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Enabling Environments: Role play - Home sweet home

If boys use the home corner less than girls, it may be wise to broaden your resources, says Anne O'Connor.

Help! Our girls are monopolising the home corner! We think it's an important resource for all our children, so how do we get our boys to want to use it more and our girls to be happy to share it with them?

You're right, the home corner is an important resource for all children, so it's worth spending some time observing who plays in there and the kind of play they engage in. The girls are clearly enjoying it - and perhaps they are also making the most of the one space in the setting that boys aren't monopolising.

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