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Self-Serve Sensory Play for Child-Led Exploration

  The goal of sensory play is to encourage children to explore the world around them—whether in a sensory bin, out in nature, or even...

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Designing for Expression: How Children’s Art Equipment Should Reflect How They Create

Designing for Expression: How Children’s Art Equipment Should Reflect How They Create

When children make art, they engage not just their hands and minds, but their whole bodies. Art-making is both a fine motor and a gross motor...

How to Choose the Right-Size Desk, Table and Chair for Your Child

How to Choose the Right-Size Desk, Table and Chair for Your Child

When searching for the ideal desk and chair sets for children aged 2 to 10, Guidecraft specializes in providing a variety of options based on...

Classroom Design with Gryphon House

Classroom Design with Gryphon House

A great preschool is centered around dedicated teachers and administrators who create a healthy, holistic and nurturing environment where learning happens naturally and spontaneously. Creating...

Investment

Investment

University Furniture Collection not only provides a comprehensive set of options for a preschool furniture system but also establishes a sturdy foundation to last through...

Brilliance of Babies

The Brilliance of Babies

By: Dr. Laura WilhelmBrilliance brings to mind dazzling flashes of insight, clever solutions that suddenly make perfect sense, wisdom, and wit, but are babies actually brilliant?...

13 Expert Ideas for Designing a Small Preschool Space

13 Expert Ideas for Designing a Small Preschool Space

A small preschool classroom can be just as magical - and just as effective in supporting early childhood development - as a larger one. In...

How to create an outdoor atelier for young children

Setting Up An Outdoor Atelier

What is an Atelier?In Reggio-inspired schools, the atelier, or the art studio, sits at the heart of the school. It is a space designed to...

A Guidecraft clear Treasure Tube filled with colorful felted wool balls, surrounded by other containers holding assorted interesting small play materials

Self-Serve Sensory Play for Child-Led Exploration

  The goal of sensory play is to encourage children to explore the world around them—whether in a sensory bin, out in nature, or even...

Young child sitting on the floor of their playroom, constructing and building with various loose parts, small found and manufactured objects

How to Organize Loose Parts for Open-Ended Learning Through Play

Loose parts are a valuable tool to spark your child's creativity, but often it's difficult to know how to organize them in a way that...

7 Fun Craft Ideas for Kids Using Leftover Holiday Cardboard

7 Fun Craft Ideas for Kids Using Leftover Holiday Cardboard

From fun cardboard crafts to imaginative DIY projects, explore how to turn cardboard boxes and tubes into hours of learning and play.