I had a reading corner for awhile...it was more or less an unmitigated disaster. All they wanted to do was haul 100's of other toys over there, take the pillows elsewhere, jump around, and be anything but quiet and reflective. I tried for months to correct and redirect this behavior, to no avail. So I took it away.
Now we have no quiet/cozy space and I'm wondering what to do...that's a "requirement" of "good set-ups" (I'm reading my state's early childhood learning guidelines though I am not licensed) and I know it's important emotionally, but how the heck do I manage it?! I need help figuring out how to allow for these "alone" sorts of spaces! They seem to have zero desire to actually ever *be* quiet or alone...preferring instead to wander around around as an amorphous blob of chaos and entropy.
I'm joking about the entropy.
Well...kinda.
Now we have no quiet/cozy space and I'm wondering what to do...that's a "requirement" of "good set-ups" (I'm reading my state's early childhood learning guidelines though I am not licensed) and I know it's important emotionally, but how the heck do I manage it?! I need help figuring out how to allow for these "alone" sorts of spaces! They seem to have zero desire to actually ever *be* quiet or alone...preferring instead to wander around around as an amorphous blob of chaos and entropy.
I'm joking about the entropy.
Well...kinda.
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