CIEC 3200 Environments in Early Childhood Classrooms

This course will focus on the developmentally appropriate early childhood classroom learning environment and the inclusion of learning centers, center-based instruction, and multi-sensory learning in PreK, kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Candidates will learn how to design, evaluate and plan for safe, healthy, respectful, inclusive, challenging, engaging learning environments and curricula that address children’s development across these domains:  aesthetic, affective, cognitive, language, physical, and social and which reflect and support family partnership; diversity, play, children’s home environments, languages spoken, universal design (i.e. environmental supports, access to technology), special needs and various learning styles. Arranging and evaluating space, scheduling, routines, transitions, and organization of time are the components of a positive classroom climate. Candidates will design, organize and manage multisensory activities for play-based standards-driven interest areas and learning centers in a PreK-K classroom, that integrate language arts, math, social studies, arts and science. 

Prerequisite(s): CIED 2070 ; EDUC 2000 Co-requisite(s): CIEC 2400 ; CIEC 3250
Credits: 2.0