Entrepreneurship in Child care Services

Entrepreneurship in Childcare Services 4 (2+2)

Lesson 14 : Requirements for establishment of Childcare Center Building

Control of Traffic Flow

Planners should consider the children’s daily traffic patterns between indoor and outdoor spaces as well as within those spaces. For example, children will move from classroom to multipurpose room and back and from classroom to outdoor area and back. They may leave from the outdoor area if they are playing there when their parents arrive. A good floor plan takes into account the fact that young children should be able to go directly outdoors, preferably from their own classroom, or at least with minimal walking in hallways or in areas used for other purposes.

Figure1: Hypothetical Center Floor Plan showing relation of staff space to child space.

Figure 2: Hypothetical floor Plan

Figure 3: Alternative Hypothetical floor Plan