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Searched on Exact phrase of PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT in the index terms;.
Returned 47 results.
- Planning for Construction of a New Facility
By Taos Pueblo Head Start; May 17-20, 1998
Description: This 1998 document describes a plan for construction of the Taos Pueblo Head Start and child care complex in Taos, New Mexico. Funding resources are included. STTR0366 Planning 1998 May 17-20, 1998
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35586 (100.00%) - Wondering with Children: The Importance of Observation in Early Education
By George Forman, Ellen Hall, Early Childhood Research and Practice; Fall 2005
Description: This paper asserts that teachers gain insight into children’s thinking through the process of observation, documentation, and interpretation of children’s goals, strategies, and theories. As a result of...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33581 (100.00%) - Physical (In) Activity Among Low-Income Children and Youth: Problem, Prospect, and Challenge
By Robert Halpern; 2006
Description: This paper examines the epidemic of inactivity among low- and moderate-income children and youth. Contains 62 references. REHS0119 Physical Monographs of the Herr Research Center for Children and Social...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33198 (100.00%) - Designing Environments for Young Children: Leading Issues
By Linda Cain Ruth; 2002
Description: This article discusses the design and construction of outdoor environments and facilities for young children. A review of the literature indicates that the major issues can be divided into three categories:...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=32746 (100.00%) - Designing the Environment to Build Connection to Place
By Barbara Christine Bigelow, Annette Coates, Bobbi-Lynn Keating, Carol Anne Wien; May 2005
Description: This article shows how an environment’s design shifts, evolves, flourishes, and builds connections among children, staff, and place as teachers respond to local crises. Aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35853 (100.00%) - Creating the Environment for Movement
By S.W. Sanders; March 2004
Description: This document indicates that physical and social environments for young children should encourage and enable them to participate in safe and enjoyable physical activities. The developmentally appropriate...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31777 (100.00%) - Growing Ideas: Accessible to All: Universal Design in Early Care and Education
By University of Maine: Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies; 2005
Description: This document describes Universal Design as a philosophy of designing and creating products and environments that are accessible to the greatest extent possible, to the people who use them, without the...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31644 (100.00%) - Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
By Emily Fenichel, Abbey Griffin, J. Ronald Lally, Marilyn Segal, Eleanor Szanton; 2003
Description: This guide illustrates the opportunities for development that good group child care offers to children and their families. Illustrations of appropriate and inappropriate practice offer examples of interactions...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30501 (100.00%) - Supervision: Helping to keep children S.A.F.E. on the playground.
By National Program for Playground Safety; 2004
Description: This pamphlet by the National Program for Playground Safety urges parents and adults to take an active role in playground supervision. Lack of supervision is cited as a contributing factor in 40 percent...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30244 (100.00%) - Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition
By Richard M Clifford, Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms; 2005
Description: This updated edition of the the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale–Revised Edition (ECERS–R) includes notes that are available on the Web site and a new expanded score sheet. Designed for use in...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30183 (100.00%) - Family Child Care Quality: Implications for Children with Disabilities
By Michael Gamel-McCormick; December 7, 2004
Description: This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation describes findings from the Delaware Early Care and Education Baseline Quality Study with particular emphasis on settings providing services to children with disabilities....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30155 (100.00%) - Guia para proveedores de cuidado infantil: Como ser propietario de vivienda
By Building Child Care Project; September 2003
Description: This Spanish language guide presents an overview of the home buying process for family child care providers in California. The lack of available funding for child care facilities remains a major obstacle...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30154 (100.00%) - A Guide to Homeownership for Family Child Care Providers
By Building Child Care Project; September 2003
Description: This guide presents an overview of the home buying process for family child care providers in California. The lack of available funding for child care facilities remains a major obstacle to creating sufficient...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30153 (100.00%) - Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale: Revised Edition
By Richard M Clifford, Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms; 2003
Description: This guide presents the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale–Revised Edition (ITERS–R), a thorough revision of the original program quality assessment instrument, the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30122 (100.00%) - Children with Challenging Behavior: Strategies for Reflective Thinking
By Linda Brault, Tom Brault; 2005
Description: This guide offers tools, ideas, strategies, and ways of thinking to help early childhood educators deal with challenging behavior by becoming reflective thinkers who act with wisdom rather than react out...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=30120 (100.00%) - All About the ITERS-R: A Detailed Guide in Words and Pictures to be Used With the ITERS-R
By Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms, Cathy Riley; 2003
Description: This resource guide for early childhood practitioners, infant-toddler specialists, technical assistance specialists, licensing staff, and researchers provides the information needed for accurate and stable...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29872 (100.00%) - Design: Child Development Centers
By Department of Defense Workgroup; August 1, 2002
Description: This document presents guidelines for evaluating and planning the center site, determining programming requirements, establishing space distribution needs, determining building size, and designing all...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29276 (100.00%) - Making a Place for Children: Child Care Facility Planning Manual for Washington State
By Jan Gleason, Sally Knodell; 2003
Description: This manual is a resource for the development of a quality center serving children from infancy through school age in Washington State. The manual offers a general overview of program considerations. STWA0303...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=28287 (100.00%) - Care in the Home: A Study of Family Child Care Providers and the Low-Income Families That Use Them
By Barbara D Goodson, Jean I Layzer; May 30, 2003
Description: This substudy of The National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families tracked approximately 650 families’ experience with family child care over 2-3 years, with 4 waves of data collection. Data were...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26937 (100.00%) - Effects of Environmental Measures on Intelligence in Young Children: Growth Curve Modeling of Longitudinal Data.
By Lisabeth F. DiLalla, Kimberly Andrews Espy, Victoria J. Molfese; 2001
Description: Examined effects of different environmental measures on individual intellectual growth patterns. Growth curve analyses revealed that HOME scores exerted a constant influence on the expected composite verbal,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26778 (100.00%)
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