Nursery World - Sociable activities

Part of a parent or carer's role is to make sure that activities are at the appropriate level for an individual child. Each baby or toddler will developat their own rate, so be careful that they are not under-stimulated or over-challenged. Experimenting, exploring, creating and communicating through the activity is more important than expecting the children to achieve an end goal - for example, naming the fruit correctly in 'Shopping for fruit' (see right). Teddy comes for lunch

Teddy comes for lunch

* Invite a few children to join you, looking at pictures of set tables.

* Call attention to the different items used to make the table look bright and interesting.

* Tell the children that you haveinvited your teddy to come for lunch and that you want to surprise him with a lovely table.

* Leave a tablecloth, place mat, napkin, candle holder and so on(see photo) where the children willfind them.

* Ask the children to help you gather the items you need. When they find each item, name it and place it in a basket to take to the table.

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