No, I don't get down on the floor and play with the children really, but I'm talking to them, asking them questions about what they are doing, making suggestions when they have a role-playing game going, tidying up the room so they don't get it too cluttered, and for the last two weeks - wiping noses nonstop.

I'm pretty sure it was Judy who said - it is the children's job to play. I agree with that. I set up the toy stations, change them up every couple of weeks, set up the creative crafts or painting but I don't mind if their crafts end up completely off the track and looking nothing like the finished project should look. It's their craft. I know some people who want their child's crafts to be fantastic works of art but my dckids learn how to be independent and to be proud of their own accomplishments.

I have a hands off, let them learn and experiment approach I guess. Well, hands off except for all the hugs and I love you's that I get all day every day.