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= Region 5 ESC's Child Development Associate Credential candidate trainings = August 2010 to March 2011Child Development Associate Credential candidate =Competency GoaI I: To establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment.= =Functional Area 3: Learning Environment= =Candidate use space, relationships, materials, and routines as resources for constructing an interesting, secure, and enjoyable environment that encourages play, exploration, and learning.=

For more information contact: Sharon Kruger, skruger@esc5.net, 409-923-5440. or Angela Lynch, agelynch@yahoo.com, 409-673-8169.



[|Texas Childcare Licensing Minimum Standards]

[|Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guideline videos]

[|Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines]

Links to preschool model classrooms [|PK model classroom]

[|PK model classroom number 2]

[|PK model classroom number 3]

[|lakeshore creating a classroom website]

References for more information: • // C.I.R.C.L.E. Preschool Early Language and Literacy Teacher ’s Manual //, UT Health Science Center, 2008.

• Feldman, Jean R. __Wonderful rooms where children can bloom! over 500 innovative ideas and activities for your child-centered classroom__. Peterborough, N.H: Crystal Springs Books, 1997.   • Tarr, Patricia. //Consider the Walls.// Beyond the Journal: Young Children on the Web. NAEYC, 2004. • Trister., Dodge, Diane, Laura J. Colker, Cate Heroman, and Toni S. Bickart. __The Creative Curriculum for Preschool__. Belmont: Delmar Thomson Learning, 2002.