Design of Childhood Facility

After listening to the media presented for this week, the one thing that stood out in my mind was Adriana's remark about the children and families. She talked about the biggest problem would be children been separated from their families. It is common for children to not want to leave a family environment and enter into a strange environment where they don't know anyone (at first). If I had a daycare center, it would contain the following: *Each child would have a picture or something that represent their family/home life. This will be done to allow the children to remain calm rather than go through a period of hysterics. *Of course, my door would be opened to any child, regardless of their nationality or their color. *I would provide toys, posters and artwork to illustrate the fact that I promote diversity. *I would also incorporate activities that appeal to the multiple intelligences to demonstrate the fact that all children do not learn the same way. *The physical environment would also be one that is clean and sanitary. I don't believe that parents would want to send their child to a facility that is filthy and furthermore, germs are easy to spread. *I would allow my children to work in different groups so that they may have an opportunity to work with someone who isn't like themselves. *Last but not least, my facility would be cost efficient and would accommodate all families and all races.