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FirstSchool Design Guide: Optimal Learning Environments for Children Three to Eight

FirstSchool Design Collaborative
December
2008

The purpose of the FirstSchool Design Guide is to help communities develop optimal indoor and outdoor learning environments for children ages 3 to 8. The guide offers the rationale for the FirstSchool approach, the evidence base for our principles, examples of how those principles can be expressed and supported in the physical environment, technical considerations, and design specifications.