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Greenman, Jim – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Discusses factors to be considered in the process of constructing facilities for a new child care center. Factors are addressed in terms of three alternatives: building a new center, incorporating a center into a new building, and renovating an existing center. (GLR)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Facility Improvement, School Buildings
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child-care-center spaces as a factor for designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Explores a range of architectural and design issues related to the size of spaces and ways of subdividing rooms to provide opportunities for small-group, quiet activities that are important to quality child care. (AA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child care centers as a factor in designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Proposes as a general principle that, whenever a center is to house more than 75 children, it should be partially decentralized into a village, campus, or articulated series of interconnected houses, with each module serving no more than 60 to…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Boykin, Celia Martin – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Highlights the importance of a positive first visual impression of a childcare center to prospective clients. Provides a facility assessment checklist with 44 questions in the areas of: (1) building and landscape; (2) entrance; (3) hallways and common space; (4) classrooms; (5) playground; (6) children's communications; and (7) staff…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Environmental Influences
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
When given the chance, children seek out and create private places in the midst of busy days. This article advises centers to design protected places where small groups or a single child can retreat to observe other children, either from above or horizontally. Suggestions for such "child caves" involve architecture, furniture arrangement, and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Childhood Needs, Classroom Design, Day Care Centers
Wardle, Francis – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Discusses (1) factors supporting day care center remodeling; (2) assessing building suitability for remodeling; (3) documents to help in assessment; (4) creating a team; (5) cost and funding; and (6) overall design considerations. Emphasizes unique children's needs. Includes tips on indoor environments, individual classrooms, the playground, and…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Plans, Childhood Needs, Children
Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Guides child care centers when investing in outdoor play structures and playground equipment with advice provided by manufacturers and dealers. Details six factors to consider, including appropriateness, construction, installation, safety, support, and experience. Contains a playground equipment manufacturers and dealers directory that includes…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Equipment Manufacturers
