2ELEFYC / 2TLLECM Planning and Designing the Ideal Physical Environment for an Early Childhood Development Centre | Assignment 2 AY2024, Singapore

Objectives of the Assignment

• Plan for a conducive and developmentally appropriate physical environment;
• Explain the principles and justifications for the design;
• Write coherently with effort made to edit for grammar, spelling, and punctuation;
• Apply APA referencing and citation guidelines correctly.

Assessment 2 (35%)

In this individual assignment, students will plan and design the physical environment for an Early Childhood Development Centre which enrolls children from 18 to 36 months old.

1. Select ONE of the floor plans (shown on pg. 3) to design the physical environment, the area of which is 200 square metres:
   • Do not move/remove the location of the doors and pillars in the given floor plan.
   • Name the different areas in your floor plan, e.g., change area, and include a legend to indicate things like different types of partition (high/low) and furniture (e.g., shelf, tables, chairs):
     • The environment should include stackable cots for toddlers, sinks, partitioned toilets with doors, and shower area.
     • Other areas include kitchen, sick/isolation room, play areas, and materials in the various zones for toddlers.
     • A clear legend with items in the floor plan clearly stated using symbols, words, and colours.
   • Access the given floor plan attached in BrightSpace (BSp). Note that the floor plans are saved as PowerPoint Slides. Upon completion of the design of the floor plan, save your slide as a JPEG file to be inserted into a Word document.
2. Explain the rationale and principles (in 600 words) for the design of your floor plan and describe how it promotes interactions/learning and contributes to the positive behaviour of children (18 to 36 months), while ensuring their safety:
   • State the reasons why the spaces/areas are placed there and why there is a need to combine some of the play spaces/play areas.
   • Relate it to the traffic flow (i.e., entry or exit to play area and pathway), regions, and zones of the different play spaces/areas.
   • Describe how it encourages interactions/learnings and develops positive behaviour of children.
3. Present your work in the following sequence for submission in one Word document:
   • Floor Plan Design (save as JPEG and insert into the Word document)
   • Rationale for the floor plan design (600 words)
   • References (formatted in APA style)

Floor Plans (Choose ONE):

Marking Criteria (100 marks)