Young Children, Great Responsibility

At Rachel Keeling we involve the children in the life of the nursery as much as possible: making decisions, setting up, tidying away, giving messages and caring for our school. We know that even our youngest friends are capable of all of these things.

In Rainbow Room staff realised we needed a new table cloth for snack time. 
Children wrote lists and talked about what they were going to buy in our local shop Nansons. 
They collected the shopping backpacks and their coats and went to the office to ask for money from the safe!
They carefully observed a crisp £10 note: looking at the numbers. That went into their purse and they set off. 

As our two year olds are still exploring, Lize took one child at a time. They carefully crossed the road and saw cars and buses on the way.
They went to the shop and looked at all the table cloths: the talked about the patterns and chose a very light one.
They paid and folded it into a reusable shopping bag (it was too big for the backpack!) The shopkeeper was very friendly.

They returned to school to show everyone what they had bought. They needed to give the change back to the office and signed the petty cash invoice, mark making their name. 

Going to the shop and making choices is a great experience for children. See if you can get your child involved in your shopping at home.