Today I assisted with two groups of youngsters leading a local Toddler Tales and Trails. The first session was for 0-3 and the second session was for 4-5. It was beneficial to observe the ways in which the different age children were able to engage in activities.
The youngest children just wanted to engage fully, tactically, and with their own choices guiding them in their experiences. They were more impulsive but definitely enthusiastic. They wanted lots of personal connection with the teacher and their parents. They could engage in a short story, they enjoyed the counting rhyme but were mostly into exploration.
Several parents felt bad that their child wasn't able to stay focused, but this early age is not a time for focus. It is a time to be generating a background landscape and just by walking in the woods they were creating a scaffold that will last them far into the future.
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