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Originally Posted by butterflies
Sounds like the Early Years Advisor was a bit picky, maybe she should have given some examples to help you see why she made such a comment!
I am trying to think of some things that may be running through her head;
Did any of the children appear bored? Apparently over and under stimulation can cause this.
I think sometimes too many resources can overcrowd an area, but have already said that everything has it's place! Is there plenty of room to move around - especially outside to run around?
Could we be overindulging the children? Would it be better to rotate some of the resources so that they discover those available more in depth, and also reawakening their interests when old favourites come out?
Are your resources meeting the WANTS instead of the NEEDS of the children? (Overindulging again)
Are resources benefitting the child or the parents (and dare I say ofsted sometimes, certainly I find this is the case in my environment, as a CHildminder always trying to be correct is hard in a smaller space) Of course I have multicultural resources, but I do like getting out into the real world too and actually meeting people from diverse backgrounds.
Just a few ideas, I hope you get to the bottom of the comment!
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thanks for replying the children weren't at all bored they were all playing lovely and were really engrossed in their play i had a room full of girls mind only have 2 boys in my group at the moment she seemed to think it would have been a different scene if it was a room of boys rather than girls. interesting thought.
i think your comment about rotating the resources so they discover the ones available in more depth i'm going to do an audit of the room and see how it goes by putting some things away and rotating.
i'll keep you posted
