negative:
what was missing -
friendship and peer support.
I'm a very experienced
childminder, confident in my work (but always learning). Unfortunately
because of where I live (see my second ever blog post) I'm not able to meet
with other childminders very often. Peer support is so important when you work alone,
it provides the opportunity to share ideas and find out about trainings etc.
Sometimes you just need to chat while the children socialise. Today I could
have done with a bit of peer support.
positive:
seeing the
characteristics of effective learning in action. I observed a child figure out for herself how to
do something.
I resisted that huge
temptation (that comes over us all) to wade in and offer help. I watched
her work it out and then practice doing it over and over until she had mastered
the skill. Brilliant!
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