What's cooking?

By Mary Whiting, Nursery World, 4 October 2001

The child-centred, informal atmosphere that should exist throughout the day in an early years setting should also continue at mealtimes. Although dinner time (especially) necessarily involves adult timetables and other constraints, such pressures should not be apparent to the children. Of course, dinner time has its own special routine, but from a child's point of view, it should appear as just another enjoyable event in their day.

The child-centred, informal atmosphere that should exist throughout the day in an early years setting should also continue at mealtimes. Although dinner time (especially) necessarily involves adult timetables and other constraints, such pressures...

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