Hula Hoop Advice

[Dreamalittledream]

Lol sorry I'm figuring this out ! I've never heard of doing this !!! So you let them play inside the hula hoop and have personal space !?
Hmmm , good idea I suppose . My group right now play pretty good together and individually , but I could of used this with my last dd , she hated playing without us right with her .

Exactly; all about the personal space

[bright sparks]

I use the hula hoops too. They are only used for certain activities and work to prevent toys with multiple pieces from just being spread out all over the room, at which point they aren't played with anyway, and also lets the other children know that the child playing within the hoop should be left alone, or not so much left alone but they can watch them but not touch what they are doing. Hula Hoops are only used to one side of my playroom so any masterpieces created can be shown off and I teach the other children not to touch. These same toys can be played with as a group if they would like but if a single child wants to play independently and works hard on making something I think it is fair to them to be able to do so without another child destroying it. I think it is important that all the children share all the toys, but it is equally as important to have independent activities even within a group setting and it's an important lesson that the children need to learn about respect and patience too. I don't think that a child should have to share a toy with another child just because that other child wants it. If we are playing as a group I encourage the children to share by saying "lets share with everyone" but when a single child is playing happily with a toy and another wants it I do not use the term share, I ask the children to take it in turns and I give them a time warning before they need to give the toy to the next child to play with. Usually that child is no longer interested and only wanted the toy in the first place just because the other kid had it.

[Secondtimearound]

I agree !!! I love watching a child happily playing !!! And then can't stand watching someone else come over and cause difficulties !!!
I guess I do the same just without the hula hoops :-)