Case Study
You have a child in your care, aged 3 and a half years old who has a very definite love of dinosaurs – so much so that he wants to be a dinosaur! The child is usually a quiet individual, but has confided to you that he wants to eat dinosaur food, do dinosaur activities and speak like a dinosaur.
- How can you accommodate this love of dinosaurs in a way that respects what the child wants, and is beneficial to him?
- How will you also ensure that he does a good range of daily activities, eats good food and gets plenty of exercise?
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