If you visit any
day
care facilities in Dubai or children’s nursery the first thing that
would catch you eyes if the colourful interior. From the walls, to the
decorations to even the furniture’s will all be in playful shades of red, pink,
blue and yellow and other bright shades that children love.
When it comes to
child
friendly nurseries you may ask is it important that the interior should
be child friendly – both in line of safety and decoration. How important is it
that nursery should create an indoor environment tailor made for children?
The environment
in which children grow is indeed a vital element for his development. Not only
should it be a safe place where they are continuously supervised and ensured no
harmful objects are at their arms reach, but it should also be where they are
inspired and introduced to new objects and activities from the basic tasks of
eating, sleeping, playing, washing hands to learning new skills, coordination,
communication, understanding names of objects and understanding meaning of
words.
It is important
that the learning area for children should be set up with low shelves at
children’s reach. It should have specific places for the children where they
can learn and work independently. Some
nurseries even have four or more learning areas for different tasks, including
a comfortable carpet or couch as a reading area, and a more lively environment
with pets and/or plants to teach the basics of science.
The environment
does play a major role in supporting the curriculum set for young children. As
it is important to allow the children to experiment, and have access to
hands-on-learning the environment can help encourage the children’s through
their early learning and development stages. A dramatic play area, locations
for water and sand play, blocks area, reading corners, art and craft area are
all vital to encourage the children to learn through play.
Children need to
feel loved, warm, cared and well fed to be able to take part in active
learning. They need to be allowed to move around and play. Adults need to be
available to support their activities and learnings. With this in mind an ideal
environment for children should provide the children with the best in play,
experience, people, teaching, communication, friends, independence,
encouragement and most of all it should be fun and a welcoming environment. This
is the importance of child friendly environments in Dubai.