CIRCLE, the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education at The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, has developed Positive Beginnings to help teachers offer planned and purposeful play within an organized, child-friendly classroom environment. Positive Beginnings includes the materials and guidance required to transform any early childhood classroom into an organized, productive learning environment. The components included will help teachers setup a classroom environment ready to promote language and learning. Teachers no longer need to spend hours creating name cards, printing signs and waiting for materials to be laminated.

• The Daily Schedule Chart...
• allows for flexibility across the children's day while helping children find a way to learn and manage time.
• The Classroom Helpers Chart...
• allows children to experience responsibility and build relationships.
• The Home and School Attendance Chart...
• provides a quick check of attendance, while providing an opportunity for increased attention to print.
• The Center Management System...
• encourages children's decision-making and critical thinking skills as well as fosters language development.
• The Classroom Rules poster...
• promotes social responsibility and acts as a preventative for many behavioral problems.
• The Letter Wall...
• develops vocabulary through an interactive tool that exposes young children to a variety of concepts
  through out the year.
• The Activity Transition Book...
• assists in maintaining continuity by providing fun songs and activities to do between major activities.
• The Read Aloud Chart...
• helps to include meaningful print in the classroom.
• Classroom Activities Signs...
• encourage social development with fun and engaging group activities.
• Classroom Environment Labels...
• promote language development while providing another way to include meaningful print in the classroom.