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toys for children
Article
Vertical Learning with Classroom Walls
Sandra Duncan, Christine Burkholder, Melissa Hennigin
How might children’s learning deepen if we treated the classroom walls and vertical spaces as an active, hands on space for exploration and play?
Children in a classroom furnished by Community Playthings
Article
Classroom Design for Emotional Regulation
Tiffani Rogers
Discover how intentional design can lead to more calm and learning.
Outdoor space design booklet
Literature
Bringing Learning Outdoors
Guidelines for designing quality outdoor learning environments.
Children playing in a dramatic play environment
Article
Designing Child-Centered Early Childhood Environments in the Public School Setting
Christine Hertz Hausman, Kristine Mraz
Fostering a play-based education in the public school setting through intentional classroom design.
Community Playthings dramatic play furniture
Article
Creating Supportive Environments for Children's Sensory Experiences
Sandra Duncan
Children are constantly processing their worlds and experiences through their senses. Because of that, our classrooms must take into consideration all the different sensory needs of children, and create an appropriate sensory backdrop from…
Toddlers playing with an Outlast Mud Kitchen
Article
Designing Your Outdoor Classroom
Victoria Hackett
In this article Victoria Hackett presents an innovative approach to designing an outdoor classroom, incorporating various gardens that facilitate active, creative, and meaningful learning through play.
child on grow right stool
Article
Supporting Children's Natural Development
Community Playthings
What does the science behind the Grow‑Right stool reveal about supporting healthy posture, stronger engagement, and neurodiverse learners in the classroom?
A child doing a craft on a table
Video
Discover the Grow-Right Stool
Teachers say too much of table time is spent correcting disruptive behavior. Learn how the Grow-Right Stool addresses the root of the disruptions by offering a new understanding of classroom seating.
Two children playing at an Outlast Table in Mud Kitchen area
Article
Reinvigorating Play with the Outlast Mud Kitchen
Emily Nye, Jessica Proud
What if a few intentional design choices could turn a quiet courtyard into a thriving ecosystem of play, learning, and sustainability?
Two class photos around Community Playthings table taken 50 years apart
Article
Seventy Years of Play
Michelle Sosnowski
What might a decades‑old nursery school—with some of its original playthings still in use—teach us about how children truly learn?
two girls talking together
Article
Designing Classrooms for Collaboration
Pradnya Patet
Collaboration, a skill vital to success in the 21st century, needs to be nurtured and supported from early childhood on. The way you design your learning environment has a big effect on the level of collaboration present in your classroom.
Children playing in a bright classroom with a water table, play kitchen, and sensory table.
Article
Classroom Design and How it Influences Behavior
Judith Colbert
Although it is important for classrooms to be attractive to the eye, it is equally, if not more important, that they function effectively.