Meals and snacks include finger food or utensils that are easier for toddlers to use such as bowls, spoons, and graduated versions of drinking objects from bottles to cups. Dressing and undressing are seen as learning activities and children's attempts to dress themselves and put on shoes are supported and positively encourage. Adults do not think that supporting children's play is important. They do not understand the value of play fo0r learning or they feel silly playing with young children. Adults do not understand the value of solitary and parallel play and try to force children to play together.
Adults arbitrarily expect children to share.
Popular toys are not provided in duplicate but are fought over constantly while other toys are seldom used. Adults lose patience with doing many of the same things repeatedly and get bored by toddlers' needs to repeat tasks until they master them or feel secure in a predictable environment. Tactilely sensitive toddlers are required to finger-paint or are given edible finger paint or play dough because they will probably put it in their mouths. Activities are dictated by rigid adherence to time schedules or the lack of any time schedule makes the day unpredictable. Schedules are rigid and base on adults' rather than children's needs.