Importance Of A Library Center

My group and I chose to focus on the library center. The reasons we feel it is an important center for the classroom is because the children could built knowledge through readings, improve vocabulary, use their imagination, culture/ religion, and allows them to have a place to relax and choose books based on self-interest. Firstly, children are able to build knowledge from information they acquire in the books. We have to allow children to explore and learn base on self-interest. The library is where children will self-select books base on personal interest. The books we have today provide material to children about real life experience. For example, how to grow plants. The books not only shares informational material but also pictures. …show more content…
The environment surrounding the children should always have a welcoming feeling. The colors we chose were soft and neutral. Since this is a library for children we had to add soft colors to make them feel relaxed. Bright colors can cause children to feel over whelmed and filled with energy. Instead of red and orange we decided to go with blue, green, brown, and wooden colors. Also the furniture, surrounding the library should be inviting and shouldn’t cause clutter. Including too much furniture wasn’t necessary because the children would just be reading. Instead of chairs we decided to go with bean bag chairs and cushioned pillows. (More comfortable) Come on wouldn’t you want to be able to extend or lay down to read a book after a long day? The children are already overwhelm with other areas in the classroom, and they should just be given a space to relax. The furniture should be durable and not too colorful for the children. We also include curtains to give the children privacy and time to be relaxed. The curtains we chose were blue and with clouds. The curtains will invite children to enter the library. (Use their imagination and feel they are in the sky