I’ve found when I’ve had a crazy group like that, it helps to structure things a bit more. Something I’ve done is to put out small rugs throughout the room with one activity on each rug. If I have six children, I’ll put out 9-10 activities. Each child sits on one rug and I set a timer for 8-10 minutes. They must stay there with that activity until the timer goes off, then they choose again. They are still choosing their own activities, but there’s not an overwhelming number of choices.

It is such a peaceful time in our day, and they LOVE doing it.

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