Teaching children boundaries of space
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:36 am
I am GL of the toddlers room and I find they inevitably take things from one end of the room and move around with them and sometimes they end up on the other side of the room.
It is frustrating finding bits of puzzles strewn all around and home corner play toys ending up in book corner etc.
In Montessori children work on individual mats or tables with mats underneath their work that symbolises their work space and no one enters that space and their work, be it a puzzle or some activity stays on that mat until they finish and put it back where it belongs.
Any ideas how to get this age group to work within a defined space?
It is frustrating finding bits of puzzles strewn all around and home corner play toys ending up in book corner etc.
In Montessori children work on individual mats or tables with mats underneath their work that symbolises their work space and no one enters that space and their work, be it a puzzle or some activity stays on that mat until they finish and put it back where it belongs.
Any ideas how to get this age group to work within a defined space?