Creating Environment

When thinking about how I would set my family daycare up I have many things to come in mind. First, of all I want to make sure that my environment serves the families and children in my care. I want to make sure that all of the equipment that I use in my daycare influence the way my children learn. I want them to have the best learning experience possible. I want to make sure I have enough equipment to serve the amount of children that I have in my care. I want my space to make the students and family feel warm and inviting. I will make sure that images that I use show not only one race doing something but showing all races. I want to have learning games, bulletin board displays, have pictures of the children and pictures of their family on display. I want to make sure that I have enough toys to provide each of the children. When displaying books I want to make sure that I have a variety of books dealing with many issues and cultures, puzzles can also reflect the different diversity that may be in the classroom and also provide different types of music for the students to experience. I will make sure that the children I serve and that the materials I use are age appropriate for the ages I serve. If will make sure that I get to know the families I serve by doing a conference with them and getting information that will help me better serve their child. I want all the material that I would need to serve my families. Relationships and interactions with children and families, the visual and material environment, and the daily curriculum all come together to create anti-bias learning community(Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010). I do believe when building a daycare no matter what type it is it takes time to create the type of environment you want to have but each thing we do gets us a step closer to reaching our dream because we are building a learning environment that nurtures and supports all the children and families that we serve.