To reflect upon how you plan the learning environment

Aim

To reflect upon how you plan the learning environment.

Evidence and reflection

Take some time to consider:

• how do you/can you plan for an environment based on the concept of layers?
• the significance of the question posed by Clark (2010: 17): ‘What does it mean to be in this place?’
• what some of the spaces in your setting mean to the children in your care.

More in this chapter

• To reflect upon how your values impact upon the provision the children in your care receive
• To work with children in your setting to investigate how they feel about an aspect of your environme
• To reflect upon the spaces provided within the indoor environment in your setting
• To reflect upon the spaces provided in the outdoor environment in your setting
• To plan resources to support specific learning activities
• To produce a room plan
• To monitor an individual child to estimate active learning time
• To consider the opportunities the children in your care have to explore the outdoors
• To review your own practice in relation to digital technologies