Adults are used to communicating in words, so a course designed to help them use other forms of expression can be surprisingly challenging. ‘One of the hardest things for me as a practitioner is not going straight in there with questions,’ says nursery teacher Kumba Bangura, who used the training to develop circle time at Keir Hardie Primary School and nursery in Surrey.
‘It’s about enabling children to learn through their play without bombarding them with questions. Instead of saying, “What are you doing?”, you first of all observe. It helps you to take a step back and think about what the child is doing.’
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