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Taking charge
By Jennie Lindon,
Nursery World,
7 December 2006
Under-threes need to be left to make their own choices and mistakes with the support of a dependable adult, says Jennie Lindon Currently there is a great deal of interest in supporting three-, four- and five-year-olds as independent learners and promoting active thinking skills in primary and secondary school children. There is also concern about what happens to young children when their early experiences of learning are highly structured by adults and they have minimal choice over activities that are supposed to promote their development.
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