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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours is about 15 kids. The classrooms are fairly large though. So long as there's a large[b] rug to accommodate circle time[/b], and an area with tables for lunch and activities, I would think there's enough space. With a class that size, they usually split the kids into smaller groups, so some will be doing independent play on the mat, while others are doing a crafts project at the tables.[/quote]

Circle time for a 1 year old?  RUN as fast as you can from that daycare. [/quote]

You don't sing songs and tell stories to your one-year old? Wow.[/quote]

That's what you took from my comment?

Circle time for 1 year olds is not developmentally appropriate.  1 year olds should be crawling around, toddling, exploring not forced to sit in a group to listen to an adult blather to them. WHEN I start to read and sing they are free to come and go, join us or explore. There is no circle time. [/quote]

Okay.... so basically you're against forcing the children to sit for circle time (good luck forcing 1 year olds to sit? Who does that?), which is not the same thing as being against circle time.[/quote]

According to NAEYC's Developmentally Appropriate Practice, circle time is not developmentally appropriate for children under three. If we are singing and moving and children’s choose to join us that is fine but having a “circle time” is not. So to be clear, I am against circle time for children under three.

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