ECED 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.4: Shared Space, Fire Marshal, Environmentally Friendly
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Educators are so use to living w/ the hand-me down spaces and materials that we begin to think we don"t deserve something better ******* Fortify yourself w/ research and examples from other countries. Online research can illuminate other approaches that are considered high quality and there are a variety of international early childhood study tours and conference to inspire your thinking. So easy to adopt the attitude of i wouldn"t dare , or they would never go for that . Other countries make clear distinctions between the ideas of hazard and risks and recognize that the well-being of healthy developing children involve offering them both physical and intellectual challenges. You have control over things: physical spaces you design. The materials you present to children: they communicate your values and intentions and shape how you feel and behave while in the space.
