Children can reach and use the materials, furnishings and equipment with no barriers to limit access.
What is the definition of Accessibility?
Furniture blocking access to materials on shelves.
What is a physical barrier to toys?
Assigning children to areas so that they cannot move freely to choose something else.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play?
Less than 25 minutes of free play
What is a time/schedule barrier to free play?
This part of your body never grows? From birth to death they remain the same size.
What are your eyes.
When a caregiver closes a center.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play?
When a caregiver does not allow children to take certain material from shelves.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play?
Many large or small group times with little opportunities to choose materials.
What is a time or schedule barrier to free play?
Not enough materials available for children to be meaningfully engaged in play.
What is a physical barrier to free play? This could also be staff controlled barrier.
What is stress?
Difficult-to-open lids
What is a physical barrier to toys?
Schedules limiting time that child can make choices.
What is a time or schedule barrier to free play?
Assigning children to areas so that they cannot move freely to choose something else.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play?
Children are never allowed to pick toys and materials to play with.
What is a Staff controlled barrier?
This is the most daunting day of the week with more heart attacks reported on this day of the week than any other.
What is Monday?
Toys are high and out-of-reach of children.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play? This could also be a physical barrier.
Many children in one interest center.
What is a physical barrier to toys?
Children spend most of their time in other areas such as a gym, or outdoors without ample and varied materials.
What is a physical barrier to toys? It may also be a time or schedule barrier.
There are plenty of toys and materials available as well as space for a set amount of children.
Trick Question: What is best practice? If your interest areas are large enough for a set amount of children, this is a clear system for ensuring children are able to choose activities without being overly crowded!
This famous artist only sold one painting in his lifetime, and it was to his brother. He didn't become famous until after he died.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
Long transitions or waiting periods.
What is a time or schedule barrier to free play?
"Teacher touch" only toys/books.
What is a staff-controlled barrier to free play?
Children are required to stay in an area for a set amount of time. Once a timer goes off they can move to another area for a set amount of time.
What is a staff controlled and time/schedule barrier to free play?
Children go from meals, to large group, to small group, to story time, to music, to..... and so on.
What is a time/schedule barrier to free play?
1/100th of a second.
What is a jiffy?