..at toddler groups is the person 'helping' with the craft activity actually doing the craft for the child.
On Friday we went to toddlers at our Church. I had two children involved in the craft at opposite ends of the table . I turned my back on one to talk to the other and when I turned back child 1's gluing had been done 'ever so beautifully !'and the 'helper' was sticking the cotton wool on in the 'right' places ( snowman ). Child 1 was just sitting there watching her.
Now it's not that child 1 ( funny name I know ) was not interested or incapable of holding the glue stick or cotton wool. It's just that she wasn't putting it in the 'right' place.
I'm afraid I was a bit sarcastic and asked if the helper was going to take it home to show her mummy ( I know, I know, bad, bad Twinkles ).
But to me it devalues the child's creativity. So what if the whole page was covered in cotton wool and you couldn't actually see the snowman ( child 2's picture ) at least mummy knows she did it herself.
So for future reference how would you nicely point out that the children should be allowed to do their own craft ?
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