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Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by Dr. Sandra Duncan, International Specialist on Designing Environments for Young Children
Moderated by Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., VP of Professional Learning Services, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company
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Within any given infant room, there are many developmental levels of children who reside within the space. Some are dependent upon their caregiver to get them from one place to another, others are beginning to roll over and scoot, and perhaps some are beginning to pull up while others are learning to crawl.
The learning environment should be intentionally designed to accommodate each child’s level. The physical environment should offer built-in opportunities for visual, sensory, and physical experiences for each child—at their individual level for today remembering that tomorrow it may look different. Learn three strategies for designing inspiring infant environments that are geared to their many different developmental levels.
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK and infant teachers. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
About the Presenter
Dr. Sandra Duncan works to assure the miracle and magic of childhood through indoor and outdoor play spaces that are intentionally designed to connect young children to their early learning environments, communities, and neighborhoods. Dr. Duncan is an international consultant, author of seven books focused on the environmental design of early childhood places, designer of three furniture collections called Sense of Place, Sense of Place for Wee Ones, and Sense of Place-Elementary, as well as adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Duncan has designed and taught university courses on built learning environments (Association for Learning Environments & Walden University) and has collaborated with architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and educators to create extraordinary places and possibilities for children and students of all ages.
About the Moderator
As the Vice President for Professional Learning at Kaplan, Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D. draws on decades of experience teaching young children and early childhood professionals, starting with toddlers in the 1980s, followed by PreK-third grade in urban and suburban schools, and as a university lab school director. Since earning her doctorate in ECE curriculum and instruction in 1999, she has served as a program director, full professor, national validator for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and a site visitor for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs (CAEP). She enjoys planning professional development, speaking at conferences, leading study tours, visiting early education programs around the world, and returning home to her family. She is the author of The Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent (2013); Treasure Baskets: Heuristic Learning for Infants and Toddlers (2017); Enticing Environments for People Under Three (2021); and Living Loose Parts: Creatures of Curiosity (coming in 2024), all from Gryphon House.
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