A significant theme throughout my Early Childhood Studies degree was that what works in one place cannot necessarily be used as a prescription in another, because of the different context, different people, different resources, and so on.
Like Helen, I have spent the last four summers on a beach with my children.
Newgale in Pembrokeshire is a blue flag beach. There is little rubbish and there are toilets, a car park and lifeguards. There is only one shop and occasionally an ice cream van - certainly no arcade or donkey in sight!
We usually take snacks or a picnic but we always take a bag for our rubbish. We also take water - dehydration is not good for children, especially when they have just drunk several mouthfuls of sea water!
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