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Classroom materials for Virginia's Virginia Preschool Initiative programs
Virginia's Preschool Initiative serves roughly 21,000 children through a mixed-delivery system that includes school districts, community organizations, and faith-based providers. CLASS is the primary observation tool, and the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP) provides child-level assessment data. The Foundation Blocks for Early Learning include community awareness as an explicit standard. Virginia Quality, the state's QRIS, is currently being revised, making this a moment of transition where programs are paying close attention to what assessors will expect.
What Virginia Quality (in revision) expects from your classroom
Virginia is a CLASS-focused state, which means the classroom materials conversation centers on supporting teacher-child interactions rather than checking environment boxes. A community rug supports CLASS scores the same way it does in Florida: by giving teachers natural conversation starters and children a connection to their real world during the play activities that observers watch most closely.
For Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, Roanoke, and beyond
Every Virginia community has its own layout, landmarks, and character. A rug from one city shows completely different streets and buildings than one from another. That specificity is what quality assessors look for when they evaluate community connection in the classroom. Whether your program is in a major metro area or a smaller community, the rug features your neighborhood. Your school at the center, surrounded by the streets and landmarks your children recognize.
See how your school's neighborhood looks as a rug
Enter your school's address and we'll generate a custom illustration of the surrounding neighborhood. Real streets, local landmarks, your building at the center.