Teaching Tech: Engaging Young Learners
Are robotics, engineering, and coding in early childhood classrooms developmentally appropriate? Are they topics to explore with young children? Absolutely! In an increasingly technological world, topics such as robotics and coding should be explored at an early age to build foundation skills for continued development and discussion in later grades. Exploring these principles has numerous […]
Technological Impact on Early Learners
In today’s world, children have constant access to screens. Computers, tablets, phones, and television are readily available at home. Research shows that children as young as 8 years old spend nearly 6 hours a day on screens.1 Fortunately, suggested guidelines around children’s use of technology help limit negative impacts, including lower attention span, higher instances […]
Early Collaboration: A Key to Classroom Success
Exploration Zones by Exhibit Concepts® has transformed traditional educational spaces into museum-quality, interactive learning experiences. Creating immersive environments takes careful planning and collaboration. From school districts to architectural firms and general contractors to Exploration Zones, early involvement is paramount to creating a successful, on-time, on-budget project that will impact children’s futures for years to come. […]
Classroom Management in Experiential Learning Environments
As an education support specialist and advocate for experiential learning, one of the most frequent concerns I hear from educators is how classroom management might be impacted by experiential learning environments. Experiential learning best practices like providing interest-based experiences, increasing students’ ability to choose, and allowing active participation can feel like a loss of control. […]
Not All Instructional Experiences Are Created Equal: Choosing Materials, Activities, and Experiences that Promote Learning
As a teacher, choosing new items or activities to use in your classroom can be exciting, but also challenging. To promote learning and development in young children, it’s important to incorporate a wide range of materials that are diverse, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant, linked to students’ interests, and aligned with goals and standards. So, how […]
Educational Support: Beyond the Build
After years of consideration, months of planning, weeks of emails, days of meetings, and endless hours of lost sleep, your district has finally made experiential classrooms a reality! But what comes next? Supporting educators as they transition to teaching in an experiential learning environment is imperative. A new teaching and learning environment is exciting but […]
Meet Priscilla Esatto
The “Faces of ECI” campaign highlights the incredible talent behind the memorable, magical experiential environments that we produce for our clients. In this installment, we’re featuring Priscilla Esatto, Designer. We were able to catch up with Priscilla to learn more about what motivates her professionally and what she enjoys while outside of the walls of […]
Goose Creek CISD Opens New Immersive Environments
Exploration Zones by Exhibit Concepts® congratulates Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District on the opening of three new early learning childhood centers. Exploration Zones partnered with the district to produce 40 permanent classroom environments for the project in Baytown, Texas. Goose Creek CISD serves more than 20,000 students every year. The district says the new […]
Alief ISD Adds Permanent Classrooms, Learning Centers
Exploration Zones by Exhibit Concepts® and Alief Independent School District are excited to announce the opening of two new early childhood learning centers in Houston, Texas. The Martinez Early Learning Center and Jefferson Early Learning Center welcomed students for the first time this fall. The early learning centers feature a combined 48 permanent, experiential classrooms […]
Meet Jenny Ward
The “Faces of ECI” campaign highlights the incredible talent behind the unforgettable, magical experiential environments that we produce for our clients. In this installment, we’re featuring Jenny Ward, Account Executive. We were able to catch up with Jenny to learn more about her personally and find out what motivates her professionally as one of our […]
