Eight Steps in the Design Process for Child Care Centers

This resource provides information about the following: Feasibility Study; Programming; Schematic Design; Design Development; Construction Documentation; Bidding and Negotiation; Construction Administration; Post-Occupancy Training.

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Space for Children is a company specializing in classroom and facility design for early childhood programs.

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The Building Child Care project was funded from 2000 to 2010 by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division, and was a collaboration of four organizations, who developed many of the resources:

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Connecting children with nature through thoughtful facilities design

This paper and accompanying short videos are part of the Making Space series, a project of the Naitonal Chidlren’s Facilities Network. This intallment explores how children’s children connection to nature has changed in the context of our changing climate, and how child care facilities may play a role in restrengthening that relationship.

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