For those that are saying my gang plays outside just fine and those that are saying mine don't what age mix do you have?

That is an issue I have been dealing with for the last few years in the sense that only having little ones as in 2 1/2 or under most of the time or just turned 3 at max I am finding it rough compared to years past. When I do circle time or ask questions or expect them to do an activity there are no big kids to answer or lead or show the little ones what to do as in they would follow the older ones. It is just me literally "teaching" the kids what to do, where to stand, how to move, what to put where - lessons the little ones just used to learn from watching the big kids then when there was a changeover of kids they were now the big kids and started teaching the new little ones.