ECED 407 Chapter 3.1: ECED 407 Chapter 3.: ch 3 pt 1
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The adults and teachers who work in the early childhood environment largely construct the language" of the environment so it is important that educators understand this language. It is our belief that a quality environment responds to the hundred languages of children identified. We"ve identified three key aspects to any early childhood environment as the physical environment the interactional environment (social interactions within the environment) and the temporal environment (routines/time). However this paper only attempts to examine two key areas of the physical environment - organisation and aesthetics. We consider that these two key areas contribute significantly to the messages and cues given to children by the environment. I really enjoyed looking at diagram 1 on page 2 of this article. It places the child"s learning in the center, which is encircled by the overall physical environment followed by a vertical bubble of the temporal and interactional bubble.
