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Designing an Environment for Infants and Toddlers Name: Professor: Course: Date: Designing an Environment for Infants and Toddlers The environment plays a crucial role in facilitating physical social emotional and mental development in infants and toddler. As young children spend most of their time in out-of parent care the environment within which they are placed is critical. Therefore it is a duty of the caregivers to design a safe and healthy environment for them since they cannot create their own environment nor alter the designed environment. A good environment for infants and toddlers entails the following Health and Safety The most important factor to consider when designing an environment for infants and as possible to accommodate this changes. More so a well-defined entrance makes it easier for them to interact with their parents and caregivers when changing from home to child care environment and from childcare to homecare respectively. Conclusively environment plays a crucial role in development of any child. External influences of the environment offers physical intellectual social and emotional experience strengthening brain cells of infants and young children thus enabling them to learn. In infant and toddler care setting physical environment is very important in supporting development process in children. Reference Moore M. K. & Jacobson H (2002). Imitation memory and the representation of persons. Infant behavior and development 25(1) 39-61. Important links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7hIwLXuTU [...]
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Based on reading material and observation assignments, design an environment for infants and toddlers. Here is a video to guide you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7hIwLXuTU
