This week parallel play has continued in our afternoon session, as the children continue to build whanaungatanga/ relationships and get to know each other.
As the children explored the cars and tip trucks on the car mat, they enjoyed filling the truck trailers up with stones and transporting them.
Parallel play is completely normal at this age and it helps the children to develop trust in each other as they work happily alongside each other, building the knowledge that no one else is going to take the toy they are playing with, without asking. As the children played Malachi commented, "he gave that to me, good sharing". Ka rawe, how lovely.
Just like Malachi recognised in Paxton all the children showed fantastic manaakitanga/ care and respect towards each other.
Children followed their own ideas while watching what the children around them had been doing and using these ideas in their play.
Opportunities like this parallel play today help children to begin developing whanaugnataanga, relationships as they start to take responsible risks and play with the children around them.
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