Q2. What strategies can teachers use to facilitate the instructional environment of the classroom? When examining the organization of the Instructional Environment of the classroom we start with the utilization of a daily visual schedule for the classroom. Visual schedules should be accessible and frequently referenced throughout the day to help children understand and be able to answer four key questions that support child engagement, 1) What am I doing right now? 2) How do I know I’m making progress? 3) How do I know when I’m done? And 4) What comes next? This basic idea can be expanded on and implemented within individual activities and routines as well through the use of additional visual materials. One example of this is the use of visuals to support the different activities that occur during the course of your large Group or Circle Times. So for example, if your Opening Circle time includes a Gathering Song, Calendar, Weather, a Child Choice Song and then the kids get to choose their center and go and play, each one of these routines within Circle Time could have its own set of visual material that are presented one at a time. And if the sequence of these activities is kept consistent every day the children will learn the passage of time by the sequence of activities and the visuals that are being used. This in turn supports their independent engagement through the self-monitoring of their own behavior because they know what activities will occur during the course of Circle Time and they’ll know the sequence of those activities. Therefore, they will understand or comprehend how long or how many activities it will be until they’ll get to choose their center and go and play. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time. Good luck!