{"id":23677,"date":"2026-10-14T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/light-table-for-daycare\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:13:21","slug":"light-table-for-daycare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westshorefurniture.com\/th\/light-table-for-daycare\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Tables for Daycare and Preschool Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

A light table is usually the piece a Reggio corner or a sensory corner is planned around, and on a West Shore order it is drawn with the tables, chairs and storage for the same rooms. The factory in Dalian has built classroom furniture since 2003. What changes from one center to the next is the footprint on the plan, and whether that station needs a mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Direct answer<\/p>\n

Sizes run from a 15 cm tabletop box to a 140 \u00d7 70 cm studio center, including a 75 cm round table.<\/p>\n

A mirror can sit on the back of the table, or on three sides, from the sketch you send.<\/p>\n

A structure outside the catalog is built as a project-spec piece from that sketch.<\/p>\n

Production is commonly 30\u201345 days after the drawing is frozen. A classroom package is commonly 10\u201314 weeks door to door.<\/p>\n

Send the floor plan, the ages and the opening date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sizes, from a tabletop box to a studio center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The inches are there so a US or Canadian plan can be checked at a glance. The order itself is written in centimeters, with the SKU beside the size, because \u201clight table\u201d is used both for the 15 cm box and for a table that stands on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SKU<\/th>Piece<\/th>Size (cm)<\/th>Approx. inches<\/th>Placement<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
F-T-W-086<\/td>LED tabletop light box<\/td>60 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 15<\/td>23.6 \u00d7 23.6 \u00d7 5.9<\/td>On a table already in the room. Preschool.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-084<\/td>Superbright LED light table<\/td>65 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 60<\/td>25.6 \u00d7 23.6 \u00d7 23.6<\/td>Own station on the floor, one preschool room.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-044<\/td>Wooden light table<\/td>65 \u00d7 65 \u00d7 60<\/td>25.6 \u00d7 25.6 \u00d7 23.6<\/td>Square station on the floor. Preschool.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-078<\/td>Radiant LED light table<\/td>75 diameter \u00d7 60 high<\/td>29.5 diameter \u00d7 23.6 high<\/td>Small bay, children seated around it.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-085<\/td>Large Superbright LED light table<\/td>110 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 60<\/td>43.3 \u00d7 23.6 \u00d7 23.6<\/td>Two or three children along one side.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-079<\/td>Radiant LED light table<\/td>120 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 60<\/td>47.2 \u00d7 23.6 \u00d7 23.6<\/td>Longer bay. Two or three children side by side.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-030<\/td>Creative light center<\/td>140 \u00d7 70 \u00d7 60<\/td>55.1 \u00d7 27.6 \u00d7 23.6<\/td>Middle of a studio, used from both sides.<\/td><\/tr>
F-T-W-050<\/td>Mirror exploration low table<\/td>75 \u00d7 75 \u00d7 30<\/td>29.5 \u00d7 29.5 \u00d7 11.8<\/td>On the floor. Infant or toddler. No light.<\/td><\/tr>
Project-Spec<\/td>Light-and-mirror table<\/td>78.5 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 50<\/td>30.9 \u00d7 23.6 \u00d7 19.7<\/td>Against a wall, one mirror on the back.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Rectangular
Full-height light table with open storage under the top, for the 65 cm or 110 cm lines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small
Square full-height light table with a shelf, for one classroom station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Full-height
Full-height light table with the panel on. The cord leaves the underside and runs along the wall to the outlet on the plan. Note: Sensory blocks shown for scale; accessories are quoted separately.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"60
LED tabletop light box, F-T-W-086, 60 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 15 cm, on a table the room already has.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Low
Mirror exploration table, F-T-W-050, 75 \u00d7 75 \u00d7 30 cm, for an infant or toddler room, with a mirror top and no light panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Where the station earns its place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a parent tour, people walk one loop and remember the corner that is already in use. A lit panel and a mirror do that on their own, which is why the station is drawn while the walls are still open, together with the chairs and the cubbies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One finished station in the preschool room, and one low piece in the infant room, gives the opening a clearer point of view than a light table in every room. Tables, cubbies and the play kitchen still take the rest of the indoor budget. A low shelf beside the panel holds the materials, from the \u0e0a\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e27\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e31\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e43\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19<\/a> range or the cubbies and lockers<\/a>, so the corner is dressed on opening day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A three-sided mirror station sits in a corner, open toward the walkway, so two children use the front and the glass repeats the panel. That corner needs its outlet before the walls close. A single mirror on the back wants the wall behind the table. A long top sits in the middle of a studio when children work from both sides, and the round 75 cm table sits in a small bay with room to walk around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark the station on the plan<\/p>\n

Note the corner or the bay. The factory draws the light table with the chairs and storage for that room.<\/p>\n Get Free Daycare Design<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Match the size to the clear floor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the clear run is about 65 cm, the standing choice is F-T-W-084 or the square F-T-W-044. The 110 cm, 120 cm and 140 \u00d7 70 cm tops need a longer opening, and the two longer ones work from both sides when they sit in the middle of the room. Where a table is already drawn, the 15 cm box goes on that top. A full-height light table in the same spot is a second piece of furniture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The round table is 75 cm across and 60 cm high, so it needs circulation around it. In an infant room the eye level is the floor, which is where the 30 cm mirror table belongs, or a low light-and-mirror station drawn for that age. A 60 cm light table is tall for children who are still on the floor. The chair already chosen has to clear the top; heights are on the \u0e42\u0e15\u0e4a\u0e30\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e01\u0e49\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e01\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e27\u0e31\u0e22\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19<\/a> page. The cord runs along the wall to the outlet already marked on the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light-and-mirror tables and custom builds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the room should see the material twice, once on the light and once in the glass, specify the project-spec light-and-mirror table: 78.5 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 50 cm, in plywood, acrylic and pine, with an LED tray, one mirror on the back and a lower shelf. Write \u201c78.5 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 50 cm Light-and-Mirror Table\u201d on the plan. That line is what locks the sample and the drawing. F-T-W-050 is the other mirror piece, a 30 cm table for the infant room, with a mirror top and no light panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Birch
Project-spec light-and-mirror table, 78.5 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 50 cm, panel on, one mirror on the back. Note: Sensory blocks shown for scale; accessories are quoted separately.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When a catalog footprint is the wrong shape, the same drawing can carry a project-spec structure. Three mirrored sides around a light panel, with a lower shelf or a fabric canopy if the corner needs them. A panel that lifts out, light on one face and a mirror on the reverse, with storage under the top. A low station with a light cube on one side and a mirror bay on the other, for a room where children are on the floor. A longer mirror table with no light, when 75 \u00d7 75 \u00d7 30 cm is the wrong footprint. A sketch or a reference photo on the plan is enough for the factory to return a drawing and a sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials for a Reggio or sensory room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Reggio room and a sensory room often specify the same light table. The panel lights translucent materials from below, and a mirror extends what is on the top, so color, shape and natural objects read more clearly than they do on a plain surface. Those materials are their own line on the same order, from the Reggio Emilia toys<\/a>, \u0e40\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e30 sensory toys<\/a> and the block sets<\/a>. A room that also wants a freestanding mirror can add one from the Montessori mirror<\/a> collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checklist before you order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A complete purchase order for this station names the following. The factory matches the power components to the country on that same sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n