No place like home

Anne O'Connor
Wednesday, May 16, 2001

A home corner should be a permanent fixture and plenty of resources are readily available It is quite common these days for role-play areas to be developed with great imagination. You name it, we early years practitioners have tried it - and with great benefit to children's learning. But have you noticed how, despite your efforts to create a deep-sea environment with a shipwreck, treasure chest and marine life, the children are often to be found purposefully laying out cups and saucers, berating the dolls for bad behaviour and generally re-enacting domestic life - all from the bottom of the sea!