Thursday, October 31, 2013

Classroom Management

A well organized classroom supports learning and positive behavior. Early Childhood Educators should always keep their students in mind when designing the learning environment. They should keep in mind each child's learning styles, strengths and weaknesses. Teachers should ensure that activities chosen for children are developmentally appropriate and enjoyable. 

The following are a few websites that may be very helpful for current and future teachers in the classroom Arrangement and organization decisions. 

http://www.kinderart.com/artlessonsbygrade/toddlerpreschool.shtml - This is great website that shares art work from different teachers for students from different age groups. It provides some great information about seasonal art works as well as content knowledge art.  They have a Facebook and twitter page where teachers can share their ideas. 

http://www.classroomdeskarrangement.com/ClassroomDeskArrangement/Welcome.html- Classroom desk arrangement is site to help teachers with their classroom arrangement. On this website teachers are able to select the number of students that may be in their class and find creative classroom arrangement to satisfy the class size. Teachers are also able to share their ideas as well. 

http://classroom.4teachers.org/- Class4teachers is great interactive website that allows teachers to design their own classroom. Teachers are able to put in the dimensions of their classroom and select items for the classroom. 

http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/ - Organized classroom provides some great ideas for teachers to organize their class.  There many do it yourself tips for teachers to keep their classroom organized. This website allows for teachers to blog about their ideas or tips that they have used. This is great themed website. 

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11 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 1, 2013 at 5:55 PM

    Melody,
    I went to the organized classroom blog. I really liked the ideas the teacher had on rainy day recesses. That is something every teacher needs to plan for even living where I do, Arizona. =) She suggested dancing during the rainy day recesses. What a great idea! The children get to move and get some energy out and the classroom doesn't get messed up by the students getting games out. I am going to do this for my future class. Thanks for sharing that blog.
    Amber

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    1. UnknownNovember 3, 2013 at 2:58 PM

      Thank you Amber. I really like that site as well because other teachers share techniques that they ave used and has worked.

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  2. UnknownNovember 2, 2013 at 3:01 PM

    Melody,

    These are all some great links for early childhood classroom designs and organization. I especially liked the link to kinderart.com. There were some great resources there that the students could use to help organize the classroom. When the students see their handiwork displayed for others to see, they show pride in themselves. I also liked the link on classroom arrangement. I liked the different scenarios it gave for accommodating different class sizes. It will be very helpful when first setting up your classroom and when reorganizing it later.

    Sharon

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    1. UnknownNovember 3, 2013 at 3:00 PM

      Thank you Sharon. Art is always a great way for teaching early childhood children. It gives them an opportunity to express themselves and enjoy learning.

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  3. N. BossNovember 2, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    Melody,

    Thanks for sharing the links to designing and organizing a classroom. I found the links to be a great resource to teachers looking to design a classroom. I especially liked the site http://www.eichild.com/visualize/. This site showed classroom design for infant and toddlers to kindergarten classrooms. I think this site is very helpful to early childhood teachers. I am going to share this site with the early childhood teachers in my school district.

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    1. UnknownNovember 3, 2013 at 3:04 PM

      Hi Nasheen,
      I really like that website as well. It is great site for those who would like to ave their own Early Childhood facility and it gives great ideas for classroom arrangement as well.

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  4. UnknownNovember 2, 2013 at 6:31 PM

    Melody,
    I really appreciate the site that are on your blog. I especially like the Classroom Desk Arrangement site with all the suggestions for seating. The KinderArt peaked my interest because I am always looking for interesting art projects to do with my Pre-K Class.

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    1. UnknownNovember 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM

      Thank you Vandella. It is always great when we can share great ideas with each other. I like the KinderArt website as well and cant't way to use many of the ideas it presented.

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  5. UnknownNovember 2, 2013 at 6:54 PM

    Hello Melody,

    Great Blog, this is very eye friendly! The websites you used were great. Each website gave great tips for organization and great ideas for lessons. You definitely did great research! Thanks for sharing all the wonderful websites!

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  6. jayoppNovember 3, 2013 at 3:24 PM

    Hi Melody,
    I have seen similar sites to the classroom architect, and I really love being able to play with "furniture" to set up a future classroom. I like that the site justifies briefly why classroom setup is important. The Visualize your new room website was pretty amazing because it allowed you to look at different PDF's for different age groups along with pricing. The setup also explained how it aligns with NAEYC which is also great. On a visual standpoint, I like that you included a photo with your blog! I wish I knew that could be done or I would have done the same!! So glad you were able to think and figure that out.

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