My ideal Classroom

My ideal classroom would be a preschool classroom set up in the basement of my future home. It would be a number of areas set up in one large open room. There would be a couple of large tables set up where we could have snack time and craft time. There would be a large rug where we could sit together for any group sharing time, such as song time, and show and tell and some lessons. I would have a couple of bullitien boards, one for showing off the kids work and one for highlighting the subjects, letters and numbers that we are working on that week.

I would also have play areas, and reading areas, where the children would be free to experiment with pratical everyday items in an enviroment that is safe and fun. There would be a little play kitchen area with pans and plates, and a table and chairs, brooms and mops, maybe even a toy vaccum. I would like to have pillows, or bean bags piled up in a corner with lots of books that the kids can look through or have read to them.

There would be an entrance into a little room blocked off from the classroom by a two way mirror so parents could watch their children without the children knowing it. There would be small area from coats and boots to be left.

I don't know much about teaching techniques yet, so I hope to bulid that part of my ideal classroom more as I go through the elementary education program.

I am sure as I learn more things will be added or things might change, but as of right now This is what I see when I think of my ideal classroom.