Supportive Child Development

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BACKGROUND STUDY (Moore, 1987) Children's development is strongly influenced by the presence of a supportive child care environment. Because children are in the course of developing physical, cognitive, social, and emotional skills, their interactions with the physical environment can have long-lasting effects. Understanding the milestones of child development and their relation to the physical environment of the child is fundamental in creating spaces that provide children with opportunities to blossom and advance at a young age (Bunker-Hellmich, 2003). Children, like adults, are influenced in how they feel and behave by the total environment and the physical setting in particular. Young children learn through interaction with

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