Demonstrate an understanding of how appropriate material and equipment promotes play.
Central Objective: Demonstrate how age-appropriate materials and equipment foster purposeful play in early childhood education and child care centers. By highlighting the role of toys, furniture, and open-ended resources, this page shows how the right tools support exploration, creativity, and development. Supporting Elements: Demonstrate how appropriate materials—safely sized, durable, and culturally inclusive—promote play, learning, and social interaction among young children.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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