Play based kindergarten classroom setup

Read about how a kindergarten classroom became a more Reggio-inspired space, including how furniture, colors, and lighting played a big role. Learn small ways to incorporate Reggio Emilia into your classroom using natural materials, real-world objects, and spaces designed for children.

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Explore how to set up a Reggio Emilia inspired classrom - a space created entirely for children’s creativity and exploration.

This article is an interesting look for early childhood teachers into a full day Kindergarten schedule that still incorporates play!

Again, clear labels of different center stations and options throughout the day will help children in the early childhood classroom reflect on choices and behavior, as well as give them a predictable routine for their day. Giving appropriate choices and predictability are huge factors in creating a positive learning environment.

The Dramatic play center is a place students can go to pretend, imagine, and be creative. Students can pretend to be anyone and do anything! This is powerful for our little learners. It is a place that promotes high-level thinking, problem solving, turn taking, and is a rich place for teaching vocabulary. Students can learn and develop skills in all learning domains (language, literacy, math, science, social studies, fine motor, gross motor, and social skills) through pretend play.

Check out this giant dramatic play round-up of my favorite pretend center ideas for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

I did my first ever kindergarten classroom setup for someone other than myself this summer. It was so much fun setting up my coworker's kindergarten room