Nursery World - Sense of belonging

Simple activities can help to make children feel a club is really theirs, as Miranda Walker explains All playworkers hope that children have a fantastic time at their clubs.

All playworkers hope that children have a fantastic time at their clubs.

Some children choose to come just for fun, but for many the reality is that they have no option - they have to attend because their parent or carer is at work or in education.

Playworkers can do a lot to promote all the children's sense of membership to their club. Children can feel that they belong to and are part of a club, just as they belong to and are part of their families, so avoiding the feeling that the club is simply a place that they have to be when their parents can't look after them.

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