TY - BOOK AU - Bullard, Julie TI - Creating environments for learning : : birth to age eight SN - 978-0-13-158579-9 AV - 372.13 B87c PY - 2010/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson Education KW - Classroom learning centers KW - Early childhood education KW - Activity programs N1 - Includes bibliographic references and index; Understanding the importance of the environment -- Establishing an emotionally supportive and equitable environment -- Establishing a context for learning: designing schedules, transitions, groupings, and assessments -- Creating a healthy, safe environment -- Arranging an effective environment -- Design considerations -- Developing literacy centers -- Developing manipulative and sensory centers -- Developing science centers -- Developing math centers -- Developing block and building centers -- Developing dramatic play centers -- Developing art centers -- Developing music centers -- Integrating technology -- Special-interest centers -- Creating outdoor environments -- Creating spaces for families and teachers -- Meeting environmental challenges ER -