Why are they not playing toys............advi ce

[AmandaKDT]

I don't know, all my crew are really good playing independently. Don't think it is fair to generalize and say all parents these days haven't taught their kids to play on their own.

There are so many different parenting styles and first time parents of course aren't going to realize that some of the things they do at home are going to back things difficult in group care. That is where the daycare provider comes in, teaching them to play independently along with all the other life skills we teach. For sure the personality, age and attention spans of kids affect their play and how long they will play with toys.

But I probably would put away some of the toys and rotate them through every few weeks. I find if there are less toys out they can focus on the toys that ARE out better.