All together now

Team-working skills are valuable throughout life, but they come easier to some than to others, and children are no exception. Give your setting the opportunity to practise with activities that are fun as well as beneficial, says Miranda Walker Being part of a team allows children to trust and be trusted, to give and to take, to lead and to compromise. It can foster a sense of belonging and shared involvement, all of which is likely to impact positively on children's self-esteem. It's such a shame then, that some methods of forming teams (such as when children are elected to...