Review and Update Child Development Lesson 5

This is the feedback from the professor. Please review what I have and make the needed changes.

“For your final project you definitely want to discuss
something about the learning centers and focus on one of the rooms specifically
– describe it in detail and how it meets NAEYC standards.  Add specific details to that part of your map
as well.??”

ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS:

Deliverables

• One
  “map” of an ideal early childhood care environment (constructed by the
  student by hand or with computer software, scanned and submitted with the
  discussion component).
• One
  3-4 page (750-1000 word) discussion of the details of your child care
  environment design. Use word processing software.

Assignment Details

Perform the following tasks:

Step 1: Design a “map” of an ideal early childhood care
environment. Drawing on knowledge gained through Lesson 5 materials, design a
“map” of an early childhood care environment that supports the following
aspects of physical development in early childhood:

• Body
  growth
• Motor
  development
• Nutritional
  needs
• Sleep
  needs
• Hygiene
  needs
• Special
  physical needs
• Safety

Your map should include both indoor and outdoor
environmental components. Your map should also provide those who see it with
enough detail to understand both the overall physical design of the space and
many of the smaller components (e.g. equipment, centers, toys, etc.) that you
believe provide developmentally appropriate practices.

Step 2: Develop a detailed description of your map.

Write an essay that guides your audience through the
child care environment map that you designed. As you discuss each component of
the map, describe both the “what” (the actual elements that the map features)
and the “why” (why you chose to include each piece of the map in this ideal,
hypothetical classroom). The “why” is most important here, as the ability to
discuss and defend your design choices will reflect your understanding of
physical developmental needs in early childhood and what addressing these needs
looks like in practice. You are expected to support all of your design choices
with specific information from Lesson 5 materials and any other research you
choose to conduct. Please cite all sources appropriately in your paper.

Consider the following questions as you develop your
paper:

• What
  design choices did you make and why?
• How
  do your specific choices correspond with a researched understanding of the
  physical development of young children?
• What
  details from course materials and any outside research support your design
  choices?

After you have provided a detailed, supported, critical
description of your map, discuss the implications or importance of the child
care setting you developed as a whole.

Consider the following questions as you conclude your
paper:

• Why
  is this type of child care environment important?
• What
  might this environment provide for the children who learn and play in it?
• What
  might this environment communicate to parents, teachers, and children who
  spend their time in it?