Mav Pardee has written the most clear and succinct document on Activity Areas ever to cross my desk. The chapter below is an excerpt from a longer file that you can download free from http://www.lisc.org/content/publications/detail/813.
There you will find, in addition to what is attached here:
- How-to-do Scale drawings & room layouts
- Classroom Occupancy
- Infant & Toddler Care
- Guidelines for Purchasing Furnishings
- Cost of Equipment Worksheets
The only reason I don’t include all of these good things here is that directors’ lives are busy, and I hope that those who don’t have time for 30 pages might at least have time for 10. Here goes:
Open PDF: Developing Activity Areas or Learning Centers by Mav Pardee (1.35 mb .pdf)
The host of this publication is CICK, Community Investment Collaborative for Kids. CICK is a subset of LISC, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a powerhouse of an organization dedicated to:
- Creating Statewide Child Care Facility Programs
- Fostering Public Policy Initiatives
- Promoting Best Practices in Facility Design and Development
- And lots more.
Find out more about how LISC can help you at: http://www.lisc.org/section/goals/education1.
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