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Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Cloakroom

Anne O'Connor offers advice on creating a cloakroom space that avoids the jams which can occur when helping children get dressed to go out.

I know it takes a while to help children get dressed for the outdoors, but what are we doing wrong, as it seems to take forever? We have a small cloakroom by the back door which leads into our garden. How should we organise this space to speed up the process (and avoid frustration for children and staff), while still helping to promote children's independence?

Getting a cloakroom area right can involve a lot of trial and error before you create the environment that functions well for you, your children and the space you have to work with.

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