We had a talk about packing up. the children tried to think of ways to make it fair, so that everyone can help.
They came up with some possible ideas like make it a game, or a race, have a child tell everyone, everyone help…
Then when we went outside they didn’t ask for anything apart from sandpit things – so it was really quick and easy to pack up! We are wondering if we should have a toy-free day sometimes – just sand, water , gardening and art materials out…
Only a few toys sounds like a good idea. I was looking at a video on the ELYPLP Facebook page about sustainability and in one of the three videos they mentioned that very thing – mind you they had a fabulous area.
I agree – the environment needs to be really rich and open ended – full of potential – we are working towards that!