Are restraints imposed by adults and the environment intruding on the situation?
Are restraints imposed by adults and the environment intruding on the situation? There is a time restraint. Self-selected center time lasts about 45 minutes to an hour. However, children can stay with the same activity or change activities as they choose. So far, Barney has been engaged in the same activity about eight minutes. Barney smiles at the teacher as she walks by and says, “I am making this dough flat, flat like Flat Stanley!” The teacher smiles back and says, “You certainly are,” and tells him he can bring the Flat Stanley book to afternoon story circle if he likes.