Environments for Learning

Safe - Healthy - Inclusive

Our physical environments are thoughtfully designed to support children’s learning, development, and well-being.

Safe and Healthy Spaces:

We maintain environments that meet all licensing and safety requirements while also supporting appropriate risk-taking and physical challenge. Our spaces are:

  • Arranged to promote supervision while offering varied experiences

  • Clean and well-maintained to support health and well-being

  • Organized to enable children’s independence and self-direction

  • Flexible enough to adapt to children’s changing interests and needs

Inclusive Design:

Our environments are designed using principles of universal design, ensuring accessibility for children with diverse abilities. We:

  • Arrange spaces to accommodate varying mobility and sensory needs

  • Provide materials at different levels of challenge

  • Create both active and quiet areas

  • Offer multiple ways for children to participate in activities

  • Adapt materials and activities as needed for individual children

Materials and Resources:

We carefully select materials that:

  • Support learning across all developmental domains

  • Reflect diversity and promote positive identity development

  • Offer appropriate levels of challenge

  • Can be used in multiple ways (open-ended materials)

  • Connect to children’s experiences and interests

  • Are well-maintained and organized to promote respect and care