OBSERVANT CHILDREN
In response to 'Rethinking play' (Nursery World, 23 September), do we expect that children who are on the periphery always to wish to join in? Is it not true that children as well as adults observe from a distance to see how to behave, act, and play in certain situations?
Was it the best thing to do to intervene in the play of three children to persuade another child to be included in the play?
A practitioner reflected to me during training on a scenario that should make us think about 'sharing':
- Boy A was playing with ten train trucks on the floor
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