Help - appropriate play

[mickyc]

You are doing things right. When I first started daycare that is the first thing I noticed. Kids always wanted something another child had. I started out trying to get them to share, take turns etc. It didn't work well. No I just tell a child they can't have it until the other child is done with it. If the child had the same toy all day then so be it (never happens anyway lol). Usually the child would get bored waiting for the other child to be done with a certain toy and go elsewhere.

It sounds like the child doesn't now how to free play. Is it a matter of mom entertaining the child all the time at home? do you do the same at daycare?

I do a lot of free play. My group has such wonderful imaginations and can play for hours. They play very well together as well. Don't get me wrong I do some structured things but I feel they get enough of that once they start school.