Creating Affirming Environments

            If I was to have my own childcare center it would be called. “Children’s Palace”. The center would be for children 6wks-5yrs and operate 24 hours. I always wanted to an center that operates 24hrs, because there are a lot of people in my community that work non-traditional hours, and my center would be a safe place for their children to attend while they are at work. The center would consist of four classrooms, which are broken down into age groups: infant, toddlers, preschool, and pre-K.

            Each classroom would be equipped with age appropriate materials. Each classroom would have a library with different diverse books. The dolls would be diverse. In the pretend area there would foods from all over the world and clothing from different cultures.  The walls would be filled with different pictures of children with different disabilities and children without. Also at the beginning  of the school year child would be asked to bring in pictures of their families to display in the classroom.  In the art area there would be the skin color crayons. I would have an open door policy where the parents can con in and observe their children in a observation booth. There would also be cameras in every room on every angles. I would make should that my staff have top education and trained in anti-bias education. Families would be treated with respect and like family. I envision my staff and families to be just like family. Families would be given a weekly lesson plan, and we would have family night out once a month.  My center would be everything that I am looking for in my baby girl’s child care center.