Nursery World - Learning & Development: Consulting with children

Positive Steps Nursery has set up a children's council to help plan
their activities. Marianne Sargent reports.

Nursery manager Leanne Miller brims with enthusiasm as she explains the children's council she has set up at Positive Steps Nursery in Guildford, Surrey. The council has been running since January this year and children, parents and practitioners are all extremely pleased with the results so far.

The purpose of the council is to give the children an arena within which they can voice their ideas and opinions about the provision they experience every day. The children are encouraged to talk about what they enjoy doing and which aspects of the learning environment they find most stimulating. During council meetings the children are invited to suggest changes and come up with their own ideas for activities.

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