Snack time - rolling snack and queuing up

AnonyMouse_6008 · 2016-08-26T12:58:04+0000

I'm thinking about snack before we go back for the Autumn term as I'm not happy with the way our rolling snack was implemented by some staff by the end of the year... We have 28 children in a session, 2 year olds to 4 year olds (though they're all 2 or 3 when we start back in Sept) with a mixture of old children and new children. We have a rolling snack that's prepared by a staff member in the kitchen to comply with food hygiene regs, then brought out to the playroom for the children to self serve (pour own drink from little jugs or water or milk, spread soft cheese on rice cake, etc) The table for children to eat at is near the kitchen and the bathroom so children can wash their own hands and fits up to 6 children at a time so they're not too cramped. When some staff, including me, do snack, if we have other children come over wanting snack when the table is full or will be by the time some have got back from washing hands, we say "There's no room at the table yet, go and play and I'll call you next." Other staff send the children to wash their hands and then have them lining up to wait. This means they can have 6 children sitting eating and another 6 wriggling round waiting, trying to grab food off the table, being in the way of the children trying to get up and wash their plates, etc. I don't like that! The staff member spends her time saying "Wait in the line Bella!" "Jacob, you can't take Edward's snack." "Carlisle, your hands have been on the floor, go and wash them again." And not saying "Esme, good spreading your soft cheese! You did it all by yourself today!" "Alice, can you open your yoghurt?" "Emmett, I like the way you helped Alice open her yoghurt." "Rosalie, are you trying apple today?" Now, I was going to say to the staff "Stop the queuing! It's not a bus or a line in the bank. Tell them to go and do something else and you'll call them next, so they'll be making better use of their time with us! Promote good self help and table manners with the children actually having snack!" My deputy pointed out this wasn't the most tactful way to put it and suggested I post on here to ask what other settings do and get a consensus from our peers about whether expecting 2 year olds to queue up is a good idea or not. Then I can say "I've been finding out what other settings do, and think we need to stop asking the children to line up so much. We've got new names for snack registration and are using the box that Renesmee made us last term for the children to post their name cards in. I think it will be better for the children and for us if we say 'There are 6 spaces at the table and 1,2,3,4,5,6 children already there. Can you go and work with the sand for a little longer and I'll call you when there is a space?' I think we should start the term like that and then discuss it before half term, what do you think?"

By AnonyMouse_6008
August 26, 2016 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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