PALS

At PALS we give our children time to explore the many options available for them during the session. If they want to explore outside while we’re having a mat session, that’s fine; if they want to stray away from the craft we have set up and make their own creation with the materials, that’s great; if they need to come inside to have some alone time while everyone else is playing a game outside, let them. We don’t need to be teaching them formally so young, they learn more by exploring and moving at their own pace than we can ever teach them with formal methods.

This is good to teach children but it’s also good for us to remember too. Especially when our children can be so good at knowing what triggers us!