Traffic

For a few weeks on the playground, the carts and buggies have been the toys of choice.  The Bunnies have been creating their own traffic rules and Dalton has been the primary overseer of the traffic.

Mrs. O'Connor and Mrs. Magee do not know the traffic rules, but we are certainly making sure everybody stays safe on the road.
While this may seem like mindless silly play, it is actually evidence of child-directed, highly organized cooperative play.  They came up with the idea and the adults had no role in it.  All of these children had to create and learn their own set of made up rules.  As a group they had to agree upon certain behaviors to maintain order (Everybody, drive this way!) and they had to negotiate their roles.  Doesn't this sound exactly like what goes on in a corporate office - new project, ground rules, maintain order and negotiate??  See!  It all starts in preschool.