ECE IRE1
Issued by
Heartland Community College
Earners can describe the role of the environment in supporting children’s development.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Describe how indoor environmental design choices reflect and support children’s development and need for individual and group play. Environmental design choices are: • Culturally and linguistically responsive • Safe and healthy • Supportive and challenging • Developmentally appropriate materials • Clear organization and accessibility • Clarity in written and verbal messaging • Responsive images
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Describe how indoor environmental choices build classroom community. Environmental design choices include, for example • Culturally and linguistically responsive • Safe and healthy • Supportive and challenging • Developmentally appropriate materials, • Clear organization and accessibility, • Clarity in written and verbal messaging • Responsive images
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Describe how outdoor environmental choices support children’s development and learning and need for individual and group play. Environmental design choices include, for example, • Culturally and linguistically responsive • Safe and healthy • Supportive and challenging • Developmentally appropriate materials, • Clear organization and accessibility, • Clarity in written and verbal messaging • Responsive images
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Describe how outdoor environmental design choices build classroom community. Environmental design choices include, for example: • Culturally and linguistically responsive • Safe and healthy • supportive and challenging • developmentally appropriate materials, • clear organization and accessibility, • clarity in written and verbal messaging responsive images
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CHLD 103
Standards
Support the implementation of early childhood curriculum, teaching practices, and learning environments that are safe, healthy, respectful, culturally and linguistically responsive, supportive, and challenging for each child