2023 Infant Room Planning Guide 

An ideal resource for anyone expanding or starting a new centre. Over 60 pages of floor plans, advice, tips and products organized by room areas. From Entry Zone to Cozy Corner to Diapering. Plus resources and toys to keep growing minds and bodies engaged - Heuristic Play, Puzzles and Games, Energetic Play and more.

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2023 Toddler Planning Room Guide 

An ideal resource for anyone starting a new centre for toddlers (roughly 18-35 months) or looking for inspiration to refresh their existing childcare space.

At this age, physical growth is astonishing as abilities multiply at an exponential rate. This planning guide will help you create a flexible environment for toddlers, filled with furnishings and resources that will stimulate, challenge, and generate opportunities for independence.

Reflecting best play-to-learn practice gleaned from curricula, programs, and pedagogies from across Canada with over 75 pages of floor plans, advice, tips, furnishings, and resources organized by learning areas. Download for free now.

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2022 Infant Sleeping Area Planning Guide

Download our free Infant Sleep Area Planning Guide, to learn how to create a flexible, separated space for your child care centre, without the cost and mess of renovations or build-ins.

Inside the Infant Sleep Area Planning Guide, with pictures and plans from Canadian room layouts you’ll see how:

• Flexible panels are designed for sound isolation and can serve as display and shelving to maximize your space.
• Apart from the initial first connection to a wall, there are no tools necessary to assemble.
• No tools or costly rennovations are necessary to add or reduce space to adapt to changing community needs.

2024 Outdoor Planning Guide!

Outdoor areas can be so much more than an area for burning off excess energy at recess. No matter the environment. From a suburban school adjacent to an undeveloped woodlot to an urban school, wedged between high rises, surrounded by hard surfaces discovery learning is possible, connecting with nature is possible.

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Le Guide de planification des classes en plein air
2021

Un espace extérieur bien aménagé est le lieu idéal pour dépenser l’excès d'énergie des enfants, peu importe l'environnement. Que ce soit dans une école de banlieue, qu’elle soit adjacente à un boisé non aménagé ou dans une école en milieu urbain ceinturée de gratte-ciel, l'apprentissage par la découverte et la connexion avec la nature deviennent possibles.

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2021 Pre-School Planning Room Guide

An ideal resource for anyone expanding or starting a new centre for pre-schoolers (ages 4-5 years, sometimes referred to as pre-primary or junior kindergarten students).

This guide has almost 100 pages of tips, strategies, examples and inspiration on how to create a quality adaptable learning environment. With a growing arsenal of skills and strategies, pre-schoolers develop communication skills, decrease their frustration and increase resilience, transitioning from playing beside other children to playing with them.

In a pre-school classroom, educators can encourage more complex play and provoke and invite with engaging resources and play materials to stretch thinking.

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