12/26/2024 4:59:36 AM	CHLD 185.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2010	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CHLD 185.1	Title:  CREATIVE INDOOR ENVIRON
Full Title:  Creative Indoor Environments for Young Children
Last Reviewed:1/28/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	8.00		6 max.	Lecture Scheduled	48.00
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	0		2 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	8.00			Contact Total	48.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  96.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 144.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CHLD 85.1

Catalog Description:

This course offers an overview of appropriate and creative indoor learning environments for young children, infants through pre-school age. Planning and assessment methods for designing center and home environments will be explored and applied. Environmental factors that enhance learning and pro-social behaviors will be a focus.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course offers an overview of appropriate and creative indoor learning environments for young children, infant through pre-school age. Planning and assessment methods for designing center and home environments will be explored and applied. Environmental factors that enhance learning and pro-social behaviors will be a focus.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course students will be able to:

1.  Create appropriate indoor play spaces/environments for young children.

2.  Assess and plan children's learning environments using innovative and creative strategies.

3.  Use strategies to meet the developmental needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers through environmental design in both center and home programs.

4.  Develop plans for a variety of learning areas appropriate to the developmental level of the children served.

5.  Plan components of an environment that support children with specialneeds.

6.  Plan components of an environment that support children's pro-social development.

7.  Identify different environmental assessment tools.

Topics and Scope

I.   Infant environments

    A.  Developmental needs and abilities of infants

    B.  Use of space that supports the developmental levels of infants

        and promotes creative play

    C.  Appropriate and innovative equipment and materials, both

        commercial and natural

II.  Toddler/Twos environments

    A.  Developmental needs and abilities of toddlers and twos

    B.  Use of space that supports the developmental levels of toddlers

        and twos and promotes creative play

    C.  Appropriate and innovative equipment and materials, both

        commercial and natural

III. Preschool environments

    A.  Developmental needs and abilities of preschoolers

    B.  Use of space that supports the developmental levels of

        preschoolers and promotes creative play

    C.  Appropriate and innovative equipment and materials, both

        commercial and natural

IV.  Adaptations for the environment

    A.  Multi-age groupings

    B.  Children with special needs

V.   Early childhood environmental assessment tools

VI.  Developing graphic plans

VII. Elements of the environment

    A.  Health and Safety

    B.  Learning areas that promote social, emotional, physical and

        cognitive development

    C.  Family friendly space

    D.  Supportive environment for caregivers and teachers

    E.  Promoting pro-social behaviors

Assignments:

Assignments may include the following:

1.  Reading and discussion of assigned text and handouts. Approximately 40

   pages total.

2.  Design and create a graphic plan and/or model of an indoor environment

   for young children demonstrating appropriate components.

3.  Written assessment of an environment for young children focusing on

   the impact on pro-social behaviors. Approximately five pages.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 60%
assessment/evaluation of learning environments
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 30 - 60%
planning and drawing designs of environments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Greenman, Jim. CARING SPACES, LEARNING PLACES; CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTS

 THAT WORK, Exchange Press, Redmond, WA 2005

Greenman, Jim.  PLACES FOR CHILDHOODS: MAKING QUALITY HAPPEN IN THE REAL

 WORLD, Exchange Press, Redmond, WA  1998

Carter Margie & Curtis, Deb.  DESIGNS FOR LIVING AND LEARNING:

 Transforming Early Childhood Environments, Redleaf Press, 2003

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