My child's nursery started having a formal welcome time where the children are gathered together. The welcome time starts 30 mins after nursery opens to accommodate different arrival times. That seems good.
What seems unusual is that the children must spend the first 30 mins of their session sitting at a table in their "base area" while the others arrive. The "base area" is a small room with 2 tables in it - each table seats 10 children. So there are 20 kids sitting at 2 tables in an area about the size of an average domestic living room.
Each table normally has an activity on it, but no choice of activity. The staff say the children are free to move between the 2 tables but the children would have to ask another child to stand up and move away from a table in order to get to the other activity. So the children just stay at their original table.
I wondered if waiting at a table in a restricted area of the nursery (whether or not the children like the activity) fits in with good early years practice.
Is this quite common?
What are the benefits to the children, if any?
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Is this normal practice?
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HermionesAunt · 30/05/2013 18:58
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