The Messages of the Built Environment Resource Guide is an idea book for educators. Contents include a Child’s Guide to the Built Environment which considers Homes and Houses, Schools and Classrooms, Neighborhoods and Street Furniture, and Downtowns and Streetscapes. The Guide expands ideas about the built environment and suggests activities that link circle time, classroom centers, home activities, and large group projects useful for authentic evaluation, family programs, or out-of-schooltime activities.

Messages curriculum guides suggest lesson plans to support visual literacy for children’s classrooms, for parent workshops, and for home-based programs. The guides include a series of activities that support visual vocabulary, and a series of programs that interpret common early childhood themes like Animals, Transportation, and The Mail among others.

Museum as a Resource guide outlines museum resources for early childhood educators and early childhood goals for museums. The guide encourages creative programming and cross-fertilization for teacher training, parent involvement, and classroom enrichment.