We do free flow on the days we have four staff - with 2 inside and 2 outside and the children split between inside and outside.
We tend to have different experiences outside. For instance this week we have had bikes, prams and scooters at one end of the patio with water painting (decorators brushes), musical instruments, large cars. We are restricted at the moment as the grassed area is very long and as most parents don't provide wellys for their children we only allow them on the grass if they have wellys. In the summer we have a much wider range of things out for them to do.
Also we find the weather affects what we do outside too.
We find free flow great in as much as the inside area is much quieter. We have also found that some of the children who are so full of energy are much calmer outside.
Its still early days for us and are still finding our feet with it!
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