A smiling child in a red polka-dot shirt stands beside a red and white ride-on toy on artificial grass.
Life at our school
A smiling girl wearing a silver tiara holds a clear plastic pitcher containing small items while carrying a doll on her back.
Two young boys and an older person crouch beside a raised planter filled with dark mulch, handling small potted pansy plants and pressing them into the soil.
Two girls sit on colorful plastic stools outdoors, one in pink stripes reaching toward a metal bowl of wood chips while the other in a pink cardigan points and smiles.
A child in a blue shirt leans over a raised bed of dark mulch to plant purple flowers while an adult's hands place another plant nearby.
Two young children and an adult kneel beside a raised planter filled with dark mulch and small purple and yellow flowers, with a green watering can resting on the wood-chip ground.
Four children sit and kneel on a paved surface painting small pots with brushes and cups of paint on colorful trays, with red toy cars in the background.
Three children crouch around a white planter box filled with dark soil, touching and pointing at small purple and yellow flowers.
What to look for
Look for low shelves a child can reach alone. Look for trays and baskets that hold one activity each. See where two or three children sit together, and where one works by himself. Notice the art at their eye level, not yours. Look at the floor: is there room to build?
