The National Association for Young Children's Education Accreditation Standards and Criteria was created to improve the experiences of young children in early childhood education programs childhood and to encourage positive outcomes. These standards begin at birth through preschool and are related to developmentally appropriate practices. The standards are divided into 10 standards based on criteria and specific educational personnel, such as children, teachers, communities and administrators. NAEYC's mission is to provide children with the best early childhood programs focused on child development with the right educational resources. Standard 6 focuses on the use of qualified teaching staff in educational programs who are committed to promoting children's learning and development. Standard 6.A.02 is a professional standard that concentrates various methods that teachers must demonstrate when working with children from infancy to kindergarten. There are a few methods that teachers need to demonstrate in the classroom, the one I will go over is “C. Encourage and provide children with a variety of learning opportunities. “In the May 2012 issue of Young Children, it states “Strategically placing materials in learning centers can encourage sustained engagement and improved learning opportunities throughout the year. One of the ways teachers can encourage and provide learning opportunities is to create child-focused centers where they can role-play, build, create, pretend and work on their fine motor skills. Centers are created uniquely with specific materials, but children should be encouraged to integrate one center with another. Learning centers are a great place and include lessons that the teacher may have followed…halfway through the paper…using “progress” and “growth” for others to understand how the children are learning. Parents are not present during center hours and may think that a central block is just for playing. However, a teacher can open parents' minds to learning opportunities by incorporating learning standards into the center, parents can get a sense of how their children are learning during center time. Incorporating learning centers into the curriculum supports the standard because teachers create learning opportunities outside of lessons. This encourages children to learn more and show interest in lessons and classroom topics in a child-centered environment. It helps reinstate what children learn and can put it into practice in the centres. The centers' integrated learning opportunities support Standard 6. A. 02.C., providing children with opportunities.