Creative arts, with a variety of materials allows children to explore the properties of those materials and express thoughts and emotions in one of the "hundred languages" of children.
	A comfortable reading area provides quiet space for children in a busy classroom.
	Playing games with children allows the teacher to model next-level skills a child may not have yet acquired.
	Shared reading with children is an important daily activity. Studies show that children who have been read to, one on one, have fewer reading difficulties in elementary school.
	In this photo, a child is drawing from a still life of fruit the teacher has set up on the bookshelf.

	The story It Looks Like Spilt Milk is supported through flannel board props. Children user their imagination to see objects in abstract form.
	This "family quilt" is made up of squares on which the children have collaged with photos of family members.
	A woodworking area is created as an optional learning center where children can explore and create.

	Flowers come in all sorts of colors. Children have explored this concept with paint on paper plates.
	Teachers support children as they explore changing their appearance with clown make-up. How does changing your appearance change you?
	This writing area is neat, organized and inviting. Two chairs mean opportunities for children to interact and share while writing.

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