood%20learning
%20environment%281%29.pdf
Marion, M. (2001). Introduction to Early Childhood Education. In M. Mario,
Introduction to Early Childhood Education (pp. 270-285).