Click on the photo to enter the classroom!
Welcome to
Preschool
By: Rachel Monnin, M.A. CCC-SLP
Preschool helps a child at a critical time during child development. Preschool not only helps academic growth, but also improvement in communcation, social skills, problem-solving, and so much more!
As an important part of child development, it is vital that the preschool classroom fits the guidelines of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and is an inclusive space that caters to all its students and however they may best learn.
What are the main principles of UDL?
UDL has three main guidelines:
To provide multiple means of...
Action & Expression
Representation
Engagement
The following interactive presentation includes different aspects of an ideal UDL-inspired preschool classroom.
Click here to Enter the classroom
UDL: Engagement
Free Choice/Play
UDL: Engagement & Representation
Curriculum-Related Play/Activities
UDL: Engagement
Pretend Play SPace
UDL: Engagement
Calm-Down Corner
Circle Time
UDL: Action & Expression
Adapted Seating
Gives children the “ability to participate in classroom and home activities no matter what their positioning or support needs may be” (Especial Needs, n.d.).
Classroom Library
UDL: Representation
References
Action for Healthy Kids. (n.d.). Calm down corner. https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/calm-down-corner/Avella, S. Z. (2021, August 27). Cube chairs to teach my space: Help me give my students a safer way to sit during large group activities. Donors Choose. https://www.donorschoose.org/project/cube-chairs-to-teach-my-space/5770994/
CAST (2018). Universal design for learning guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from http://udlguidelines.cast.org
Coelho, V., Cadima, J., & Pinto, A. I. (2019, April 1). Child engagement in inclusive preschools: Contributions of classroom quality and activity setting. Early Education and Development, 30(6), 800-816. DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2019.1591046
Especial Needs. (n.d.). Adaptive seating systems. https://www.especialneeds.com/shop/special-needs-seating-positioning/seating-systems.html
Gauvreau, A. N., Lohmann, M. J., & Hovey, K. A. (2023, March 1). Circle Is for everyone: Using UDL to promote inclusion during circle times. Young Exceptional Children, 26(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/10962506211028576
Gauvreau, A. N., Lohnmann, M. J., & Hovey, K. A. (2019, July). Using a universal design for learning framework to provide multiple means of representation in the early childhood classroom. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 8(1), 1-13. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1223992.pdf
Lohnmann, M. J., Hovey, K. A., & Gauvreau, A. N. (2018, June). Using a universal design for learning framework to enhance engagement in the early childhood classroom. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 7(2), 1-12. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1185417.pdf
Physiopedia. (2023, April 7). Adaptive seating for children. https://www.physio-pedia.com/index.php?title=Adaptive_Seating_for_Children&oldid=330118
Stockall, N. S., Dennis, L., & Miller, M. (2012, September 1). Right from the start: Universal design for preschool. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 45(1), 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/004005991204500103
Therapy Shoppe. (n.d.). Seating specialties. https://www.therapyshoppe.com/products/3-seating-specialties-ball-chairs-sensory-wiggle-seats-therapy-air-cushions?category_template=375
**Also, thank you to J. Hoppel, B. Littlefield, S. Kolberg, L. Wilson, S. Murdock, & L. Warner for permission to take pictures of different areas of your classrooms/spaces!
Welcome to Preschool: The Ideal UDL PK Classroom
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Final UDL-based project for EDIS 6430 by Rachel Monnin
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Click on the photo to enter the classroom!
Welcome to
Preschool
By: Rachel Monnin, M.A. CCC-SLP
Preschool helps a child at a critical time during child development. Preschool not only helps academic growth, but also improvement in communcation, social skills, problem-solving, and so much more!
As an important part of child development, it is vital that the preschool classroom fits the guidelines of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and is an inclusive space that caters to all its students and however they may best learn.
What are the main principles of UDL?
UDL has three main guidelines:
To provide multiple means of...
Action & Expression
Representation
Engagement
The following interactive presentation includes different aspects of an ideal UDL-inspired preschool classroom.
Click here to Enter the classroom
UDL: Engagement
Free Choice/Play
UDL: Engagement & Representation
Curriculum-Related Play/Activities
UDL: Engagement
Pretend Play SPace
UDL: Engagement
Calm-Down Corner
Circle Time
UDL: Action & Expression
Adapted Seating
Gives children the “ability to participate in classroom and home activities no matter what their positioning or support needs may be” (Especial Needs, n.d.).
Classroom Library
UDL: Representation
References
Action for Healthy Kids. (n.d.). Calm down corner. https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/calm-down-corner/Avella, S. Z. (2021, August 27). Cube chairs to teach my space: Help me give my students a safer way to sit during large group activities. Donors Choose. https://www.donorschoose.org/project/cube-chairs-to-teach-my-space/5770994/ CAST (2018). Universal design for learning guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from http://udlguidelines.cast.org Coelho, V., Cadima, J., & Pinto, A. I. (2019, April 1). Child engagement in inclusive preschools: Contributions of classroom quality and activity setting. Early Education and Development, 30(6), 800-816. DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2019.1591046 Especial Needs. (n.d.). Adaptive seating systems. https://www.especialneeds.com/shop/special-needs-seating-positioning/seating-systems.html Gauvreau, A. N., Lohmann, M. J., & Hovey, K. A. (2023, March 1). Circle Is for everyone: Using UDL to promote inclusion during circle times. Young Exceptional Children, 26(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/10962506211028576 Gauvreau, A. N., Lohnmann, M. J., & Hovey, K. A. (2019, July). Using a universal design for learning framework to provide multiple means of representation in the early childhood classroom. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 8(1), 1-13. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1223992.pdf Lohnmann, M. J., Hovey, K. A., & Gauvreau, A. N. (2018, June). Using a universal design for learning framework to enhance engagement in the early childhood classroom. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 7(2), 1-12. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1185417.pdf Physiopedia. (2023, April 7). Adaptive seating for children. https://www.physio-pedia.com/index.php?title=Adaptive_Seating_for_Children&oldid=330118 Stockall, N. S., Dennis, L., & Miller, M. (2012, September 1). Right from the start: Universal design for preschool. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 45(1), 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/004005991204500103 Therapy Shoppe. (n.d.). Seating specialties. https://www.therapyshoppe.com/products/3-seating-specialties-ball-chairs-sensory-wiggle-seats-therapy-air-cushions?category_template=375 **Also, thank you to J. Hoppel, B. Littlefield, S. Kolberg, L. Wilson, S. Murdock, & L. Warner for permission to take pictures of different areas of your classrooms/spaces!