Presents suggestions for organizing instructional materials in child care centers, suggesting categories for organizing children's and staff's books and ways to organize and label children's puzzles. Suggests that organizing and labeling materials will assist in identifying material needs. Recommends that the organizational system have someone in…

Highlights the importance of classroom design and organization to early childhood learning environments, and addresses design considerations such as working around fixed features, maximizing learning through organization, and safety. Examines learning considerations such as environment, day's schedule, and support of positive behavior. Highlights…

Describes some of the educational work among Vietnamese refugees which is being done in England, and the problems which exist. Considerations include transient populations, variations in knowledge of the English language, child care, a large age range, and scheduling class time aroung other duties. (CT)

This introductory paper identifies critical issues related to organization of caregiving environments for young children with handicaps, including physical and programmatic features, transitions between activities, transition between special preschool and kindergarten settings, classroom organization, the social-physical environment, the home…

Outlines attachment theory, focusing on ideas regarding children's attachment to persons other than primary caregivers. Utilizes attachment theory in drawing implications for classroom operation, day care center organization, and governmental policies. The attachment paradigm is seen as providing a theoretical basis for improving day care…